Position: Accounts Manager

Department: Accounts Manager
Location: Trichy
Shift: Day Shift
Reporting To: Finance Head / Management

Job Summary:

The Accounts Manager will be responsible for leading and managing a large Accounts team and overseeing day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping operations. The role involves managing team performance, reviewing accounting work, maintaining quality and accuracy, ensuring timely completion of assignments, resolving complex accounting issues, and continuously improving team productivity and processes.

The ideal candidate should have strong accounting fundamentals, proven team management experience and the ability to quickly understand and adapt to new accounting practices, taxation requirements, and business processes.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead and manage a large Accounts team and ensure smooth day-to-day operations.
- Plan, allocate, monitor, and review accounting and bookkeeping assignments across the team.
- Manage team productivity, work quality, attendance, performance, and timely completion of assignments.
- Review accounting entries, ledgers, reconciliations, financial records and other accounting activities.
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of accounting work delivered by the team.
- Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly work targets and ensure timely closure of assignments.
- Guide team members in resolving accounting-related queries, errors, and complex issues.
- Review escalated accounting issues and provide appropriate solutions and guidance.
- Identify training requirements and support the development of team members.
- Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
- Coordinate with internal teams and relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth workflow and timely delivery.
- Monitor pending activities,



identify operational bottlenecks, and take corrective action.
- Ensure proper adherence to defined accounting processes, quality standards, and internal procedures.
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, team productivity, accuracy, and overall efficiency.
- Prepare and share team performance, productivity, quality, and operational reports with management.
- Support management in implementing new processes, accounting requirements, and business changes.
- Stay updated with relevant accounting and taxation requirements and ensure the team is appropriately guided.
- Take ownership of overall team performance and ensure consistent service quality.

Required Skills:

- Strong knowledge of accounting concepts and bookkeeping.
- Strong understanding of ledgers, reconciliations, financial records, and accounting processes.
- Ability to understand and adapt to different accounting practices and taxation requirements.
- Strong team leadership and people management skills.
- Ability to manage and motivate a large team effectively.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Strong MS Excel and computer knowledge.
- Good understanding of accounting software and willingness to learn new systems.
- Strong attention to detail and quality orientation.
- Good English communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.

Qualification:

- B.Com,



M.Com, BBA, MBA (Finance), CA Inter, CMA Inter, ACCA, or equivalent.

Experience:

- Minimum 6 years of experience in Accounting and Bookkeeping.
- Prior experience managing large Accounts teams is strongly preferred.
- Experience handling teams of 30+ members will be an added advantage.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

- Overall team productivity and performance.
- Accuracy and quality of accounting work.
- Timely completion of accounting assignments.
- Team adherence to process and quality standards.
- Resolution time for accounting queries and escalations.
- Reduction in accounting errors and rework.
- Team training and development.
- Employee productivity and performance improvement.
- Process efficiency and continuous improvement.
- Timely submission of operational and management reports.

Preferred Candidate Profile:

- Proven experience in Accounting and Bookkeeping operations with strong team-handling experience.
- Experience managing and supervising a large Accounts team.
- Strong ability to plan work, allocate responsibilities, monitor performance, and drive team productivity.
- Strong accounting fundamentals with the ability to quickly learn and adapt to current accounting practices and requirements.
- Experience handling complex accounting queries and supporting team members in resolving issues.
- Strong leadership, ownership, and decision-making abilities.
- Comfortable working in a process-driven and target-oriented environment.
- Strong MS Excel and computer knowledge.
- Good English communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines.
- Immediate joiners preferred.

Pay: ₹45,000.00 - ₹60,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

📌 Accounts Manager (India)
🏢 Global Connect
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