Assistant Manager - RTR (Bank Reconciliation & Reporting - US)

Job Description

Dentsu is committed to drive a robust and consistent control environment and this role plays an important part of it. The role will be part of the US RTR team based in Bangalore and will work closely with the reporting manager to support and provide services to ensure a smooth month-end process and strengthen the control environment. He/She is responsible for overseeing and managing complex bank reconciliation processes to ensure accuracy, compliance, and financial integrity. This role involves supervising reconciliation activities, improving financial controls, and providing strategic insights to enhance banking operations. She/he will need to collaborate across multiple groups of stakeholders and manage the delivery of key tasks. The role requires a responsive, proactive, exceptionally well-organized person. The person must also have strong analytical skills, leadership abilities, a deep understanding of financial reconciliation and reporting, good communication and presentation skills, be able to communicate with all levels of management and collaborate with various teams and stakeholders. Shift Timings: The role will operate in shifts per the following: Month end close 5:30 pm to 3:00 am Non-month end: 2:30 to 11 pm Job Description: Main Responsibilities Subject matter expert with good exposure of Bank Reconciliations Reporting Perform, supervise and review daily, weekly, and monthly bank reconciliations for multiple bank accounts. Analyse complex reconciliation discrepancies and implement effective solutions. Ensure timely and accurate recording of all financial transactions. Ensure compliance with internal financial controls, accounting policies, and regulatory standards. Lead the month-end and year-end financial closing process related to bank reconciliations. Prepare and present detailed reconciliation reports to senior management and stakeholders. Identify inefficiencies in reconciliation processes and propose automation or system enhancements. Implement best practices to streamline workflows and minimize reconciliation discrepancies. Work with IT and finance teams to enhance reconciliation software tools. Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory standards, and audit requirements. Provide necessary support during financial audits by preparing reconciliation reports and supporting documents. Maintain proper documentation of reconciliations for audit and compliance purposes. Tracking issues and exceptions captured during close and resolved regular basis. Ensure delivery of quality results to key stakeholders including dashboards, KPI reports non-compliance reports, and other key process metrics. Having OTC and PTP process knowledge is an added advantage. Develop and implement the aspects of quality compliance and accuracy attributes. Contribute to the team meetings and brainstorming sessions. Should be able to multitask between deliverables and day-to-day activities. Professional Skills Finance Graduate/Postgraduate/Semi qualified Accountant with 9-11 years of experience in Bank reconciliations, GL Record to Report processes. Advanced user of Microsoft Excel PowerPoint. Knowledge of D365 and the Blackline tool will be an added advantage. Detailed understanding of different payment systems used in the US will be an added advantage Strong communication skills (verbal written). Able to communicate effectively with various stakeholders, across different regions and levels. Strong teamwork and collaboration skills. Demonstrate a prominent level of responsibility and commitment to the assigned activities. Agile and flexible to changing needs and ad-hoc requirements. Location: Bangalore Brand: Bcoe Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent