Job Purpose: Maintain complete, accurate and timely accounting records by preparing and posting entries in the designated accounting system, reconciling balances and supporting a controlled monthly close.

Key Responsibilities
Daily deliverable: Post approved journals for accruals, prepayments, payroll allocations, fixed assets, bank and other GL transactions; validate supporting documents, account codes, cost centres and project/grant tags; maintain journal logs and supporting schedules; reconcile GL accounts and investigate differences; assist with opening-balance uploads, master-data checks, system testing and month-end close; provide clean schedules to FP&A; and audit teams. Escalate unsupported or incorrectly classified entries rather than posting them. Core Skills / Technical Capabilities: Solid debit/credit, accrual and double-entry accounting; journal preparation and GL reconciliations; basic financial statements; proficiency in Excel (lookups, pivots, reconciliations); accuracy in accounting software; documentation and audit-trail discipline. Metrics / KPIs to be Handled:



Journal posting accuracy and timeliness; percentage of journals with complete support; reconciliation completion by deadline; unreconciled item ageing; month-end close task completion; correction/reversal rate; master-data coding accuracy.

Qualifications:
Essential: B.
Com or equivalent accounting qualification; strong practical understanding of basic accounting principles. Preferred: M.
Com, CA Inter/CMA Inter or relevant accounting-system certification.

Experience:
Essential: Practical exposure to bookkeeping, journal entries, ledgers and reconciliations; applicants from accounting or audit firms are welcome where hands-on accounting knowledge is demonstrated. Advantageous: 8–10 years in GL or accounting operations; month-end close, accounting-system use, multi-cost-centre/project coding or NPO experience. Personal Qualities &

Skills:
Specific: Methodical, detail-oriented, willing to verify entries and ask questions when evidence is insufficient. General: Dependable, receptive to feedback, discreet with financial data and comfortable learning recent systems and processes.

📌 Accounting Analyst – General Ledger (Mumbai)
🏢 TRYST IIT Bombay
📍 Mumbai