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Job Description: Accounting Specialists - AP, AR and GL**Business Unit:** Client Accounting Services (CAS) **Role Title:** Accounting Specialists - Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and General Ledger (GL)**Location:** Hyderabad, India HQ **Work Model:** In-office 5 days ( Mon-Fri)**Joining Timeline:** Ability to onboard within 30 days preferred **Qualification:** Graduate in Commerce requiredOpenings CoveredThis hiring mandate covers the following specialist positions:- Accounting Specialist - Accounts Payable (AP)- Accounting Specialist - Accounts Receivable (AR)- Accounting Specialist - General Ledger (GL)## Experience Requirements- **AP and AR roles:** 4 to 6 years of relevant professional experience- **GL roles:** 10 to 12 years of relevant professional experience- Preferred experience from MNC accounting firms, MNC GCCs, or business processing services organizations## Role Purpose by Function### Accounts Payable (AP)The AP Accounting Specialist will manage end-to-end payables processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, compliance, and strong vendor relationship management. The role will focus on invoice processing, payment controls, reconciliations, and support for month-end close.### Accounts Receivable (AR)The AR Accounting Specialist will drive effective receivables operations, cash application, billing support, collections tracking, dispute follow-up, and customer account reconciliations. The role will help improve cash flow visibility, collection efficiency, and reporting discipline.### General Ledger (GL)The GL Accounting Specialist will lead core record-to-report activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, month-end close, intercompany accounting, balance sheet reviews, and financial reporting support. This role requires stronger depth in accounting close, review rigor, issue resolution, and process governance.## Key Responsibilities### Common Responsibilities Across AP, AR, and GL- Deliver high-quality accounting operations with strong accuracy, timeliness, and service orientation.- Maintain process discipline, documentation standards, and compliance with internal controls and client requirements.- Coordinate with internal teams, client stakeholders, and support functions to resolve accounting queries and improve turnaround time.- Prepare and review reconciliations, schedules, aging reports, exception trackers, and MIS reports as required.- Identify process gaps, recommend improvements, and support standardization, automation, and operating efficiency.- Ensure professionalism in written and verbal communication while interacting with internal leadership and external stakeholders.- Demonstrate strong executive presence, ownership mindset, responsiveness, and accountability in day-to-day delivery.### Accounts Payable (AP) Responsibilities- Process vendor invoices, employee reimbursements, debit notes, and payment requests with accuracy and proper supporting documentation.- Validate invoice coding, approvals, tax treatment, and policy compliance before booking transactions.- Manage vendor master updates, payable aging reviews, payment schedules, and exception resolution.- Reconcile vendor statements and investigate unmatched items, duplicates, or pending balances.- Support accruals, prepaid accounting inputs, and month-end AP close activities.- Coordinate with procurement, business teams, and vendors to ensure smooth invoice-to-payment cycles.### Accounts Receivable (AR) Responsibilities- Prepare and process customer invoices, credit notes, debit notes, and receipt applications.- Manage collections follow-up, open item tracking, unapplied cash review, and customer account reconciliations.- Monitor billing accuracy, customer disputes, short payments, and overdue balances.- Prepare AR aging reports, DSO-related analysis, and collection status updates for management review.- Support revenue-related schedules, cash application controls, and month-end AR close requirements.- Partner with business teams and customers to improve collection efficiency and issue resolution.### General Ledger (GL) Responsibilities- Prepare and post journal entries for accruals, prepaids, amortization, reclasses, and standard monthly accounting adjustments.- Perform balance sheet reconciliations, substantiation of account balances, and open item reviews.- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities with strong focus on timelines and quality.- Handle intercompany accounting, fixed assets accounting support, and financial statement schedule preparation where applicable.- Review trial balance movement, investigate variances, and support management reporting and audit requests.- Strengthen accounting controls, checklist compliance, and close governance across assigned processes.