Job Title: Finance Accountant – Business Operations
Department: Finance & Business Operations
Experience: 1.5–4 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Work Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Work Mode: Onsite

Job Summary

We are looking for a Finance Accountant – Business Operations to join our team in Chennai. The ideal candidate will have 1.5–4 years of experience across finance, accounting, and business operations.

The role will involve managing day-to-day accounting activities while also supporting business operations, MIS reporting, reconciliations, vendor/customer coordination, process tracking, and operational reporting.

The candidate should be detail-oriented, analytical, organized, and comfortable working in a fast-paced onsite environment with multiple stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

- Maintain accurate and up-to-date books of accounts and General Ledger.
- Record and review accounting transactions, journal entries, accruals, provisions, and prepayments.
- Perform bank, vendor, customer, and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Review accounting entries and ensure appropriate classification and supporting documentation.
- Assist with preparation of Trial Balance, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet schedules, and other financial reports.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing activities.
- Prepare and post accruals, provisions, prepayments, depreciation, and other month-end entries.
- Identify and resolve accounting discrepancies and open items.

Accounts Payable & Receivable

- Process and verify vendor invoices, purchase orders, and supporting documents.
- Perform vendor reconciliations and coordinate for resolution of discrepancies.
- Track vendor advances, debit notes, credit notes, and outstanding balances.
- Raise customer invoices and ensure timely accounting of receipts.
- Monitor customer outstanding balances and prepare receivables ageing reports.




- Perform customer reconciliations and support collection follow-ups.

Business Operations

- Support day-to-day business and operational activities to ensure smooth execution of processes.
- Coordinate with internal teams, vendors, customers, and other stakeholders for operational requirements.
- Track business transactions, operational expenses, payments, collections, and other key activities.
- Maintain operational trackers, databases, and documentation.
- Monitor pending tasks, follow-ups, and process timelines and ensure timely closure.
- Identify process gaps, discrepancies, and operational issues and coordinate with relevant teams for resolution.
- Assist in developing and maintaining SOPs and process documentation.
- Support management with operational data, analysis, and ad-hoc reports.
- Assist in improving finance and operational processes to increase efficiency and accuracy.

MIS & Reporting

- Prepare daily/weekly/monthly MIS reports and dashboards.
- Track key financial and operational metrics.
- Prepare reports related to revenue, expenses, collections, payables, receivables, and business performance.
- Perform basic variance analysis and highlight significant deviations to management.
- Maintain accurate data across finance and operational trackers.
- Support management with ad-hoc financial and business analysis.

Compliance & Audit

- Support GST, TDS, and other applicable statutory accounting activities.
- Maintain proper financial documentation and audit trails.
- Assist with internal and external audits by providing required schedules and supporting documents.




- Ensure transactions are processed in accordance with company policies and accounting principles.

Required Skills

- Robust understanding of accounting principles and double-entry bookkeeping.
- Good knowledge of General Ledger, AP, AR, reconciliations, and month-end closing.
- Good understanding of business operations and process management.
- Strong MS Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIF/SUMIFS, and basic data analysis.
- Experience with ERP/accounting software such as SAP, Oracle, Tally, NetSuite, Zoho Books, or similar.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Qualification

- B.Com / M.Com / MBA Finance or equivalent qualification.
- CA Inter / CMA / ACCA qualification will be an added advantage.

Experience

- 1.5–4 years of relevant experience in Finance, Accounting, Business Operations, or a combination of these.
- Candidates with experience in accounting + MIS + business operations will be preferred.

Preferred Candidate Profile

- Hands-on experience in finance and accounting processes.
- Strong numerical and analytical abilities.
- Comfortable working with Excel, ERP systems, and large sets of financial/operational data.
- Proactive approach toward identifying and resolving issues.
- Strong ownership and follow-through on assigned tasks.
- Comfortable coordinating with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- Willing to work onsite from our Chennai office.

Role Details

- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Work Mode: Onsite
- Employment: Full-Time, Permanent
- Experience: 1.5–4 Years
- Joining: [Immediate]

Pay: ₹8,417.64 - ₹30,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

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