Senior Analyst - Closing & Reporting

Senior Analyst – Closing & Reporting, Finance & Accounting Services

Employment Type: Permanent | Location: Gurugram

Shifts: Day/ Night - shift allocation determined by business requirements and the time zones supported.

Reporting line:Senior Advisor, Closing & Reporting

Join our global Closing and Reporting team and build your finance career through exposure to international operations and an evolving digital finance environment. As an individual contributor, you will take ownership of a defined portfolio of entities or accounting processes, completing assigned accounting, reconciliation, control and period-end activities in accordance with established procedures and close requirements. You will be accountable for the accuracy, supporting evidence, and timely completion of your portfolio, resolving routine issues independently and escalating complex, unusual, or judgement-based matters to the Senior Advisor.

Based in Gurugram, you will support global operations across time zones. You must be flexible to work in either a day or a night shift, based on business requirements and the time zones supported.

Key accountabilities

As an individual contributor, you will take ownership of assigned accounting and close activities within your defined portfolio, taking responsibility for accuracy, supporting evidence and deadlines, and resolving routine matters independently while escalating complex or unresolved matters to the Senior Advisor.

1. Transaction processing and period-end delivery

• Own timely and accurate completion of your portfolio.
• Prepare journals, accruals, and adjustments with supporting calculations and documents, obtain required approvals, and post entries in SAP and Tagetik.
• Check transaction details and supporting information before posting, and correct errors through the approved process.
• Complete assigned month-end, quarter-end, and year-end tasks within the close calendar, update task status, and flag delays promptly.

2. Account reconciliations and issue resolution

• Prepare assigned general ledger and balance sheet reconciliations, match balances to supporting records, and document reconciling items.
• Reconcile assigned intercompany balances and process approved adjustments. Follow up on differences and provide information needed for settlement.
• Investigate routine differences, follow up on outstanding items, and escalate aged, unusual, or unresolved balances with supporting details.

3. Reporting and control checks

• Extract financial data and prepare standard reports and supporting schedules for review. Check completeness and consistency with source records.
• Investigate routine variances and provide supporting explanations; refer complex movements or accounting questions for guidance.
• Perform assigned control checks, retain evidence, and report exceptions. Address review comments and make approved corrections before submission.

4. Collaboration and audit support

• Coordinate with relevant teams to obtain required inputs, follow up on outstanding items, and resolve routine dependencies, escalating issues that may affect accuracy or close deadlines.
• Provide transaction records, reconciliations and supporting documents for audit queries through the designated C&R contact.
• Keep the Senior Advisor informed of progress and escalate unresolved issues with clear supporting information.

5. Process improvement and team support

• Flag recurring errors, delays and manual steps, suggest practical improvements and implement agreed changes within assigned tasks.
• Keep working instructions current and support assigned testing, data checks and documentation for finance changes.
• Share process knowledge, provide clear handovers and complete agreed backup tasks to support team continuity.

The expertise that drives excellence

Qualifications

• CA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification, or relevant accounting experience without a professional accounting qualification. Sound knowledge of accounting principles and financial transactions is required for both routes.

Relevant experience

• Typically, 5–8 years of relevant accounting and reporting experience, including journal processing, accruals, account reconciliations and period-end close activities, preferably within a large or complex organisation or shared services environment.

Systems and technical skills

• Working knowledge of SAP for journal processing, account enquiries and financial data extraction; SAP S/4 HANA experience is preferred.
• Good Excel skills to check data, prepare reconciliations and produce standard reports, including formulas, lookups and pivot tables.
• Experience with Tagetik or similar consolidation tools, Blackline or similar reconciliation tools, or Power BI would be an advantage.

Professional capabilities

• Attention to detail and the ability to check transaction accuracy, maintain clear supporting evidence and follow financial controls.
• Ability to investigate routine differences, explain findings clearly and seek guidance on complex or unresolved issues.
• Ability to organise assigned work, meet close deadlines and communicate progress or delays promptly.
• Clear communication and a collaborative approach, with willingness to share knowledge, provide handovers and complete agreed backup tasks.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.