- Maintain day-to-day accounting entries and ledgers.
- Record sales, purchases, receipts, payments and journal transactions.
- Maintain cash book, bank book and general ledger.
- Prepare and verify invoices, bills, vouchers and supporting documents.
- Perform regular bank and ledger reconciliation.
- Maintain proper documentation of all financial transactions.
Construction Project Accounts
- Maintain project-wise income and expense records.
- Track material purchases, labour expenses, subcontractor payments and site expenses.
- Monitor project budgets against actual expenditure.
- Verify site expense claims and supporting bills.
- Coordinate with site engineers and project teams regarding project expenses.
- Prepare project-wise cost statements and financial summaries.
- Assist management in monitoring project profitability.
GST & Statutory Compliance
- Prepare and maintain records required for GST compliance.
- Assist in preparation and filing of GST returns.
- Maintain TDS-related records and assist with TDS compliance.
- Maintain proper records for statutory audits and tax assessments.
- Coordinate with auditors, tax consultants and other professional advisors when required.
Receivables & Payables
- Maintain client outstanding statements.
- Prepare payment follow-up schedules.
- Track client collections and project advances.
- Maintain supplier and subcontractor accounts.
- Verify supplier bills before processing payments.
- Prepare payment schedules and assist management in payment planning.
Payroll & Employee Accounts
- Assist with monthly salary preparation.
- Maintain employee advances and reimbursements.
- Maintain records of employee deductions and other payments.
Management Reporting
- Prepare monthly income and expenditure statements.
- Prepare project-wise expense reports.
- Provide management with outstanding receivables/payables reports.
- Assist in preparing cash-flow and financial planning reports.
- Highlight unusual expenses, pending payments and collection issues to management.
The candidate should preferably have working knowledge of:
- Tally Prime / Tally ERP
- MS Excel / Google Sheets
- GST portal
- TDS-related accounting and documentation
- MS Word
- Basic accounting and financial reporting software
Knowledge of construction/project accounting will be an added advantage.
Required Skills
- Good knowledge of accounting principles.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Good knowledge of GST and TDS procedures.
- Valuable Excel and data-management skills.
- Ability to maintain confidential financial information.
- Good communication and coordination skills.
- Ability to identify accounting discrepancies.
- Good organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
Qualification: B.Com / M.Com / equivalent qualification in Accounting or Finance.
Experience:
Preferably 1–3 years of relevant accounting experience.
Experience in a construction company, contracting firm, engineering consultancy or project-based business will be preferred.