Responsibilities:

- Calculate and maintain customer rebate accruals based on contractual terms, including volume, growth, promotional, and special rebates.

- Ensure accurate and timely monthly and quarterly rebate provisions in line with sales performance.

- Reconcile rebate balances between customer agreements, sales data, and finance records

.

- Process rebate claims and coordinate with

Sales, Commercial, Controlling, Finance, and Payment teams for validation and approval.

- Monitor rebate utilization against accruals and identify over- or under-provisions

.

- Prepare and post journal entries related to rebate accruals, reversals, and settlements.

- Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and revenue recognition requirements

, including IFRS 15 where applicable.

- Support internal and external audits by providing appropriate rebate calculations, supporting documentation, and justifications

.

- Maintain and update rebate master data, customer agreements, and related financial records

.

- Identify and implement process improvements across the rebate accounting process.

- Support month-end and year-end closing activities related to rebates.

- Contribute to

Record-to-Report (R2R)

month-end activities, including accruals and prepaid journal postings during periods of lower rebate workload.

- Analyze rebate trends and variances and provide insights to support commercial and financial decision-making.





- Ensure rebate accruals and reconciliations are completed accurately within defined closing timelines and KPI targets

.

- Collaborate effectively with

GBS, local finance teams, rebate controllers, financial controllers, commercial teams, payment teams, and auditors

.

Eligibility / Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in

Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related discipline

.

- Minimum

3 years of relevant accounting experience

, preferably in rebate accounting, GL, R2R, or a similar finance function.

- Strong understanding of rebate accounting, accruals, provisions, settlements, and financial reconciliations

.

- Good knowledge of

IFRS 15 and revenue recognition principles and their impact on rebate accounting.

- Understanding of internal controls, accounting policies, compliance requirements, and audit processes

.

- Hands-on experience with journal entries, accruals, reversals, settlements, and month-end/year-end closing

.

- Strong proficiency in

Microsoft Excel and MS Office

.

- Experience working with

ERP systems such as SAP or Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)

will be an advantage.

- Good written and verbal

English communication skills

.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify rebate variances, over/under provisions, and reconciliation issues

.

- Strong stakeholder management and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate across

Finance, Sales, Commercial, Controlling, and other cross-functional teams

.

- Solid attention to detail, self-organization, customer orientation, and results orientation.

📌 Rebate Accountant, GL TEAM (Pune)
🏢 Deloitte
📍 Pune