Senior Accountant

Job Description
November 2026

Location:
Ahmedabad Employment Type: Full-time Number of Vacancies: 1 Experience Required: 5–7 years

About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to manage day-to-day accounting, guide our junior accounts team, and ensure robust financial compliance across our CSR-funded projects.

Key Responsibilities
● Manage day-to-day accounting operations, including accurate and timely entry of all transactions in Tally (or the accounting software in use). ● Review and verify expense bills, vouchers and reimbursement claims from field and head office teams, ensuring they meet Ashray's finance and travel policies. ● Guide and supervise junior accountants on expense checking, documentation standards and correct booking of entries. ● Flag queries, discrepancies and missing documentation to the relevant program teams and follow up until they are resolved. ● Maintain project-wise and donor-wise books of accounts for multiple CSR-funded projects, ensuring expenses are booked against the correct budget heads. ● Track and settle advances given to field staff, vendors and partners within defined timelines. ● Prepare budget vs actual reports, fund utilisation statements and utilisation certificates for donors and funders. ● Support program teams with financial inputs for donor reports, proposals and budget revisions. ● Process vendor payments,



salaries and other disbursements after checking supporting documents and approvals. ● Handle statutory compliances, including TDS deduction and filing, GST (where applicable), PF/ESI and other applicable returns, within deadlines. ● Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements applicable to NGOs, including FCRA, 12A/80G and CSR fund guidelines. ● Carry out monthly bank reconciliations, ledger scrutiny and closing of books. ● Coordinate with internal, statutory and donor auditors, and prepare schedules and documents required for audits. ● Maintain an organised filing system (physical and digital) for all financial records and supporting documents. ● Support the strengthening of internal controls, finance processes and SOPs across head office and field locations. ● Coordinate with field teams across states to ensure timely submission of expense documentation. Qualifications ● M.
Com, CA Inter or equivalent qualification. ● 5–7 years of accounting experience, preferably in the NGO/CSR sector. ● Strong working knowledge of Tally and MS Excel. ● Good understanding of TDS, GST, PF/ESI and other statutory compliances. ● Familiarity with NGO compliance, including FCRA, 12A/80G and CSR fund guidelines (FCRA exposure preferred). ● Experience in handling audits and donor-wise fund accounting. ● Strong attention to detail and good communication skills. ● Ability to work with program teams and guide junior staff.

📌 Senior Accountant (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Ashray Foundation
📍 Ahmedabad