Finance Associate, Client Accounting

About the Role

ZS is seeking a Finance Associate in the Enterprise with a focus on client invoicing.

Key Responsibilities

• Work alongside Client Accounting and Finance Business Partnership teams to support project teams in actively managing project (client) invoicing.
• Engage with project teams, colleagues, and clients to identify and resolve issues related to project invoicing.
• Support "in-flight" client projects by providing reporting and tracking client POs, ensuring invoicing compliance with ZS and client policies.
• Engage effectively with resources at all levels within ZS and at our clients.
• Manage client POs, creating and sending invoices to clients.
• Ensure project financial transactions (billing, collection, time & expenses) are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Assist with engagement startup (project setup) and shutdown activities (prepare final bill to client, etc.).
• Receive, interpret, and process billing instructions, following up with project teams for clarification as needed.
• Send invoices to clients through multiple channels (email, online, postal mail) as dictated by the client.
• Manage client POs: receipt of POs, communication with project teams to assign to projects.
• Maintain an electronic archive of all invoices and a log of invoice details.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or business required.
• 0-3 years of financial management experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• SAP experience desirable.
• Strong analytic and critical thinking abilities.
• Motivated and proactive.
• Professional objectivity and judgment to know when to challenge activities.
• Fluency in English.
• Client-first mentality.
• Intense work ethic.
• Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach.