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Assistant Manager

4 - 12 years

10 - 11 Lacs

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Job Description

Transformation has resulted in changes in skills requirements, roles, and numbers of roles required in the new operating model. The roles in the new operating model will be restricted to employees in the selection pool in the first instance. Selection for any jobs that remain unfilled following the agreed selection process will be conducted in line with the Global Recruitment policy.

Assistant Manager

The Role:

This role supports the financial accounting activities for the British Council and works
closely with the Managed Service Provider (MSP) to ensure the financial accounts are
completed correctly and in a timely manner, and numbers are reported accurately.

Accountabilities:

Leadership and Management

  • Plans and prioritises own activities, which span across a range of different work streams or internal client relationships. Responds to changing and at times competing requirements to ensure effective delivery of responsibilities over set reporting timescales. Provide a good standard of financial business partnering, financial insight and financial discipline. Tasks and coordinates others (e.g. internal customers, colleagues or third party suppliers) to complete activities in accordance with agreed financial procedures.

Financial Management

  • Work closely with the MSP to deliver retained financial processes supporting P2P, O2C, R2R and CLM ensuring consistent, accurate and robust financial accounting in line with accounting practices and corporate policies.
  • Contribute to statutory reporting, tax review/filing, cashflow reporting and audit processes. Provide Cash flow information and manage payment runs and debt management processes.
  • Support the provision of information to internal / external auditors. Implement and report on the progress of audit recommendations. Identify issues and bring them to the attention of senior members in the team for resolution in relation to financial accounting matters.

Relationship and Stakeholder Management

  • Develop good working relationships with key internal customers, colleagues and the MSP to ensure that activities comply with professional accounting standards, technical accounting issues and other external reporting requirements in British Council. As required, represents the British Council in discussions and dealings with external suppliers/providers.

Sector/subject expertise

  • Proactively maintains a sound working knowledge of developments in external policy, practice and regulation within financial accounting to build credibility, confidence and business insight.
  • Provide first line advice and guidance on financial accounting issues and liaise with senior colleagues and/or other specialist finance functions such as Tax, Treasury, Finance Policy, and Global Process Owners as needed.
  • Pro-actively identify unusual or complex transactions, discuss with senior colleagues and support action to resolve issues. Assist the production of periodic reports relating to financial accounting.

Service Improvement

  • Support the implementation of new or updated accounting and reporting requirements in line with professional accounting standards. Support work to centralise and move activity to an SSC environment.

Requirements of the role:


  • Significant years of experience in Operational financial management and or management accounting.
  • Financial reporting experience.
  • Advanced experience of Excel.
  • ERP systems experience (transaction level and reporting).
  • Management Reporting and analysis skills.
  • Good excel and Power BI skills including pivot tables.
  • Ability to explain complex financial data to non-finance people, using non-technical language.
  • Ability to work under pressure. Good time management and data management.
  • Working in virtual teams.

Closing Date: Applications will close at 23:59 on Thursday 17 th July 2025 Indian Time.

You must have the legal right to work in the India at the time of application.

Important Information:

Contract type:

Indefinite Contract

Pay band

: 6

Requirements


Please note that candidates must have the pre-existing, legal right to work in the India.
Mobility / relocation / visa sponsoring support will not be provided.
British Council supports working in new ways such as hybrid working, subject to full approval by line management and conditional upon our ability to provide the appropriate level of service. This may not be appropriate for all roles but can be explored at interview.
We are committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We will support all employees to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

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