Senior Accountant

Role & responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the accounting team, ensuring effective work allocation, productivity, mentoring, and process compliance.
• Oversee the accuracy of sales, purchase, journal, bank, and general ledger entries, including ledger reconciliations and ageing analysis.
• Ensure timely month-end and year-end book closures through effective coordination with cross-functional departments.
• Monitor expense recognition, project costing, and working capital to ensure sound financial management and payment discipline.
• Ensure compliance with GST, TDS, PF, ESI, and other statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Review and ensure adherence to accounting policies, internal controls, and standard operating procedures.
• Prepare and review accurate management reports, MIS, financial analyses, and ad-hoc reports to support business decisions.
• Coordinate and support statutory, internal, and bank audits by ensuring timely availability of financial records and documentation.
• Maintain system integrity through accurate accounting records, master data management, and financial controls.
• Collaborate with Operations, Stores, Sales, HR, Procurement, and other departments to ensure seamless financial processes.
• Drive continuous process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance across the finance function.
• Review overall accounting operations, identify key issues, financial variances, risks, and opportunities for improvement, and submit actionable management reports with recommendations to the Finance Director.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce (B.Com) is mandatory.
• Strong experience in Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes, including purchase accounting, vendor reconciliations, invoice processing, and payment controls.
• Sound knowledge of Indian Accounting Standards, GST, TDS, PF, ESI, and other statutory compliance requirements.
• Proficiency in Tally prime and advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Experience in month-end and year-end closing, financial reporting, audit coordination, and internal controls.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial reconciliation skills.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and team development abilities.
• Ability to work under deadlines, prioritize multiple responsibilities, and drive process improvements.
• Experience in manufacturing, engineering, printing, or project-based industries will be an added advantage.
• Exposure to inventory accounting, procurement processes, and project costing is preferred.