Senior Accountant

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.
We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.

Job Profile: Senior Accountant

Date: 29th April 2025

Location: Noida, India

Pay Band – Local Pay Band 6

Company: British Council

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)

Role Purpose:

This role supports the financial accounting activities for the British Council to ensure the financial accounts are completed correctly and in a timely manner, and numbers are reported accurately. The role holder will l be responsible to process customer transactions and income collection accurately and in a timely manner and complete daily reconciliations as per the agreed process.

Main accountabilities

• The role holder is also required to perform the financial accounting ( AP, AR & General accounting) activities.
• Process customer transactions.
• Responsible for income reconciliations of the countries as per the agreed process and any open items / risks are highlighted to develop mitigation plans
• Perform PO creation activities using the requests received from countries
• Provide input to process improvement opportunity identification and analysis
Support Process SMEs and Team Lead with data/ information whenever required.

Education: Commerce Graduate

Role-Specific Knowledge and Experience:

Significant experience in handling related to specific responsible areas and capable of

delivery as per agreed service levels.

Minimum/Essential:

• Financial accounting skills
• SAP Experience
• Communication Skills
• PR to PO creation experience or basic knowledge.
• Reconciliation Knowledge & experience.
FCCF controls.

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

If you have any problems with your application please email askhr@britishcouncil.org

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