Associate - Finance & Business Operations (contractual), Agra

Role: Associate - Finance & Business Operations (Contractual- 4 months)

About Emeritus:

Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 50 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China. Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 250,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 2,000 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai. Following its $650 million Series E funding round in August 2021, the Company is valued at $3.2 billion, and is backed by Accel, Soft Bank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare client invoicing and payment links, multi-entity, and multi-currency invoicing.
• Review and prepare deals ready to close for accuracy and alignment of data across multiple systems.
• Ensure data integrity by assisting with data validation checks and clean-up projects, as requested.
• Review daily cash reports for client payments.
• Troubleshoot client inquires related to invoicing and payments, including certificates on hold due to non-payment.
• Work through complexities of setting up multiple entities of Emeritus as a vendor in our client’s payable systems.
• Collaborate with Finance, Sales, and Legal, to facilitate registrations, refunds, and problem solving.
• Actively monitor outstanding payments including creating customizable collections notices at specific time periods.
• Research, troubleshoot, and solve discrepancies between the multiple CRM and ERP systems to align system data for commissions validation. Systems include Hub Spot, Salesforce, and Emeritus’ proprietary system, along with reporting created by corporate teams.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, or a related degree.
• 2+ years proven experience in B2 B accounts receivable, including invoicing, collections, data analysis, or similar role.
• Experience with multi-entity and multi-currency invoicing and collections.
• 5+ years working with ERP technologies and reporting tools.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets required.
• Proactively identify risks and mitigation plans.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time efficiently.
• Hub Spot and/or Salesforce experience a plus.
• Immediate joiners preferred

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In press:

• https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-startup-eruditus-fy23-revenue-crosses-inr-3000-cr-mark
• https://www.outlookbusiness.com/start-up/news/eruditus-secures-150-million-funding-for-ai-expansion-business-growth
• https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/edtech-unicorn-emeritus-story-now-a-harvard-business-school-case-study/articleshow/107648728.cms?from=mdr