Management Trainee Finance

• ERM is the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, with over 50 years of
• experience helping organizations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance
• challenges. We bring together a global community of experts to deliver meaningful impact for
• our clients and the planet.
• The Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in Gurugram is ERM’s global operating backbone. It
• delivers business enablement services in Finance, HR, IT, and Commercial Operations to
• ensure ERM’s global business runs seamlessly, efficiently, and consistently.

At the GDC, you will:

• Be part of a hub that ensures ERM’s business continuity worldwide.
• Collaborate with colleagues across geographies to support global operations.
• Drive consistency, compliance, and efficiency in core functions.
• Work with digital, automation, and AI-enabled tools to optimise how ERM operates.
• Work in shifts where required, depending on the role. As processes mature and

automation increases, and reliance on shifts will reduce.

• Management Trainee – Finance
• Location: Gurugram
• Duration: 6 Months
• Type: Paid Internship

• Role Profile:
• The role is responsible for ensuring all client billing is performed accurately, timely and in line
• with instructions within the contract. The role is also responsible for actioning all project
• variance corrections like effort transfers.
•  

Key responsibilities:

Client time and material billing:

• ·       Create draft invoices and send them to PIC/PM for review via e-billing platform
• ·       (or equivalent)
• ·       Action any review points from PM/PIC following issuing of draft invoice
• ·       Process any write-offs in line with PM/PIC instructions and approval matrix
• ·       Escalate any non-responses to draft billing to Financial Project Partner (FPP) at
• ·       the appropriate time for resolution
• ·       Ensure e-billing platform (or equivalent) status is kept up to date
• ·       Run final invoices
• ·       Seek pre-approvals from Client for invoices where appropriate

Client lump sum billing

• ·       Ensure any automated milestone billing is confirmed with PICs before issuing drafts.
• ·       Ensure GDC – O2C Master Data team are informed of any changes to milestone
• ·       billing dates
• ·       Monthly variance clearing
• ·       Review Manage Engine tickets from monthly review and assign to correct team
• ·       based on subject
• ·       Issue invoice
• ·       Email client invoice from global mailbox
• ·       Send invoice to customer portal team for e-invoicing or customer portal actions
• ·       Escalate issues
• ·       Escalate issues to the FPP for stalled invoices being sent to the client per the
• ·       SOP
• ·       Escalate issues to the FPP for stalled variances being cleared per the SOP

Required skills:

• MBA (Finance) Freshers
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good knowledge of MS Excel
• Excellent communication and attention to detail
• Desired skills, but not required:
• Fluency in other languages besides common Indian dialects or English