General Ledger Accountant

Lead Associate - Operations-RTR-Blackline,-SAP-Immediate Joiner -UK Shift Company Description WNS, part of Capgemini, is an Agentic AI-powered leader in intelligent operations and transformation, serving more than 700 clients across 10 industries, including Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Shipping and Logistics, and Travel and Hospitality. We bring together deep domain excellence – WNS’ core differentiator – with AI-powered platforms and analytics to help businesses innovate, scale, adapt and build resilience in a world defined by disruption.Our purpose is clear: to enable lasting business value by designing intelligent, human-led solutions that deliver sustainable outcomes and a differentiated impact. With three global headquarters across four continents, operations in 13 countries, 65 delivery centers and more than 66,000 employees, WNS combines scale, expertise and execution to create meaningful, measurable impact. Job Description Job Title: General Ledger AccountantLocation: PuneDepartment: Finance / AccountingReports To: ManagerEmployment Type: Full-TimeRole OverviewWe are seeking a detail-oriented and highly analytical General Ledger Accountant tojoin our growing finance team. In this role, you will play a critical part in the month-endclose process, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial records. The idealcandidate will have hands-on experience with SAP and Blackline, advanced Excelcapabilities, and the analytical mindset necessary to investigate discrepancies and driveprocess improvements.Key Responsibilities Journal Entries & General Ledger Management: Prepare, review, and poststandard and ad hoc journal entries into SAP to ensure accurate financialreporting. Accruals Management: Calculate, record, and maintain monthly accruals,ensuring all liabilities and expenses are recognized in the correct accountingperiod. Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Perform comprehensive balance sheetreconciliations utilizing Blackline, ensuring all accounts are balanced, variancesare investigated, and aged items are resolved promptly. Month-End Close: Support the end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annualfinancial close processes within strict corporate deadlines. Financial Analysis: Apply strong analytical skills to perform variance analysis onprofit and loss (P&L) and balance sheet accounts, providing meaningfulcommentary to management on financial fluctuations. System Utilization & Process Improvement: Leverage SAP and Blackline tooptimize accounting workflows, identifying opportunities to automate orstreamline repetitive tasks using advanced Excel functions. Audit Support: Assist internal and external auditors by providing documentation,schedules, and explanations for standard and ad hoc journals andreconciliations.Qualifications & Skills Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field. Accounting Expertise: Strong foundational knowledge of standard accountingprinciples (GAAP/IFRS) with proven experience in general ledger accounting. System Experience: Hands-on experience with SAP is required. Priorexperience using Blackline for balance sheet reconciliations and taskmanagement is highly preferred. Advanced Excel: Exceptional proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including PivotTables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, sum-ifs, and managing large datasets. Analytical Skills: Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keeneye for detail and the capacity to synthesize complex financial data. Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable ofexplaining financial discrepancies to non-financial stakeholders. Time Management: Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously andmeet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Experience Level Entry Level