Job Description We're Hiring: Accountant – Finance & Accounts
/n Location: Kolkata
/n Experience: 0–2 years post qualification
/n Company: Wah! Foods

/n Industry: QSR / Food & Beverage / Retail

/n About Wah! Foods

/n Wah! Foods is building one of India's first organized street-food QSR chains through its brands Wah! Puchka and Wah! Litti.

/n Our mission is to bring India's most loved street foods into a hygienic, standardized, scalable, and trustworthy format-without losing the authentic taste and emotions attached to them.

/n About the Role

/n We are looking for a Accountant with 2-5 years of experience to strengthen our finance, accounting, compliance, taxation, MIS, and financial-control functions.
/n This is a hands-on role suited to someone who wants to work closely with founders and business teams in a fast-growing QSR environment.
/n Key Responsibilities
/n Manage monthly and annual books closure across outlets and business entities
/n Review accounting entries, ledgers, reconciliations, expenses, receivables, and payables
/n Ensure timely GST, TDS, income-tax, and other statutory compliances
/n Coordinate with auditors, tax consultants, banks, and regulatory authorities
/n Prepare monthly MIS, outlet-wise profitability, cash-flow reports, and management dashboards
/n Monitor food cost, outlet expenses, gross margins, contribution margins, and operational variances
/n Strengthen internal controls for purchases, inventory, cash, billing, refunds, discounts, and vendor payments




/n Conduct outlet-level financial reviews and identify revenue leakage or cost-control opportunities
/n Support budgeting, forecasting, fundraising due diligence, and financial modelling
/n Review vendor agreements, payment terms, taxation implications, and commercial documentation
/n Support implementation and improvement of accounting, POS, inventory, and ERP systems
/n Ensure proper documentation and audit readiness across all outlets
/n Assist the leadership team in evaluating current outlets, cities, formats, and expansion opportunities
/n Preferred Candidate Profile
/n • Solid understanding of accounting standards, GST, TDS, taxation, and statutory compliance
/n • Good command over Excel, financial modelling, MIS, and data analysis
/n • Experience in QSR, food and beverage, retail, hospitality, FMCG, or multi-outlet businesses is preferred
/n • Exposure to inventory accounting, food costing, outlet profitability, or POS reconciliation will be an advantage
/n • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, founder-led organization
/n • Strong ownership, attention to detail, commercial thinking, and problem-solving ability
/n • Willingness to work hands-on and visit outlets whenever required
/n Why Join Wah! Foods?
/n Work closely with the founders during a high-growth expansion phase
/n Help build financial systems for a growing multi-city QSR chain
/n Gain exposure to outlet economics, expansion planning, fundraising, and strategic finance
/n Be part of our growth across Kolkata, Pune, Bengaluru, and future markets

/n Help build nationally recognized street-food brands from the ground up.

📌 Chartered Accountant - Finance & Accounts (Kolkata)
🏢 Wah! Foods
📍 Kolkata