Revenue Accountant

Revenue Accountant

Location: India (Hybrid working as required)

Full-time | Permanent

About Kaplan International Pathways

Kaplan International Pathways, a division of Kaplan Inc., offers life-changing study opportunities for international students from more than 100 countries worldwide. Our university preparation programmes combine English language training, academic modules and study skills to enable students to progress to and excel in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at leading universities globally. We call these programmes Pathways.

We operate Pathways colleges in the UK and across the US, Australia and Asia Pacific, supporting thousands of students each year.

The Department

This is a permanent, full-time role within a newly formed India-based extension of the UK Finance team, supporting the UK Pathways business and wider global finance function.

As part of this growing team, you will play a key role in establishing robust financial accounting processes, strengthening internal controls, and delivering a high-quality month-end close and reporting cycle. The team works closely with UK and International colleagues within a global finance framework.

You will collaborate with member of the Operational Finance team and report to the Finance Manager – Revenue.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our new expansion in Bengaluru with the scope to influence processes, embed best practices, and support future scalability.

The Role

We are seeking a qualified accountant (CA / ACCA / CPA or equivalent) to take end-to-end ownership of Revenue and Billing for the UK Pathways business.

This is a technically demanding and high-accountability role. You will be responsible for ensuring revenue is recognised accurately and in compliance with UK GAAP and US GAAP reporting requirements, maintaining the integrity of the receivables subledger, and ensuring all associated controls operate effectively.

This role requires independent judgement, technical interpretation, proactive issue resolution, and ownership of outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Revenue Recognition & Technical Accounting

• Have ownership of revenue recognition for UK Pathways Colleges and UK Residences
• Ensure compliance with UK GAAP revenue recognition principles and support US GAAP reporting adjustments
• Perform and review monthly UK GAAP to US GAAP conversion adjustments, demonstrating understanding of framework differences
• Act as the subject matter expert for revenue accounting within the India team

Subledger & Billing Control

• Own the integrity and control of the receivables subledger
• Oversee invoicing flows from subledger to general ledger as part of month-end processes
• Investigate discrepancies, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions
• Ensure student accounts are maintained accurately in line with contractual terms and conditions
• Strengthen controls around billing accuracy and revenue cut-off

Month-End & Balance Sheet Ownership

• Prepare and review month-end journals relating to revenue and associated areas
• Take accountability for the preparation and active management of deferred income balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensure reconciliations are robust, fully supported, and audit-ready
• Deliver month-end outputs accurately and in line with agreed reporting timetables

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary contact for revenue and billing matters
• Provide guidance and technical support to colleges and internal stakeholders
• Communicate clearly and confidently across geographies
• Partner with UK finance colleagues to ensure smooth operational delivery

Projects & Process Improvement

As part of the evolving India Finance function, this role will also contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including:

• Driving process automation within revenue and billing workflows
• Enhancing reporting through tools such as Power Query, Power BI or ERP-based automation
• Supporting system improvements impacting revenue accounting
• Strengthening documentation and control frameworks in line with SOX requirements
• Identifying and implementing scalable improvements as transaction volumes grow
• Being part of the future planned finance ledger change from Great Plains to Business Central

This role requires someone comfortable not only operating processes, but improving and redesigning them where necessary.

About You

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (CA / ACCA / CPA or equivalent)
• 2+ years post-qualification experience in financial accounting or reporting

Experience

• Strong technical understanding of UK GAAP; exposure to US GAAP advantageous
• Experience owning revenue accounting or a high-volume transactional accounting area
• Experience working within structured month-end reporting environments
• Prior experience in multinational or shared services environments desirable

Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel skills (large dataset handling, pivot tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query advantageous)
• Comfortable analysing high-volume billing data
• Interest in automation and finance systems enhancement

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrates ownership and accountability for outputs
• To have ownership of your core areas but also supporting the team to achieve the overall month end delivery
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• High attention to detail with ability to self-review
• Able to work to tight deadlines without compromising quality
• Confident communicator capable of influencing stakeholders

Desirable

• Have experience with the new ERP system Business Central or our existing system Great Plains
• Experience using tools such as Power Query, Power BI, workflow automation tools to improve reporting and close efficiency would be advantageous.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to be part of a newly established and growing India Finance team
• Ownership of a key accounting area within a global organisation
• Exposure to UK GAAP, US GAAP and SOX frameworks
• Involvement in finance transformation initiatives
• Competitive salary and benefits