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