Walk-in || Audit Assistant

Role & responsibilities

• Collect financial, accounting, and compliance documents from clients.
• Prepare audit checklists and working papers.
• Organize client records and maintain audit files.
• Verify purchase registers, sales registers, ledgers, and trial balances.
• Reconcile accounting records with supporting documents.
• Check bank reconciliations and cash transactions.
• Verify invoices, vouchers, debit notes, and credit notes
• Reconcile GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, and GSTR-9 data.
• Compare GST returns with books of accounts.
• Verify Input Tax Credit (ITC) claims and GST compliance.
• Identify mismatches and prepare reconciliation statements.
• Assist in reviewing compliance under GST, Income Tax, PF, ESI, PT, and Labour Laws.
• Verify statutory registrations and filings.
• Review compliance calendars and due dates.
• Track pending notices and audit observations.
• Review the books of accounts to confirm that income, expenses, assets, and liabilities are recorded under the correct accounting heads and supported by proper documentation.
• Verify journal entries, ledger postings, and accounting adjustments prepared by the accounts team.
• Review accounts payable and accounts receivable balances and follow up on outstanding confirmations.
• Check vendor and customer ledger reconciliations and identify long-pending balances.
• Verify fixed asset registers, depreciation workings, additions, deletions, and supporting documents.
• Review monthly and year-end provisions, prepaid expenses, accrued expenses, and outstanding liabilities.
• Assist in preparation and review of financial statements, schedules, and supporting notes.
• Coordinate with clients and internal teams for clarification of accounting entries and pending documents.
• Identify accounting discrepancies, suggest corrections, and follow up for rectification entries.
• Ensure accounting records are maintained in accordance with applicable accounting standards and statutory requirements.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, or a related field, such as B.Com, M.Com, BBA (Finance), or BBM.
• Freshers may also apply, provided they have good knowledge of accounting and finance.
• Prior experience in a CA firm, audit firm, or compliance consulting firm will be considered an added advantage.
• Working knowledge of Tally Prime, Busy, Zoho Books, or similar accounting software is desirable.