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

Job Description

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