Associate - Accounts Receivable - Finance - Karachi

Based in Karachi, this role presents an exciting opportunity to join EY’s Accounts Receivable Management Team (ARMT) supporting the MENA region. The position focuses on maintaining accurate receivables ledgers to enable efficient collections and support the firm’s cash and liquidity management. You will collaborate closely with finance and engagement teams to resolve unidentified cash, process adjustments and refunds, and perform reconciliations. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented professional with strong communication skills, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to influence diverse stakeholders while driving process improvements.

Key Responsibilities
- Manage accounts receivable ledgers for assigned countries within the MENA region.
- Work with the AR cash application team to provide clear instructions for allocating client payments accurately.
- Proactively obtain payment and remittance details from onshore finance and client-serving teams through effective follow-up and stakeholder engagement.
- Develop and refine protocols to support payment identification and timely allocation, creating sustainable solutions to address process challenges.
- Monitor unapplied cash and on-account payments, research unidentified items, apply payments correctly, and assist with cash application corrections.
- Investigate and resolve queries from engagement teams related to allocation, reallocation, and remittance checks against bank statements.
- Process client refunds by securing necessary approvals and documentation, coordinating with Accounts Payable to ensure timely completion.
- Collaborate with the firm’s interfirm finance team to resolve payment allocation issues concerning interfirm accounts.
- Drive continuous improvements across the engagement-to-cash lifecycle in partnership with engagement teams, cash application, and other finance functions.
- Generate customer statements and balance confirmations, working with client Accounts Payable teams to complete reconciliations.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in finance, business, accounting, or a related field.
- Minimum of two years’ finance experience, with a focus on accounts receivable, cash application, billing, and collections.
- Practical experience using SAP.
- For internal candidates, familiarity with the engagement lifecycle and the firm’s cash application processes is preferred.
- Strong analytical skills to review client and payment data, identify issues, and support timely resolution.
- Effective communication skills to engage with internal teams, local finance functions, engagement teams, and clients.
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability to challenge existing approaches constructively and influence stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and prioritization abilities to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and solid numerical skills.
- Good understanding of collections processes, systems, and tools.
- Language skills suitable for supporting stakeholders across the MENA region.
- Ability to work independently within a diverse, multicultural, and matrixed organization.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
- Knowledge of professional services operating models and service offerings.
- Experience implementing new tools and ways of working across remote or geographically dispersed teams.
- Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies in dynamic environments.

EY offers a flexible and inclusive culture that encourages continuous learning and development. Employees gain future-focused skills, world-class experiences, and transformative leadership coaching. The firm values diversity and empowers individuals to use their voices to support others. This role provides the tools and flexibility to make a meaningful impact while working in a globally connected, multidisciplinary environment.

If you are ready to shape your future with confidence and thrive in a collaborative, evolving workplace, this opportunity at EY is designed for you.