Cyber R&R - Accounting Systems - Senior Manager

At PwC, our people in data and analytics focus on leveraging data to drive insights and make informed business decisions. They utilise advanced analytics techniques to help clients optimise their operations and achieve their strategic goals. In data analysis at PwC, you will focus on utilising advanced analytical techniques to extract insights from large datasets and drive data-driven decision-making. You will leverage skills in data manipulation, visualisation, and statistical modelling to support clients in solving complex business problems.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

Examples Of The Skills, Knowledge, And Experiences You Need To Lead And Deliver Value At This Level Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
• Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
• Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
• Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
• Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
• Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
  
  

Job Role- Accounting Systems – Senior Manager

Experience:

Professional with implementation exposure or 10+ years experience in Financial

Transformation / Finance System Implementation e.g Revenue Recognition (ASC 606) /

Zuora Billing and subscription understanding and exposure / Quote to cash / Revenue

Assessment and Analytics / Revenue Automation / Sub Ledger Implementation /

Consulting

Location: Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai,Hyderabad, Gurgaon

Job Summary:

A career in our Enterprise Risk and Regulatory vertical, within Advisory practice. It will provide you with

the opportunity to address Financial reporting risk by helping the team in implementing and

understanding (a) subledgers and rules engines that generate accounting entries that post to the General

Ledger and (b) how quote to cash processes are implemented and designed across systems

Job Description:

As Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. You would be leading a team of ASC 606 implementations using Zuora and other similar tools. You would be part of end-to-end implementation, right from proposal building till UAT working hand in hand with our US team and end clients. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Implement end-to-end ASC 606 revenue automation solution
  
  

Provide support to our clients with the accounting standards compliance

• Assist various teams involved in implementing system e.g. Revenue Automation system, Leasing
  
  

standard system, Billing / subscription system implementation, etc.

• Assist in implementing CPQ and Billing / Subscription systems in the order / quote to cash cycle
• Work on a project involving implementing / testing on ERP or home-grown accounting systems
• Work on use cases, test cases and test results as per business requirements
• Work on multiple projects to provide solutions for end to end implementation and integration
  
  

with client systems including performing unit and system testing to validate analytic procedures

against expected results

• Being an effective communicator and keeping the project team updated on status
  
  

General:

• Communicating clearly when writing, speaking and/or presenting to project stakeholders
• Collaborating and working effectively with a geographically dispersed team
• Being responsive to client demands, project deadlines, and defect discovery and resolution
• Utilizing effective time management, especially prioritizing tasks in collaboration with team
  
  

members

Skills:

Must Have:

• Accounting / Engineering background and basic understanding of US GAAP / IFRS
• Exposure to transformation projects
• Project and team management experience
• Stakeholder management experience
• Ability to connect and build professional relations with Senior stakeholders
• Ability to understand accounting processes and systems
• Good knowledge in Revenue Recognition tools like Zuora Rev Pro, RevPro, RecVue, RigthRev
• Good knowledge in POB, Accounting Setup and Data Augmentation
• Must knowledge on Period Close and recon
• Good exposure in development skills, SQL or PL/SQL
• Good communications skills, stakeholder management and status reporting experience
  
  

Good To Have:

• Zuora technical background
• ASC 606 (US GAAP) / IFRS 15 exposure
• Exposure in Order-to-cash implementation
• Worked on data integrations
• Consulting background
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

B.Tech / Chartered Accountant / CPA (US) / ACCA / MBA (Finance) / B Com / M Com