Chartered Accountant – Finance, Accounting, Consolidation, Audit & Reporting Lead

Experience: Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience
Location: Bangalore
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Type: Client-facing finance and accounting role
Reporting: Internal senior management / client finance leadership, as applicable

Role Overview

We are looking to hire a Chartered Accountant with minimum 3 years of post-qualification experience for client-facing finance and accounting assignments. The role will involve handling and supervising GL review, month-end close, audit support, reconciliations, consolidation support, MIS / management reporting, statutory compliance coordination and finance process support for clients across sectors.

The candidate should be hands-on, technically sound and capable of independently managing accounting, reporting, audit and consolidation-related deliverables in a client workplace.

Key Responsibilities

1. Month-End Close and GL Review

- Lead or support monthly books closure for client entities.
- Review trial balance, general ledger, sub-ledgers and key account balances.
- Review / prepare journal entries including accruals, prepayments, provisions, reclassifications and month-end adjustments.
- Review fixed assets, depreciation, prepaid expenses, intercompany balances and balance sheet schedules.
- Identify accounting gaps, pending items and reconciliation differences and work towards closure.
- Ensure proper accounting classification, cost centre mapping and documentation.

2. Consolidation and Group Reporting

- Support / lead preparation of consolidated financial information for client groups, as applicable.
- Review intercompany balances, related-party transactions, elimination entries and group-level adjustments.
- Coordinate with component finance teams / consultants for entity-wise financial data.
- Prepare consolidation schedules, group reporting packs and supporting workings.




- Assist in resolving consolidation differences, currency translation matters and reporting alignment issues.
- Support management / auditor queries relating to consolidated accounts and group reporting.

3. Audit Support

- Prepare audit schedules, lead sheets, reconciliations and supporting workings.
- Coordinate with statutory auditors, tax auditors, internal teams and external consultants.
- Track audit queries, open items and documentation requirements.
- Support audit closure, financial statement preparation and management reporting requirements.
- Assist in addressing prior-period observations and process gaps.

4. MIS and Management Reporting

- Prepare / review monthly MIS, P&L;, balance sheet schedules, variance analysis and financial review packs.
- Support preparation of cash flow reports, working capital summaries and management dashboards.
- Analyse key movements in revenue, costs, receivables, payables and other financial statement line items.
- Support data requests for management, investors, lenders, auditors or other stakeholders.

5. Compliance Coordination

- Coordinate for GST, TDS, income-tax and other statutory compliance-related data preparation.
- Review GST / TDS workings, reconciliations and supporting schedules.
- Coordinate with consultants for local or overseas compliance requirements, where applicable.
- Maintain compliance trackers and ensure timely internal closure of data requirements.

6. ERP and Process Support

- Work on accounting / ERP platforms such as Microsoft Business Central, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Zoho, TallyPrime or similar systems.




- Review accounting entries, master data, ledger mapping and reporting outputs.
- Identify ERP / process gaps impacting accounting and reporting.
- Assist in process improvement, documentation and standardisation of recurring finance processes.

7. Client Coordination and Team Supervision

- Act as a key point of contact for client finance teams for assigned workstreams.
- Supervise junior team members / executives, where applicable.
- Review work prepared by junior resources and ensure accuracy of deliverables.
- Maintain trackers for deliverables, pending items, dependencies and timelines.
- Ensure disciplined follow-up and timely escalation of issues.

Required Skills and Experience

- Qualified Chartered Accountant.
- Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience in accounting, audit, controllership, outsourced finance operations, consolidation, reporting or finance transformation.
- Strong understanding of accounting standards, audit processes, reconciliations and financial reporting.
- Working knowledge of GST, TDS and India statutory compliance processes.
- Experience in month-end close, GL review, MIS reporting and consolidation support.
- ERP exposure preferred.
- Strong Excel and analytical skills.
- Ability to work in client-facing environments.
- Good communication, documentation and coordination skills.
- Ability to manage deadlines and work across multiple assignments.

Preferred Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should be hands-on, detail-oriented and capable of working with limited supervision. The role is suitable for a CA who has experience in audit, controllrollership, consolidation, reporting or finance operations and is comfortable managing live client deliverables, reconciliations, reporting timelines and process stabilisation work

Pay: ₹60,000.00 - ₹100,000.00 per month

Benefits:

- Leave encashment

Work Location: In person

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