Accounts Receivable / Finance Executive

Location: Chennai

Experience: 2–5 years

Function: Finance & Accounts

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Accounts Receivable / Finance professional to join our Finance team. The role will be responsible for managing invoicing, collections, receipt accounting, customer reconciliations, AR reporting and accounting operations, while working closely with Business, Operations, Accounts Payable, customers and auditors.

The ideal candidate should have solid accounting fundamentals, hands-on experience with Tally, GST/TDS, invoicing and reconciliations, and be comfortable managing multiple stakeholders and deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

1. Invoicing & Billing

- Manage timely and accurate invoicing for SB and integrated accounts.
- Ensure the majority of monthly unbilled revenue is invoiced within timelines.
- Verify POs, customer details, GST information and supporting documents before invoice generation.
- Coordinate with Business and Operations teams to resolve billing discrepancies and ensure timely invoicing.

2. Accounts Receivable & Collections

- Monitor customer outstanding balances and ensure collections within approved credit periods.
- Prepare and circulate AR ageing and outstanding reports to relevant business teams.
- Follow up on overdue payments with customers and internal stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate customer-wise outstanding records.
- Identify and escalate long-pending, disputed or high-risk receivables.

3. Receipt Accounting & Reconciliation

- Ensure timely and accurate accounting of daily customer receipts.
- Perform customer ledger and Statement of Account (SOA) reconciliations.
- Respond to customer requests related to SOAs and account reconciliations.




- Perform TDS receivable reconciliation and follow up for pending TDS certificates/credits.
- Identify and resolve unapplied receipts and reconciliation differences.

4. Accounting & Tally

- Record and maintain accounting transactions accurately in Tally/Tally Prime.
- Maintain customer ledgers, receipt entries, journal entries and other accounting records.
- Support month-end closing activities and ensure AR balances are properly reconciled.
- Ensure accounting records are maintained in line with company policies and applicable accounting requirements.

5. Vendor Spend & Cost Accounting

- Coordinate with the Accounts Payable team for accounting and tracking of vendor spends.
- Ensure vendor-related expenses are mapped to the appropriate cost centres.
- Follow up with relevant teams for pending invoices, POs and supporting documents.

6. Audit & Documentation

- Maintain accurate documentation of invoices, POs, customer confirmations and supporting records.
- Ensure documents are readily available for internal and statutory audits.
- Support auditors with AR, invoicing, collection and reconciliation-related information.
- Maintain proper filing and documentation as per company requirements.

7. MIS & Reporting

- Prepare regular AR ageing, collection and outstanding reports.
- Provide management with updates on overdue receivables and collection status.
- Support preparation of Finance & Accounts MIS reports.




- Ensure accuracy and completeness of all reports and data shared with stakeholders.

Key Success Measures
- Timely invoicing of monthly unbilled revenue, with the majority completed within 15 days of month-end.
- 100% of invoice requests processed within T+1 day.
- Timely collection of receivables within approved credit periods.
- Accurate and timely daily receipt accounting.
- Timely completion of customer SOA and TDS reconciliations.
- Reduction in long-pending and unreconciled customer balances.
- Accurate maintenance of customer ledgers and accounting records.
- Timely closure of audit requirements and documentation.
- Accurate cost-centre-wise accounting of vendor spends.

What We're Looking For
- Graduate in B.Com, M.Com, Finance, Accounting or an equivalent qualification.
- 2–5 years of relevant experience in Accounts Receivable / Finance & Accounts.
- Hands-on experience with Tally / Tally Prime.
- Good knowledge of GST, TDS, invoicing and accounting principles.
- Strong understanding of AR ageing, collections and customer reconciliations.
- Experience in receipt accounting, ledger reconciliation and customer account management.
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel, including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables and basic reporting.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work with deadlines.
- Good communication, follow-up and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Stakeholders The role will work closely with Business & Operations, Sales, Accounts Payable, Finance, customers and auditors to ensure smooth and timely execution of invoicing, collections, accounting and reconciliation activities.

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