Senior Financial Analyst

Mckinsey & Company; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

McKinsey & Company is seeking a Chartered Accountant with 3–5+ years of post-qualification experience to join the Finance Global Operations (FGO) team in Gurugram. You will review operational expenses, analyze variances, and support audits while contributing to automation initiatives across P2P, O2C, and R2R processes.

The role involves partnering with office leadership and regional CFOs, driving KPI reporting, and ensuring smooth accounting operations with process improvements and SOP updates.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant with 3–5+ years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in a multi-national shared services environment.
• Automation experience preferred (OCR, RPA, analytics/AI).
• Good working knowledge of SAP and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Review operational expenses and analyze variances.
• Support in calculating FBT liability across expense categories.
• Assist internal/external audits and end-to-end accounting flows.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Automation awareness

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

OCR

RPA

AI Tools

Job description

Role & responsibilities

You will work as a part of the Finance Global Operations (FGO) team in Gurugram office within the McKinsey Global Capabilities Services (MGCS) domain, a wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Company in India.

You will work in coordination with various offices, the accounting department, and applications support team to ensure to review the operational expenses to analysis the expenses & identify the variance, support office in calculating FBT liability for various expenses category, support in internal / external audit, support ad hoc request by understanding end to end accounting flow of various service line such as P2P, O2C, R2R, Identify automation opportunities and drive projects and act as thought partner to various McKinsey offices to resolve challenges.

You will be responsible for a variety of activities related to the accounting, compliance and regulatory, OPEX and audit process, ensure the timely support to office on various accounting processing, analysis of all transaction for the office to identify process / accounting gaps to ensure smooth flow of accounting operations.

In this role, you will partner with functional and center leadership, office accounting manager and regional CFOs to identify issues, gather necessary information, and use the correct information to construct practical solutions for solving problems. You will develop, implement, report and review KPIs regularly with the appropriate functional leadership. You will regularly analyze the accounting process, identifying improvement areas and recommending new ideas to enhance the efficiency of the overall process, with the aim of increasing customer satisfaction.

You will drive transitions with complete ownership by performing the necessary due diligence, planning, allocation of responsibilities, knowledge transfer, implementation, and process stabilization. You will also ensure that policy changes and business process documentations (SOPs) are updated regularly and adhered to by all team members.

Preferred candidate profile

• Chartered Accountant only
• 3 to 5+ years of post qualification experience with 1+ year actively managing varied stakeholders in a multi-national shared services environment
• Prior experience in automation such as OCR, RPA or analytics, AI is preferable but not required
• Good working knowledge of SAP, Microsoft Office and AI Tools will be an additional advantage
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills