Sr. Accountant | 4-7yrs | HYDERABAD

Job Description:

Experience-5 to 7years POSITION PURPOSE: The primary role of the Senior Accountant Staff is to perform accounting, payroll, statutory and auditing tasks related to the efficient running of India accounts activity, record keeping, employee IT document verification, vendor accounts management, employee travel claim verification etc. CHARACTERISTICS: This role requires a person who is able to think holistically of the entire general accounting operations by controlling and verifying our financial transactions from statutory compliance to management reporting, has a good employer service orientation and an aptitude for contributing towards efficient and effective Finance Management. This will require strong accounting knowledge along with verbal and written communication skills to be able to clearly articulate ideas and persuade others to his point of view. Accounting and Management reporting skills will be important as with document, time and conflict management abilities. ACCOUNTABILITIES and PERFORMANCE TARGETS: 1. Effectively and efficiently perform the following tasks ➢ Run payroll every month and should be aware about the Income tax, EPF, ESI, Gratuity and Professional tax calculations. ➢ Provide accurate monthly TDS, Professional Tax and EPF reports from the payroll ➢ Assist company auditors including preparation of schedules, providing explanations and supporting documents, and any other assistance to perform audit satisfactorily. ➢ Performs reconciliations/verifications to ensure that collections from customers are properly followed. Reports periodically overdue account / irregular accounts trends to the management team. ➢ Track and verify employee travel expenses and process expense reports ➢ Maintain a record of recurring expenses, track monthly vendor invoices, ensure timely invoice receipts, adhere to promptness in payment as per timelines and avoid delays ➢ Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments ➢ Calculate and assist with quarterly advance tax calculation and filing. ➢ Prepare analysis of accounts, track significant increase in recurring expenses, analyse the reasons and report to the management ➢ Calculate and assist with quarterly TDS and GST calculations and quarterly corporate income tax filing. ➢ Should have thorough knowledge on Asset management, depreciations and tracking. ➢ Correspond with vendors and employees by providing respond to their respective inquiries. ➢ Assist with every month end closing including accrual entries, prepaid entries and expense analysis. ➢ Ensuring all the statutory compliances like GST, EPF, TDS etc and identifying the timelines ➢ Supervise and review activities of accountant to ensure adherence to policy and procedures and recording of transactions are done in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles. 2. Support finance team to: ➢ Streamline or identify and recommend any process improvement ➢ Documentation of Standard Operating Procedures ➢ Perform critical tasks as back-up for other staff in case of emergencies to ensure uninterrupted accounting operations. ➢ Performs other function from time to time as directed by Finance and Administration Officer or other competent authority. JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES: ➢ Ability to function as a member of a multi-disciplinary team operating in multi-country environment ➢ Ability to work under minimal supervision and working independently ➢ Ability to work to tight and demanding deadlines without compromising quality ➢ Good written and spoken communication and presentation skills ➢ Strong interpretive, numerical, financial and analytical skills ➢ Thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures ➢ Excellent Statutory Accounting experience ➢ Hands-on experience in Accounting software like Great Plains ERP or other major ERP systems is preferred. ➢ Advanced MS application skills particularly MS Excel which includes knowledge in using various formulae such as vlookups and pivot table. ➢ Possess Accounting Post Graduation / Degree ➢ 4-7 years of general accounting experience