Finance Controller- Assistant Vice President

Apex Fund Services LLP • Pune, IN

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Job Summary

The AR & Billing Accountant will manage the end-to-end receivables and billing function across multiple entities. The role involves handling complex billing arrangements, intercompany transactions, reconciliation between multiple accounting systems (Workday, QuickBooks, local books), and ensuring timely collections and accurate revenue recognition.

Key Responsibilities

1. Billing & Revenue Management

  • Prepare and issue invoices across multiple
  • Ensure billing is in line with contractual agreements, SOWs, and group policies
  • Handle complex billing scenarios including:
    • Intercompany cross-charging
    • Cost-sharing / license fee arrangements
    • Milestone and recurring billing
  • Coordinate with business and operations teams to ensure timely and accurate billing inputs
  • Track unbilled revenue and ensure completeness of billing

2. Accounts Receivable & Collections

  • Monitor entity-wise AR ageing and drive collections across jurisdictions
  • Follow up with clients (India and overseas) to ensure timely realization of dues
  • Highlight overdue balances and potential provisioning risks to management
  • Manage disputed invoices and coordinate resolution with internal stakeholders
  • Maintain strong control over customer balances, credit notes, and adjustments

3. Reconciliation & System Alignment

  • Perform detailed reconciliation between:
    • Local Books Vs ERP
    • AR subledger vs General Ledger
    • Intercompany balances across entities
  • Identify and resolve variances through root cause analysis and corrective entries
  • Work closely with SMEs and group teams for system corrections and alignment
  • Maintain reconciliation trackers and ensure timely closure of open items

4. Cash Application & Bank Coordination

  • Ensure timely and accurate application of receipts in respective ledgers
  • Coordinate with banking teams for tracking receipts across multiple bank accounts
  • Investigate and clear unapplied cash, short receipts, and forex differences

5. Financial Closing & Reporting

  • Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for AR and revenue
  • Pass necessary journal entries for revenue recognition, provisions, write-offs, and adjustments
  • Prepare AR ageing, management summaries
  • Provide variance analysis and actionable insights to management

6. Process Improvement & Controls

  • Identify gaps in AR, billing, and reconciliation processes across entities
  • Drive standardization and automation initiatives where feasible
  • Strengthen documentation, trackers, and audit trails
  • Ensure adherence to SLAs for billing, collections, and reconciliations

7. Key Skills & Competencies

  • Strong understanding of AR, billing, and revenue recognition
  • Experience in multi-entity and intercompany environment
  • Hands-on experience with ERP systems such as Workday, QuickBooks, or similar is preferred
  • Strong reconciliation and analytical skills (system vs system alignment)
  • Advanced Excel (reconciliation models, ageing, variance analysis)
  • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across geographies (India, Middle East, US, Europe)
  • High attention to detail, ownership, and ability to work under tight timelines

8. Qualifications & Experience

  • B.Com / M.Com / CA Inter / MBA (Finance)
  • 3–6 years of experience in AR, billing, or core accounting
  • Prior experience in shared services / group structure / multi-entity accounting preferred

9. Preferred Attributes

  • Exposure to cross-border transactions and foreign currency accounting
  • Strong follow-up and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and evolving environment with resource constraints
  • Proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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