JOB DESCRIPTION

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT / ASSISTANT MANAGER — FINANCE & ACCOUNTS

Position Title: Senior Accountant / Assistant Manager

Department: Finance & Corporate Accounts

Reporting To: GM - Finance and Accounts

Location: Mumbai

Role Purpose

The Senior Accountant will be responsible for managing day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring robust direct tax compliance, driving seamless end-to-end reconciliations, and assisting in the timely closure of books of accounts and finalization of Financial Statements. This position reports directly to the GM Finance and Accounts.

Key Responsibilities & Core Duties

1. Core Accounting & Ledger Integrity

· End-to-End Bookkeeping: Scrutinize and pass day-to-day general ledger accounting entries, including accruals, provisions, prepaid expenses, depreciation, and payroll allocations.

· Fixed Assets & Inventory: Maintain and update the Fixed Asset Register (FAR), calculate depreciation according to the Companies Act and Income Tax Act, and reconcile physical inventory with ledger accounts.

· Document Verification: Ensure strict validation of all purchase invoices, expense bills, and supporting vouchers against commercial contracts and approvals prior to booking.

2. Direct Tax Compliance & Form Filling

· TDS & TCS Compliance: Correctly determine TDS liability under applicable sections. Ensure accurate deduction, deposition within statutory due dates, and quarterly preparation and filing of TDS Returns. Ensure timely generation of Form 16/16A.

· Income Tax Return Filing: Collate, organize, and prepare necessary agile computation data grids for the filing of Corporate Income Tax Returns. Assist in completing and uploading various relevant ITR Forms.

· Tax Audit Support: Prepare comprehensive data templates, detailed schedules, and sample documentation required for filling up Tax Audit Forms (Form 3CD). Ensure absolute alignment between financial accounts and statutory tax disclosures.

3. Robust Financial Reconciliations & BRS

· Bank Reconciliation Statements (BRS): Perform thorough,



periodic Bank Reconciliations across multiple corporate accounts to resolve unadjusted entries, banking fees, and outstanding cheques instantly.

· Sub-Ledger Reconciliations: Conduct regular three-way match reconciliations of Vendor Ledgers, Customer Ledgers, and Inter-company accounts. Review and clean up aging unadjusted advances and open line items.

· Tax Ledger Control: Reconcile tax ledgers regularly against governmental compliance portals (e.g., matching TDS deductions with Form 26AS/AIS/TIS platforms).

4. Financial Statement Preparation & Month-End Closure

· Financial Finalization: Assist the Finance Controller in the preparation and presentation of Standalone/Consolidated Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and detailed Notes to Accounts) in strict compliance with Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013 and applicable Accounting Standards.

· Month-End Closing: Adhere to closing timelines by preparing accurate trial balance schedules, provisional schedules, and analyzing variance patterns across major expense lines.

5. Audit & Advisory Support

· Statutory & Internal Audits: Coordinate seamlessly with Statutory Auditors during year-end and quarterly audits. Act as a focal operational point for resolving audit queries and delivering clear audit evidence files.

Candidate Specifications & Profile

· Educational Qualifications: CA Inter / CA Finalist OR Post Graduate/ M.Com./B.Com

· Professional Experience: 5 to 6 years of core experience handling general corporate accounting, finalization support, and rigorous direct tax return filing processes. Experience working closely under a Senior Finance Leader is highly valued.

· Technical & Functional Skills:

· Advanced operational hands-on fluency in corporate ERP environments (Tally Prime).

· In-depth, operational command over the Indian Income Tax Portal, TDS trace utility, and offline utilities.

· Advanced command over Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, logical operators).

· Deep functional clarity regarding Accounting Standards (AS), GST rules, and statutory corporate laws.

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