Job Description
The purpose of the role is to support the Engagement Operations function, providing analysis and insight into data and performance of the business units.
Duties and Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities in this role include the following:
Engagement initiation process
Commence engagement initiation activities subject to an approved engagement budget
Fill out the internal projects’code, and obtain approvals from Engagement leaders
Co-ordinate with risk on ensuring risk formalities are completed in a timely manner
Creation and maintenance of client and client contracts in ERP per Engagement letters
Ensure job codes are open well ahead of audit start dates
Ensure that job funding, recovery, resourcing and billing terms are aligned with those approved in the engagement budgeting platform
Monitor compliance and escalate exceptions/delays to Resource Planning Manager and Engagement Teams
Create exception reports to highlight delays and postponement and impacts thereafter to revenue, billing and collection performance
Engagement monitoring and profitability analysis
Monitor progress on engagements, align billing milestones and escalate to Finance Controller on a weekly basis.
Calculation of engagement profitability and timely escalations
Ongoing variance analysis vs approved budgets;
Budget amendments where required
Ensure workflow approvals per ERP authorization matrix
Ensure collaboration with Resource Planning team to support replotting as required
Process revenue and pipeline adjustments as and when required
Periodic analysis – causal analysis and remediation plan
Escalation for aged debtors to the Engagement Teams
Engagement code closure & off-boarding
Co-ordinate with Records Management team to ensure completion of working papers and eAudit closeout
Ensure fee collection from the client prior to the delivery of audited financial statements.
Ensure timely reporting of client losses reported appropriately on the SMART system (CRM) – if applicable
Job Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a Financial/ Accounting (Preferable)
1- 2 years’ experience professional services operations is desirable
Job Details
Company: KPMG
Employment Type: Internship
Job Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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