Role & responsibilities The Senior Accounts & Compliance role is responsible for the accounting operations of the company, including vendor invoice processing, bank and cash accounting, payroll booking and payments. The role also owns periodic reconciliations, statutory compliance (GST, TDS, PF, ESIC and Professional Tax), MIS reporting, and coordination with debtors, vendors, auditors and consultants.

At senior level, the incumbent is expected to take full ownership of assigned areas, guide junior accounts staff, and act as the main point of contact for auditors and consultants, escalating only policy matters and exceptions to management.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Accounting

Payables and vendor invoice processing

- Overall checking of books of accounts and accounting system for discrepancies and take corrective action
- Ensure proper accounting of cash, bank, purchase, journal and inventory accounting by subordinates

Payroll and other periodic bookings

- Book monthly salary and related payroll accounting.

B. Reconciliation

- Branch and inter-company: Match balances and transactions across branches and group companies.
- Control accounts: Keep the GRNI and other control/clearing accounts accurate and free of aged, unresolved items.
- Inventory: Reconciliation of inventory module with financial module.

C. Stakeholder Management

Receivables and payables

- Debtors: Follow up with debtors for payments and resolve payment-related queries. Reconcile customer balances and ageing with ledgers.
- Vendors: Act as the point of contact for vendor invoices, payment status and reconciliation queries. Reconcile vendor accounts and statements with the books.

Auditors and consultants

- Coordinate with the auditors and resolve audit queries.
- Prepare stock audit working papers and coordinate the stock audit with the auditors and concerned teams.




- Coordinate with external consultants, such as tax and other advisors, for opinions, compliance and audit support.

Internal

- Coordinate with branches, group companies, purchase/stores teams and management for data, approvals and clarifications.
- Guide junior accounts staff on day-to-day accounting, reconciliation and compliance work.

D. Statutory Compliance

Indirect tax (GST)

- Reconcile GSTR-2B with SAP entries and physical bills, and follow up on mismatches.
- Prepare working and support filing of monthly GST returns, using the reconciled GSTR-2B data.
- Prepare data and working papers for GST audit and respond to related queries.

Direct tax (TDS)

- Compute TDS, and prepare and support monthly deposit and return filing.

E. MIS Reporting

- Prepare periodic MIS reports for management, such as payables and receivables status, debtor and vendor ageing, collections, cash and bank position, and statutory compliance status.
- Extract and consolidate data from SAP and other records, and ensure the accuracy and timeliness of reports.
- Highlight variances, overdue items and other issues to management along with suggested actions.

Preferred candidate profile

- Education: Bachelors degree in Commerce (B.Com) or equivalent; M.Com, MBA (Finance) or final-level CA/CMA is preferred.
- Experience: 6 to 10 years in accounts, with hands-on exposure to payables, reconciliations, statutory compliance, audits and MIS reporting,



including some experience guiding junior staff.
- Industry: Prior experience in a manufacturing, trading or agri-based business with multiple branches or group entities is preferred.

4. Skills and Competencies

Technical

- Positive knowledge of accounting principles and practices, including payables, receivables, bank and cash accounting, and control accounts.
- Good working knowledge of SAP for invoice booking, GRPO/GRNI, bank entries, reconciliations and report extraction.
- Sound understanding of GST (returns, GSTR-2B reconciliation, IGST refunds), TDS, PF, ESIC and Professional Tax.
- Strong reconciliation skills across debtors, vendors, branches, inter-company and bank accounts.
- Advanced MS Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables, data matching) for reconciliations and MIS reports.
- Sound knowledge of audit processes, including statutory, internal, stock and GST audits.

Behavioural

- Accuracy and attention to detail, with the ability to work to monthly deadlines.
- Ability to work independently and take full ownership of assigned areas.
- Clear written and verbal communication for dealing with debtors, vendors, auditors and consultants.
- Ability to guide and mentor junior team members.
- Team-player attitude, with the ability to coordinate smoothly with colleagues across departments.
- Analytical approach to identifying variances and presenting findings to management.
- Integrity and confidentiality in handling financial and payroll data.

5. Working Relationships

- Reports to: Management and Internal Auditors
- Guides: Junior accounts staff, who are guided by this role.
- Internal: Branches, group companies, purchase and stores teams, and management.
- External: Debtors, vendors, statutory and internal auditors, external consultants, and banks.

📌 Head - Accounts & Compliance (Senior-Level) (Indore)
🏢 PCK Agri Ventures
📍 Indore