British Council Looking for Senior Executive Finance Service Desk at Noida, Uttar Pradesh Full Time

Date: 24-Feb-2022

Location: Noida, South Asia, IN

Company: British Council

The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.

We work in two ways – directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.

These connections lead to an understanding of each other’s strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.

Job Title: Senior Executive – FSD

Purpose of job:
To support management of Finance Service desk by handling the incoming call and service requests on Service Now platform. The resource will also be required to record FREQ (Finance Requests) on SN platform , manage queries received through helpdesk telephone number and provide first line resolution to the callers/ requesters. The resource will also assign the queries/ requests to second line functional resolving groups in the Service teams and process financial transactions.

Role context

After the set-up of SSC in India it was observed that as a best practice, a service desk team needs to be set up to enable internal and external customers to send their finance requests to the team for resolution. This will enable the SSC team to monitor and manage the finance service delivery and also develop and implement solutions to enhance the quality of service delivery and reduce the issues/ requests sent by internal and external customers.

Main opportunities/challenges for this role

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:
Receive and answer phone calls professionally and record queries, requests and suggestions as service request on SN management tool.

Respond to customer inquiries, assign to relevant staff timely and accurately

Identify and escalate priority issues: VIP/High Priority tickets, coordination with resolving groups to maintain service levels

Regular follow up on complaints for its resolution by the resolving groups.

Provide 1st level support for requests / queries received from internal and external customers

Support in weekly/month-end reporting

Any activities that may been assigned to deliver FSD services (Due Diligence, Marketplace queries, Corporate Credit Cards management)

Parking manual journals

Qualifications

Essential – Finance Graduate/ Post Graduate

Desirable : Customer service experience over the phone (Finance process preferred)

Role specific knowledge and experience

Associate level experience or more in accounts payable/accounts receivable/ General accounting processes

Financial accounting skills including book-keeping.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

SAP system skills

Understanding of financial processes

Flexibility to work in all shifts

Further Information

Pay Band – 5

Contract Type – Indefinite

Department/Country- GSS Finance (Finance Service Desk)/ India – Noida

Closing Date (Time) – 11th Mar 22 (IST -23:59)

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

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We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

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