Senior Accounts Manager

Job Description: Senior Accounts Manager

Location: Sion East
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting To: Founder & Finance Head
Experience Required: 712 years, preferably in an SME environment

Role Purpose

The Senior Accounts Manager will manage the companys end-to-end accounting function, including finalisation of accounts, MIS reporting, budgeting, forecasting, compliance coordination, and financial controls. We are looking for a proactive, hands-on professional who is comfortable working in a growing SME and can provide management with accurate financial information for decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day accounting and ensure books of accounts are complete and accurate.
• Handle monthly, quarterly, and annual finalisation of accounts.
• Prepare and review Profit & Loss statements, Balance Sheets, cash-flow statements, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare timely and meaningful MIS reports, including variance analysis and business performance insights.
• Lead the annual budgeting process and prepare periodic financial forecasts.
• Monitor actual performance against budgets and explain key deviations.
• Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, bank reconciliations, and working-capital reporting.
• Monitor cash flows and support fund-planning decisions.
• Ensure timely compliance with GST, TDS, income tax, and other applicable statutory requirements.
• Coordinate with statutory auditors, tax consultants, banks, and other external stakeholders.
• Strengthen accounting processes, internal controls, documentation, and reporting systems.
• Identify financial risks, process gaps, cost-saving opportunities, and corrective actions.
• Guide and review the work of the accounts team.
• Provide financial information and analysis to management for business decisions.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Commerce, Accounting, or Finance.
• CA Inter, CMA Inter, or a similar professional qualification would be preferred.
• 5-7 years of relevant accounting and finance experience.
• Strong hands-on experience in finalisation of accounts.
• Experience preparing MIS reports, budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses.
• Sound knowledge of Indian accounting practices and statutory compliances.
• Proficiency in Tally or another ERP/accounting system.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience managing audits and coordinating with external consultants.
• Ability to supervise and develop an accounts team.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Proactive and able to identify issues before they become problems.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on, fast-moving SME environment.
• Willing to manage both operational accounting and management reporting.
• Commercially aware and able to look beyond accounting entries to understand business impact.
• Organised, dependable, and committed to meeting reporting deadlines.
• Interested in building systems and processes as the organisation grows.
• Demonstrates ownership, integrity, attention to detail, and confidentiality.

Success Measures

The successful candidate will be measured on:

• Timely and accurate monthly and annual closing of accounts.
• Quality and usefulness of MIS reports provided to management.
• Accuracy of budgets, forecasts, and variance explanations.
• Timely completion of audits and statutory compliances.
• Improvement in cash-flow visibility and working-capital monitoring.
• Reduction in accounting errors, unreconciled balances, and reporting delays.
• Strengthening of financial controls, processes, and team capability.