About the role
- Work alongside Client Accounting/ Business Partnership
teams to support project managers actively manage project financial health;
- Engage with project teams, colleagues and clients to
identify and resolve issues related to project financial health;
- Support “in-flight” client projects. Provide reporting,
trend analysis, compliance tracking, financial status and forecasts.
- Engage effectively with resources at all levels within
ZS and at our clients, as appropriate
- Manage revenue recognition, completion estimates,
write-offs and margins
- Ensure project financial transactions (billing,
collection, time & expenses) are completed in a timely and accurate
manner
- Assist with engagement startup (project setup) and
shutdown activities (prepare final bill to client, close project codes
etc.)
·Receive,
interpret, and process billing instructions, following up with project teams
for clarification as needed.
·Send
invoices to clients through multiple channels (email, online, postal mail) as
dictated by client.
·Manage
client PO’s- receipt of PO’s, communication with project teams to assign to
projects.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or business
required, post graduate or advanced degree preferred, with a strong record
of academic achievement;
- 3-5 years of financial management experience;
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel,
Word, Outlook), SAP experience desirable;
- Strong analytic and critical thinking abilities;
- Effective oral and written communication skills that
enable strong relationship-building and stakeholder management;
- Strong attention to detail;
- Motivated and proactive;
- Professional objectivity and judgment to know when to
challenge activities;