ACCOUNTANT / JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT

Department: Finance & Accounts

Industry: Real Estate / Construction

Location: Chennai

Reporting To: Senior Accounts / Accounts Manager

Experience

- Junior Accountant: 1–3 years
- Accountant: 3–5 years
- Real estate / construction experience preferred.

Qualification B.Com / M.Com.

CA Inter / equivalent qualification will be an advantage.

Role Purpose To ensure accurate, timely and complete day-to-day accounting, reconciliations, statutory compliances and filings, and maintain the books ready for monthly closure.

Key Responsibilities

1. Day-to-Day Accounting

- Record sales, purchases, receipts, payments and journal entries.
- Maintain accurate accounting records in Zoho Books / Tally / ERP.
- Prepare vouchers and maintain supporting documents.
- Account for customer receipts, advances, bookings, cancellations and refunds.
- Record vendor invoices and expenses correctly.

1. Reconciliation

- Perform regular bank reconciliation.
- Reconcile customer and vendor accounts.
- Identify, follow up and explicit unreconciled items.
- Maintain outstanding and reconciliation schedules.

1. Real Estate & Project Accounting

- Maintain customer and project-wise accounting.
- Account for property bookings, advances, cancellations and refunds.
- Record project-related expenses under the correct project and account head.
- Ensure transactions are properly supported and classified.

1. Statutory Compliance & Filings

- Prepare workings and data for GST, TDS and other applicable statutory compliances.
- Perform GST and TDS reconciliations and identify differences.
- Prepare GST returns, TDS returns and other applicable statutory filings.
- Prepare statutory payment workings and challans within due dates.
- Maintain statutory registers, workings, acknowledgements and supporting documents.
- Track compliance due dates and pending items.
- Coordinate with Senior Accounts / consultants for review and filing.
- Follow up on notices,



mismatches and compliance issues.
- Maintain complete records of all statutory filings for audit and verification.

1. Monthly Books Closure

- Complete all assigned accounting entries within the monthly closing timeline.
- Prepare ledger schedules and reconciliation statements.
- Resolve pending and unreconciled items before closure.
- Support Senior Accounts in monthly books closure.
- Provide schedules and information required for audit and MIS.

1. Documentation & Internal Controls

- Maintain proper records of invoices, receipts, payments and vouchers.
- Ensure every transaction has appropriate supporting documents and approvals.
- Follow accounting SOPs, internal controls and approval procedures.
- Report errors, unusual transactions and pending items promptly.

Required Skills
- Good knowledge of accounting principles.
- Working knowledge of Zoho Books preferred.
- Working knowledge of Tally / other ERP systems and MS Excel.
- Good working knowledge of GST and TDS.
- Good reconciliation and numerical skills.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Good documentation and record-keeping discipline.
- Good communication and coordination skills.
- Ability to work within defined timelines.

Preferred Experience Experience in real estate / construction accounting, particularly in:

- Customer advances and collections
- Property bookings, cancellations and refunds
- Project-wise accounting
- Bank, customer and vendor reconciliation
- GST and TDS compliance
- Statutory returns and filings
- Monthly books closure

Role Expectation Junior Accountant: Execute accounting entries, vouchers, documentation, basic reconciliations and statutory compliance support accurately and on time.

Accountant: Independently handle day-to-day accounting, reconciliations, statutory compliance and filing preparation, and monthly closing activities with limited supervision.

Key Accountability

Accurate Books. | Timely Accounting. | Clean Reconciliations. | Timely Compliance. | Complete Documentation. | Closure Ready.

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