Senior Executive

Grant Thornton Bharat Llp; Mumbai; On-site; INR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton Bharat Llp in Mumbai invites a finance professional to manage Accounts Receivable, collections, billing, invoicing, and related month-end activities.

You will interact with customers and internal teams to ensure accurate invoices, timely receipts, reconciled ledgers, and compliant processes, while supporting audits and MIS reporting.

The role offers exposure to ERP systems, emphasis on controls, and collaboration across treasury, finance, and operations to drive cash flow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• MBA Finance, M. Com, CMA (Inter), or equivalent qualification preferred for Senior Executive role.

Responsibilities

• Monitor customer outstanding balances and ensure timely collection of receivables.
• Conduct regular follow-ups with customers through emails, calls, and meetings for overdue payments.
• Review aging reports and prioritize collection activities.
• Escalate unresolved payment issues to management as required.
• Maintain collection records and provide periodic status updates.
• Respond to customer queries related to invoices, payments, account statements, and outstanding balances.
• Coordinate with internal teams and customers to resolve billing disputes and payment-related issues.
• Build and maintain positive customer relationships to facilitate smooth collections.
• Generate and process customer invoices accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Ensure billing is compliant with contractual terms and company policies.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders for invoice validation and corrections, if required.
• Accurately post customer receipts in ERP/accounting systems.
• Allocate receipts against invoices and customer accounts.
• Investigate and resolve unapplied cash, short payments, and payment discrepancies.
• Perform regular reconciliation of customer ledgers.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closure activities.
• Prepare AR-related reconciliations and schedules.
• Ensure all receipts, adjustments, and transactions are recorded accurately before closure.
• Assist in preparing management reports and MIS related to receivables.
• Support internal and external audits by providing required schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documents.
• Handle audit sample requests and ensure timely submission of information.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, financial controls, and compliance requirements.
• Maintain complete and accurate documentation for audit and regulatory purposes.
• Prepare customer aging reports, collection forecasts, and AR dashboards.
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as DSO, collection efficiency, and overdue balances.
• Identify collection risks and recommend corrective actions.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in commerce, Finance, Accounting, or related field

MBA Finance, M. Com, CMA (Inter), or equivalent qualification preferred for Senior Executive role

Job description

Main responsibilities & duties:

Accounts Receivable & Collections

• Monitor customer outstanding balances and ensure timely collection of receivables.
• Conduct regular follow-ups with customers through emails, calls, and meetings for overdue payments.
• Review aging reports and prioritize collection activities.
• Escalate unresolved payment issues to management as required.
• Maintain collection records and provide periodic status updates.

Customer Account Management

• Respond to customer queries related to invoices, payments, account statements, and outstanding balances.
• Coordinate with internal teams and customers to resolve billing disputes and payment-related issues.
• Build and maintain positive customer relationships to facilitate smooth collections.

Billing & Invoicing

• Generate and process customer invoices accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Ensure billing is compliant with contractual terms and company policies.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders for invoice validation and corrections, if required.

Receipt Posting & Allocation

• Accurately post customer receipts in ERP/accounting systems.
• Allocate receipts against invoices and customer accounts.
• Investigate and resolve unapplied cash, short payments, and payment discrepancies.
• Perform regular reconciliation of customer ledgers.

Month-End Closing Support

• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closure activities.
• Prepare AR-related reconciliations and schedules.
• Ensure all receipts, adjustments, and transactions are recorded accurately before closure.
• Assist in preparing management reports and MIS related to receivables.

Audit & Compliance

• Support internal and external audits by providing required schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documents.
• Handle audit sample requests and ensure timely submission of information.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, financial controls, and compliance requirements.
• Maintain complete and accurate documentation for audit and regulatory purposes.

Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare customer aging reports, collection forecasts, and AR dashboards.
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as DSO, collection efficiency, and overdue balances.
• Identify collection risks and recommend corrective actions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• MBA Finance, M. Com, CMA (Inter), or equivalent qualification preferred for Senior Executive role.