Junior Project Finance Controller
McKinsey & Company
Accounting & Finance
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Posted on Jan 17, 2025
Junior Project Finance Controller
Job ID: 94233
Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.
Who You'll Work With
You’ll work in our Gurugram office as part of our Global Client Finance practice.
You will work directly with finance leadership and colleagues within global client finance team across offices and regions, various stakeholders - partners and senior partners and across several administrative functions within the firm.
Working in a team supporting different geographies will allow you to learn from colleagues’ expertise and understand the financial context of our clients' work across multiple regions. This collaboration will oftentimes help you identify opportunities for alignment and therefore make you the driver of change on a global scale.
Your impact within our firm
Our team of global client finance colleagues manage the economics of all client engagements for the firm globally.
You will be the key team player and will make an immediate impact on the firm's engagement economics, finance processes as well as tools we use on a daily basis. Also as a team member you will be ensuring engagement activity is recorded properly in our financial systems throughout the full engagement lifecycle.
In this role, your responsibilities may include creation and assignment of project codes, drafting and submitting client invoices, applying cash receipts and vendor-related activities. You may assist with the monitoring of centralized mailboxes to provide first-level support to colleagues throughout the firm and external clients. You may provide and work on full-cycle engagement management for client capabilities with responsibilities including creation and review of project codes and invoicing as well as reviewing of monthly time and expenses charges. If needed, you will address inconsistencies to the partners and senior partners and propose solutions as may be required from time to time.
You will also support the broader client finance team/partner etc. as needed through data analysis and forecasting, ad hoc reporting, special projects and by providing support during internal and external audits or any other ad-hoc projects as may be required.
You will have an opportunity for growth and development within the team and our broader finance community. You will work closely with others to develop your skillset and gain experience while working with senior peers and leadership.
Your qualifications and skills
- University degree or a student completing the final year of master's degree in finance or accounting
- Solid working knowledge of MS Office programs (Excel)
- Willingness to learn new things and gain excellence in your duties
- Independent project management skills; ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Adaptability: ability to independently navigate ambiguity
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills; ability to communicate clearly & efficiently in both verbal and written form
- Excellent time-management and organizational ability with a keen attention to detail
- Good time management skills and problem-solving skills
- Ability to build strong and trustworthy relationships
- Strong verbal and written command of English is required
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Job Skill Group - CSSA
Job Skill Code - AACC - Assistant Accountant
Function - Firm Administration
Industry - Financial Services
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Posted to LinkedIn Date - Tue Jan 21 00:00:00 GMT 2025
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LinkedIn Job Title - Junior Project Finance Controller
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Job Skill Code - AACC - Assistant Accountant
Function - Firm Administration
Industry - Financial Services
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Tue Jan 21 00:00:00 GMT 2025
LinkedIn Posting City - Gurugram
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - India
LinkedIn Job Title - Junior Project Finance Controller
LinkedIn Function - Accounting / Auditing;Consulting
LinkedIn Industry - Management Consulting
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Not Applicable