Reporting To: Associate Manager, NRM India

Shift: APAC (7:00 am - 4:00 pm IST) (India)

The responsibilities of the individual in this position include:

- Participate in the accounting aspects of various global locations of Russell Investments in close coordination with local and regional managers / controllers

- Provide support and analysis of transactions impacting the business by gaining a comprehensive understanding of transaction flow and dependencies; ensuring recordings are consistent with US GAAP

- Own the revenue lifecycle: Lead the accurate recognition, calculation, and invoicing of management fees, ETF billing streams, and performance-based fee structures

- Apply business context: Review institutional investor mandates and Fund agreements to validate tiered fee models, asset-under-management (AUM) inputs, and complex rebate frameworks

- Manage corporate accruals: Drive the month-end and year-end close processes by calculating, justifying, and posting complex revenue accruals, expense reclassifications, and strategic adjustments

- Process Excellence: Ensure processes are supported by appropriate SOPs that are reviewed and modified for relevance in a timely manner

Ensuring that SOPs are self explanatory, provides context and helps process transitions between team members

Review processes for enhancing efficiencies, accuracies and internal controls

- Prepare journal entries and reconciliations across various accounting functions

This includes effective self-review of work performed, researching discrepancies, and ensuring deadlines are met

This may include the effective review of work performed by others

- Support the month-end and year-end close process by ensuring journal entries are recorded timely and accurately, performing variance analysis and balance sheet reviews and other accounting tasks as required

- Prepare and/or process client and vendor invoices (payables and/or receivables) to ensure timely and accurate payment or cash receipt and recording in the general ledger





Identify outliers and proactively seek resolution

- Partner with internal stakeholders to resolve accounting issues, improve processes, and support operational efficiency and maintain effective working relationships with cross-functional teams and global stakeholders

- Assist with internal and external audit requests and ensure appropriate supporting documentation is maintained

- Exercise integrity and confidentiality in financial reporting and comply with national and local financial requirements

- Participate and lead accounting projects as needed

- Guide junior team members as needed

The successful candidate will have extensive demonstrable skills and experiences including the following:

- 5- 7+ years professional experience in accounting (experience in fund operations may also be considered)

Investment industry experience be strong advantage

- Sound knowledge of accounting fundamentals and principles

- A minimum of Bachelor s degree or equivalent in accounting

- Robust verbal and written communication skills

- MS Office Suite skill set, with Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel

- Experience or familiarity with month-end close processes in order to understand key transactions and interactions

- Familiarity with multi-currency transactions

- Strong team player with willingness to assist others in the department as needed, including performing simple or manual, repetitive tasks

- Excellent time management, prioritization, organizational, and leadership skills

- Strong attention to detail; meticulous attention to quality of work product

- Ability to work independently with little supervision on projects

- Ability to work under pressure and to manage deadlines, without sacrificing quality

- Proficient understanding of US GAAP, IFRS a plus

- Basic knowledge of the Asset Management industry

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📌 Senior Accountant I (Maharashtra)
🏢 Russell Investments
📍 Maharashtra