As a Transaction Support Associate, you'll play a key role in supporting engagement transaction processing. Working hand in hand with the Engagement and Finance teams, you will manage a collection of tasks within SAP, including opportunity creation, opportunity management, pricing, budgeting, and billing. Furthermore, you'll analyze various scenarios and suggest strategies to improve engagement margins.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the engagement team in managing opportunities, pricing, budgeting, and billing within the SAP.
- Collaborate closely with MENA MBA/PFAs to ensure that each transaction activity adheres to service line protocols.
- Offer guidance to the engagement team regarding Mercury and best practices.
- Ensure timely reporting of request status and volume analysis to market finance.
- Actively support system enhancement through regular feedback on system performance and suggested improvements
Skills and attributes for success:
- The ability to problems-solve, offering practical and credible solutions.
- Confidence to voice concerns when necessary
- Strong numeracy skills with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Exceptional time management skills with an ability to prioritize tasks based on risk, importance, and urgency.
- A proactive attitude and eagerness to learn and share knowledge.
To qualify for the role, you must have:
- A strong work ethic and experience in fast-paced environments
- 2+ years of experience in transaction processing, ideally within a professional services firm
- Strong interpersonal skills for building and maintaining relationships across the firm.
- Proficiency in MS Office Packages: Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word and Power BI
- Excellent communication and organizational skills along with detail-oriented problem-solving skills
- A finance-related degree or experience in a professional service or consultancy environment
Ideally, you will also have:
- A degree in Business or Finance
- Transaction processing experience in any ERP platform (SAP, Oracle etc.)
- Experience managing and developing people