Finance & Compliance Associate

? Indiranagar, Bengaluru | In office, 5 days a week

? Full-time | 2–4 years of experience after articleship

? CTC: ₹6L–₹8L per year

? Reports to: Founders

ABOUT SCALIO

Scalio is an AI-powered social media and video content platform for Indian MSMEs, offered as a ₹999/month subscription. We serve customers in India, the US and Southeast Asia. We’re a venture-backed team based in Indiranagar, Bengaluru.

We’re bringing finance and compliance in-house. You’ll own the function directly, working with our founders, external CA firm, auditors and payroll vendors.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

Payroll

- Run monthly payroll end to end, including attendance and salary inputs, payslips, reimbursements, and full-and-final settlements.
- Handle salary TDS, quarterly 24Q returns and annual Form 16.
- Manage PF, ESI and Karnataka PT registrations, payments and returns.
- Maintain salary structures, offer letters and employee records.

Statutory compliance

- Handle TDS for vendors, contractors, creators and rent, including 26Q returns and Form 16A.
- Prepare GST returns, reconcile input credit with GSTR-2B and handle applicable reverse charge.
- Coordinate income tax, ROC/MCA and annual filings with our external CA and company secretary.
- Maintain a compliance calendar, filing acknowledgements and notice tracker.

Accounting and reporting

- Maintain accurate books in Zoho Books, with supporting invoices or bills for every entry.
- Reconcile bank accounts, cards, payment gateways and app-store settlements against subscription revenue.
- Manage vendor payments, documentation and expenses.
- Own the monthly close and prepare P&L;, balance sheet,



cash flow and burn reports.

Audit and due diligence

- Be the company-side point of contact for statutory audits and investor due diligence.
- Maintain an organised data room of financials, reconciliations, payroll, tax returns, contracts and filings.
- Answer queries with supporting documents, working with our external CA on technical positions.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

- CA Inter with completed articleship or semi-qualified CA. B.Com/M.Com candidates with 4+ years of relevant experience will also be considered.
- 2–4 years of hands-on experience after articleship, ideally at a startup, SME or CA firm serving startups.
- Daily, hands-on experience with Zoho Books — mandatory.
- Personal experience running payroll and PF, ESI and PT compliance.
- Robust working knowledge of TDS, GST, reverse charge, TRACES and the GST portal.
- Experience preparing schedules and responding to queries for at least one statutory audit.
- Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills.
- Comfortable owning finance end to end in a lean team.
- Based in Bengaluru and able to work from our Indiranagar office 5 days a week.

GOOD TO HAVE

- Experience with Zoho Payroll, RazorpayX, greytHR or Keka.
- Payment-gateway or app-store reconciliation for a subscription business.
- Exposure to investor due diligence, cap tables or fundraising documents.
- Experience with export-of-services invoicing and international revenue.

WHAT YOU GET

- Full ownership of payroll, compliance and the books, with direct access to the founders.
- Exposure to fundraising and investor due diligence.
- Hands-on experience with a multi-country subscription business.
- CTC of ₹6L–₹8L, depending on experience.

📌 Finance & Compliance Associate, Scalio (Bengaluru)
🏢 Scalio
📍 Bengaluru