Senior Accountant

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 strong 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.

● Robust 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