Business Operations Senior Associate

The Company

NTT DATA Services is a top 10 global services company and part of the NTT Group, a Fortune 29 telecommunications and services company based in Japan. We operate with 60,000 professionals in 36 countries. Every day around the world we help clients explore new ways to respond to market dynamics with flexibility and speed, reduce costs with less risk, and increase productivity to enable growth.

The Opportunity

NTT Data is experiencing unprecedented growth as many of our clients are dealing with the technology challenges necessary to stay competitive. As a result, our Finance team is actively seeking a results\-oriented Accounting/Finance resources to join our team in Gurgaon.

The Account Operations Team supports our NTT DATA Account Leaders in Contract Management, Account Governance and Business Process Compliance activities to enable timely order\-to\-cash process and effective coordination between Sales, Forecasting, ERP and Resourcing actions. The primary objective of this group is enabling Client Managers to focus on account growth by supporting account operations/administrative activities, improving processes/data/ compliance/awareness within or across accounts, providing proactive insights and supporting actions related to org\-wide initiatives. The CMS Organization Business Support Team is responsible for overall contract management support, account operations tracking, process compliance activities and client onboarding activities. The CMS Operations Support Associate/Sr. Associate supports key processes for a portfolio of accounts reporting to the Operations Team Lead/Manager

• *Job Responsibilities:** The incumbent may be required to perform all or a combination of the following essential functions as determined by business necessity

• Resource who has elementary process/business knowledge and/or experience with Order\-to\-Cash processes
• Responsible for low complexity account operations tracking, process compliance activities and repeatable administrative actions with minimal coordination or ambiguity related to the process areas
• Someone with analytical bent of mind who can work on providing continuous improvement ideas
• Works closely with different teams like resource mgmt., revenue, finance to ensure smooth month, quarter year end closing process

Technical Skills

• Working knowledge of MS office suite (MS Excel, MS outlook etc)
• Ability to use computer systems effectively
• Experience with SAP and Saleforce.com will be an added advantage

Functional Skills

• Graduate/master’s in finance with 2 years of experience in at least one of the process areas Project/Time, Contracts/Invoicing/AR, Order management and master data management will be preferred
• Candidate who has understanding of Order\-to\-Cash process
• Conducting UAT and securing Sign Offs for new requirements under supervision of Technical team/Lead
• 6 months to 2 years of Operations or Back\-office Support Services background is preferred
• Strong communication (verbal and written) analytical skills and the ability to understand business process

Management Skills

• Self\-managed individual who can effectively follow the established process and ensure quality of deliverables and optimize results
• Flexible to business requirements
• Coordinate with internal resources and stakeholders for the flawless execution of work
• Effectively communicating your insights and plans to cross\-functional team members and management
• Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of change requests/requirements
• Maintaining SLAs and resolving issues within SLA