About the role
- Handle accounts payable: invoice processing, vendor payments, vendor reconciliations and timely vendor settlements.
- Handle accounts receivable: customer invoicing, collections follow-up, customer account reconciliations and ageing management.
- Record and post accounting transactions (journals, accruals, prepayments, etc.) in accordance with company policy and accounting standards.
- Perform monthly, quarterly and year-end bank reconciliations; investigate and resolve discrepancies proactively.
- Support the Balance Sheet finalisation process: collaborate with the finalisation team, extract required reports from SAP, provide detailed schedules, assist with closing entries and ensure completeness of information.
- Provide accurate, timely and structured data to the taxation team for TDS, TCS, PT and other statutory tax matters; coordinate with them to ensure compliance.
- Maintain documentation and backup for all accounting entries, ensure proper internal controls and adherence to audit requirements.
- Liaise with cross-functional teams (procurement, sales, treasury) to ensure smooth transactional flow, correct accounting treatment and timely resolution of issues.
- Proactively identify process improvement opportunities (systems, controls, reconciliations, reporting) and drive efficiency and automation, especially in SAP-based workflows.
- Assist in month-end and year-end closing activities as required including trial balance review and supporting schedules.
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Accounting or Finance (or equivalent).
- Proven experience in an accounting role covering payables, receivables, bank/ledger reconciliation, general ledger transactions.
- Hands-on working knowledge of SAP (report extraction, modules relevant to finance/controlling, navigations for ledger, vendor/customer reports).
- Strong understanding of statutory tax matters (TDS, TCS, PT) and ability to liaise with taxation team to provide required data.
- Proficient in MS Excel and comfortable working with large data sets, reconciliations and report extraction.
- Excellent numerical