Designation: Specialist - Corporate Finance
Location: Bangalore
Shift timing: General Shift
Experience: 4 to 5 years' experience working on managing payroll accounting including salary, bonus, incentives, and other compensation costs.
Role Description
The role will be responsible for ensuring accurate accounting, reconciliation, reporting, and compliance of payroll-related transactions. Candidates with direct payroll accounting experience are preferred. However, candidates with strong accounting fundamentals, GL, month-end close, reconciliations, and compliance experience who are willing to work in payroll accounting can also be considered.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage payroll accounting and employee cost accounting, including salary, bonus, incentives, and other compensation costs.
- Review and post payroll-related journal entries into the General Ledger
- Handle payroll provisions, accruals, true-ups, and month-end/year-end closing activities
- Perform reconciliation of payroll records with GL, bank payments, and balance sheet accounts
- Ensure correct accounting and reconciliation of statutory liabilities such as PF, ESI, TDS, Professional Tax, Gratuity, and other employee-related obligations
- Support internal, statutory, and financial audits related to payroll and employee costs.
- Ensure adherence to financial controls, accounting policies, and statutory and Labour compliance requirements.
- Coordinate closely with, HR, Finance, Treasury, Tax, and other relevant teams.
- Drive process improvements and strengthen controls around payroll accounting and reconciliations.
KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Functional/Technical
- Proficient in Payroll/Accounting Software Application
- Experience in payroll accounting and payroll processing
- Knowledge of Local laws and regulations
- Working knowledge in Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Excellent skills with a strong focus on member service
- Handle highly confidential issues with appropriate discretion
- Demonstrated ability to analyze financial information.
- Excellent in verbal, written and communication skills in English and Local language.
- Strong experience in Financial Accounting / R2R / GL / Controllership
- Good understanding of month-end close, journal entries, provisions, reconciliations, and compliance
- Exposure statutory compliance will be preferred
Behavioral
- Analytical Thinking
- Inquisitive and Seeks to Understand
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Detail and action Oriented
- Highly Organized
- Autonomous & Versatile
- Proactive, positive, can-do attitude
REQUIREMENTS
GEOGRAPHIC
Local responsibility requiring limited travel.
Located in main location/geography of relevant business unit.
QUALIFICATIONS / EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
4 to 5 years of Payroll Accounting and Statutory compliance
Your future duties and responsibilities
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
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📌 Specialist - Corporate Finance (Bengaluru)
🏢 CGI
📍 Bengaluru