Accounts Executive

Role Summary

Nuvilant handles accounting, GST, TDS, income tax returns, advisory, and India-entry support for its clients. This role owns the accounting and tax compliance cycle for an assigned portfolio of clients end-to-end: books to filings, with direct client contact and minimal hand-holding.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently manage a defined set of clients as their primary day-to-day point of contact for accounting and compliance matters.

• Collect information and documents directly from clients, resolve routine queries without escalation, and keep clients informed of filing status and deadlines.

• Maintain day-to-day accounting in Tally (Prime/ERP9) voucher entry, ledger scrutiny, bank reconciliation.

• Finalise books independently: trial balance, profit & loss, balance sheet, and schedules/notes to accounts, ready for audit handoff.

• Prepare and file GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, and annual returns (GSTR-9/9C) with finalisation support.

• Reconcile input tax credit against GSTR-2B on a monthly basis and chase mismatches with vendors/clients.

• Handle e-way bills, e-invoicing where applicable, GST registration/amendment, and respond to routine departmental notices.

• Compute TDS liability, prepare challans, and ensure timely deposit.

• Prepare and file income tax returns for individuals, firms, and companies (ITR-1 through ITR-6/7 as applicable to the portfolio).

• Compute income under all relevant heads, including presumptive taxation (44AD/44ADA) and capital gains, and work out advance tax liability.

• Support tax audit preparation (Form 3CA/3CB-3CD) and coordinate with the audit team where a client's work crosses into signature-required territory.

Skills & Competencies Required

• Strong working knowledge of GST law and the mechanics of return filing and reconciliation.
• Strong working knowledge of TDS provisions, return filing, and the TRACES portal.
• Demonstrated ability to finalise accounts independently not just pass entries.
• ITR filing experience across categories, with comfort in computation of income and common special provisions.
• Advanced Tally (Prime/ERP9), including multi-company handling and GST/TDS configuration.
• Confident, professional client communication able to field client calls and emails without needing a senior on every call.
• Able to manage multiple clients and deadlines concurrently without dropping filings.
• Working familiarity with the Income Tax portal, GST portal, TRACES, and basic MCA portal navigation.

Good to Have

• Semi-qualified CA/CMA (only discontinued cases).
• Prior experience specifically in a CA firm or tax/accounting practice, rather than industry-only accounts experience.
• Basic exposure to ITR filing, Tax audit preparation, Finalisation of accounts etc.