Assistant Manager - Operations

Job Summary

The Senior Accountant is responsible for managing the financial close, general ledger, balance sheet, and reporting processes in compliance with U.S. GAAP, company policies, and regulatory requirements. This role ensures accurate and timely financial reporting, supports budgeting and forecasting, and collaborates cross-functionally to maintain operational efficiency, strong internal controls, and compliance.

The position covers full-cycle general ledger accounting and end-to-end Record to Report (R2R) processes, while driving continuous process improvement and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Close & Reporting

• Execute monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities to ensure timely and accurate financial results.

• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepayments, amortization, and adjustments.

• Analyze trial balances and financial results; investigate variances and resolve discrepancies.

• Prepare financial statements, P&L packages, management reports, and variance explanations.

• Prepare local statutory, governmental, and other external financial reports.

General Ledger & Balance Sheet

• Maintain accounting records in accordance with U.S. GAAP, company policies, and chart of accounts.

• Perform and approve balance sheet and general ledger reconciliations; ensure timely resolution of open items.

• Prepare monthly balance sheet review materials and communicate key findings to management.

• Manage SG&A expense accounting, including cost center allocations and period-end accruals.

Revenue, Cost & Operations Accounting

• Maintain revenue accounting in compliance with U.S. GAAP, including deferred revenue, unbilled revenue, and returns.

• Perform pricing variance, cost of sales, and gross margin analysis and reconciliations.

• Identify abnormalities and coordinate resolution with cross-functional teams.

• Collaborate with Commercial, Product, and Legal teams on customer and supplier rebates, contract reviews, accruals, and settlements.

Cash, Intercompany & Tax

• Partner with Treasury on daily and monthly cash reporting and payment discounts.

• Manage intercompany postings, allocations, invoicing, reconciliations, and eliminations.

• Ensure compliance with transfer pricing policies and support related documentation.

• Support tax accounting activities, including deferred taxes, local taxes, provisions, and adjustments.

Controls, Audit & Process Improvement

• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX, internal controls, and company accounting policies.

• Prepare audit schedules and support quarterly reviews and annual audits.

• Maintain and enhance process and control documentation.

• Develop and implement accounting procedures to improve efficiency, accuracy, and automation.

• Identify cost-control opportunities and implement corrective actions.

Business Partnership & Leadership

• Partner with FP&A and department leaders on budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.

• Provide accounting guidance to project managers, operations teams, and other stakeholders.

• Perform ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as requested.

• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for assigned accounting areas.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.

• Minimum of 6 years of progressive accounting experience in a performance-driven environment.

• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and financial reporting.

• Proficiency in SAP (ECC 6.0 and/or S/4HANA) and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization.

• Ability to prioritize, manage deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Preferred

• CPA, CA, or Master’s degree in Accounting or related field.

• Previous people or project management experience.

• Experience with reporting tools such as Power BI, SAP BPC, or SAP Analysis for Office.

• Knowledge of process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma).

Additional Information

• This role requires a high level of ownership, adaptability, and accountability.

• The Senior Accountant is expected to proactively identify issues, recommend solutions, and contribute to continuous improvement initiative

About the Company

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), is a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. We combine our deep industry knowledge with technology and analytics expertise to co-create innovative, digital-led transformational solutions with clients across 10 industries. We enable businesses in Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare, and Utilities to re-imagine their digital future and transform their outcomes with operational excellence.We deliver an entire spectrum of BPM services in finance and accounting, procurement, customer interaction services and human resources leveraging collaborative models that are tailored to address the unique business challenges of each client. We co-create and execute the future vision of 400+ clients with the help of our 44,000+ employees.