Location
Delhi | India
Job description
Are you a meticulous Senior Accountant seeking your next exciting opportunity Embrace the opportunity to join the dynamic Finance team at Populous, a renowned global architectural design firm leading the way in transformative projects that redefine the landscape of sports and entertainment venues across the globe. As an essential member of our finance team, you will play a key role in supporting the day-to-day financial matters of our Indian operations and, contributing directly to the continued success and advancement of Populous.
About Us At Populous At Populous, our teams design the places where people love to be together. We are a unique global company built on the philosophy and
power of drawing large groups of people together to have incredible experiences. We have designed iconic projects all over the world that encompass stadia, convention and exhibition centres, airports, integrated resorts, high performance training facilities, e-sports and entertainment arenas, and mixed-use venues.
At our core, we are urban designers with a true focus on user experience, creating civic infrastructure that brings whole communities together for amazing experiences, all with a sustainable design approach and ethos. See more about our world-class projects and, commitment to sustainable design at populous.com. You may recognise one of our iconic local project, which is a two million square foot project – Delhi Convention Centre.
Why Populous stands out from the rest. We don't consider ourselves just another architecture and design company. At Populous, we know that our strength comes from our diversity. Our APAC team represent
over 35 different nationalities from all walks of life. We actively celebrate these cultures and are committed to creating a connected team culture that embraces and supports this. We are a truly global company, with offices and projects located throughout the APAC region –
which means endless opportunities, development and adventures .
We
invest heavily in sustainable design practices and have
active Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies (DE&I) in place that are making a difference to not only our team, but the wider communities in which we operate across the APAC region. For example, we are endorsed by Work180 for our commitment to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all women.
In addition to our strong focus on DE&I and CSR Populous provides our people:
- Industry leading salary packages which are annually reviewed in addition to promotion opportunities
- Enhanced paid leave entitlements including:
- Parental leave
- Study leave
- Blood donation leave
- Community service leave (volunteering)
- Fertility leave
- Adoption leave
- Join a truly global company in sharing connections and opportunities across the world-such as travel opportunities.
- An entertainment allowance so that you and your family/friends can enjoy visiting one of the venues that Populous has helped bring to life
- Comprehensive Employee assistance program
- Ample career development opportunities including in-house leadership development programs, mentorship programs, CPD and technical knowledge sharing workshops.
- A variety of fun activities and events organised by our POP social team (which you can get involved in)
Whatever you need to help succeed in your role, we'll work with you to make it happen!
What will you be engaged in Within this exciting role you will be responsible for:
- Handling general accounting tasks, including the preparation of internal management accounts including balance sheets, profit and loss reconciliations, monthly foreign exchange revaluation, and maintaining intercompany matrices and fixed asset registers.
- Managing the payroll processing by ensuring accurate record-keeping and maintenance, timely submission of timesheets, and liaising with external payroll providers to ensure on time/accurate reporting to the Indian tax authority.
- Ensuring subcontractor invoices are coded correctly and are accompanied with the relevant instructions for payment, processing incoming invoices, checking the validity of purchases and allocating this against the appropriate projects.
- Accurately entering purchase invoices into the accounts processing package to guarantee appropriate recording and systematic collation.
- Facilitating Treasury management efforts, which includes finalisation of bank reconciliations across multiple bank accounts, ensuring the accurate and timely payment of invoices, implementing controls for the payables function, reviewing funding needs, and setting up payments in the bank for approval.
- Providing support for month-end and year-end closing processes.
- Facilitating the annual audit and tax return processes.
- Investigating and resolving account discrepancies and issues of non-compliance.
- Managing the Deltek financial system and actively participating in reviewing and recommending continuous improvements.
- Oversee the preparations of project invoices in agreement with cash flows, oversee reconciliation of cash receipts to invoices on client ledger, follow-up outstanding receivable accounts and undertake other sales ledge duties as required.
What are we looking for We are actively seeking a Senior Accountant to join our dynamic Delhi Office. This role could mark a significant milestone in your career. At Populous, endless possibilities for professional growth and development await.
Specifically, we're looking for people who:
- Embody our four cultural values: Integrity, Entrepreneurial Creativity, Excellence and FUN!
- Hold a tertiary accountancy-related qualification, including a Bachelor's and/or Master's degree any internationally recognised institution.
- Possess 3-5 years' practical experience in an operational finance role, post qualification, with public accounting experience highly valued.
- Knowledge of and experience in the application of Indian taxation law
- Experience in International financial standards and taxation requirements essential
- Knowledge of ledger and project accounting essential
- Exhibit a high level of proficiency in finance systems, with prior experience using Deltek considered an advantage.
- High level skill in written and verbal communication.
- High proficiency in English
Want to see what it's all about Yes, we want highly skilled people. That's a given. But more importantly, we want people who embody our values, are truly energised by the work we do, that want to be involved in the awesome initiatives we are developing and, most importantly, who bring fun to our work environment and culture.
If you would like to have a chat to us about being part of the Populous team, then feel free to pop your Cover Letter and Resume through to us. We really look forward to chatting to you very soon!
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