Accountant
Company: GrowValley Group
Location: Chennai, India (Work from Office)
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience Required: 5–7 years
Department: Finance & Accounts
Reporting To: Group Management / CEO's Office
Salary Range: ₹40,000–₹65,000 per month (based on experience and capabilities)
About GrowValley Group
GrowValley Group is an advisory group operating across India and UAE.
As our group continues to grow, we are strengthening our internal financial systems and
accounting operations to ensure accuracy, transparency, compliance, and effective financial
management across our businesses.
We are looking for a hands-on, highly organized, and detail-oriented Accountant to help us
establish a reliable accounting foundation.
1. Primary Job Objective
To organize, streamline, and maintain the financial records of GrowValley Group and its
businesses by implementing structured accounting systems, cleaning up historical financial
data, and ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant bookkeeping.
The successful candidate will be responsible for bringing financial discipline to our day-to-day
operations and providing management with clear, reliable financial information.
This is a hands-on accounting and financial operations role, not a senior financial
planning or strategic finance position.
2. Key Responsibilities
A. Historical Accounting Clean-Up & Organization (Initial Priority)
- Review, collect, and organize historical financial records currently maintained across
- Excel sheets, emails, bank statements, invoices, and other documents.
- Assess accounting records from previous financial years, identify missing information, and establish a structured clean-up plan.
- Reconcile historical bank transactions, payments, receipts, and outstanding balances.
- Identify and document missing records, unexplained transactions, and accounting discrepancies.
- Organize financial records separately for each company and legal entity.
- Establish a centralized and easily accessible financial documentation system.
- Work with management and external accountants to resolve historical accounting gaps.
B. Accounting Software Implementation
- Assist in selecting and implementing appropriate accounting software, preferably Zoho Books or a similar platform.
- Migrate verified accounting data from Excel and other sources into the accounting system.
- Establish standardized charts of accounts, accounting categories, and bookkeeping procedures.
- Configure company-wise accounting records, bank accounts, expense categories, and reporting structures.
- Ensure proper document attachment and transaction tracking.
- Maintain an organized, secure, and reliable digital accounting environment.
C. Daily Accounting & Bookkeeping
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date books of accounts for assigned group entities.
- Record income, expenses, payments, receipts, assets, and liabilities.
- Manage invoices, bills, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
- Perform bank and ledger reconciliations.
- Maintain records of intercompany transactions and balances.
- Monitor outstanding collections, supplier payments, and financial obligations.
- Support payroll accounting and expense reimbursements.
- Ensure proper supporting documentation for financial transactions.
D. Basic Financial Reporting & Management Information
Prepare simple, clear, and accurate financial reports to help management understand the financial position of the business.
Reports should include:
- Monthly Profit & Loss statements for each company.
- Cash and bank balance summaries.
- Accounts receivable and payable statements.
- Monthly income and expenditure reports.
- Outstanding liabilities and payment obligations.
- Basic budget-versus-actual expenditure tracking.
- Simple cash inflow and outflow projections.
- Identification of unusual expenses, discrepancies, or potential cash shortages.
The accountant should understand budgeting and forecasting principles and be able to maintain basic financial tracking templates provided by management.
E. Compliance & Financial Controls
- Maintain accounting records in accordance with applicable accounting standards and company policies.
- Support GST, TDS, VAT, corporate tax, and other applicable compliance requirements in coordination with local tax professionals.
- Assist with statutory audits and financial documentation.
- Establish basic financial controls, payment approval procedures, and expense tracking systems.
- Maintain organized records for regulatory, tax, and audit purposes.
- Ensure confidentiality and integrity of financial information.
F. Group Accounting Coordination
- Maintain separate accounting records for group companies operating in India, UAE, and Uzbekistan.
- Coordinate with local accountants, consultants, and business teams as required.
- Maintain accurate intercompany transaction records.
- Handle basic multi-currency accounting and reconciliations.
- Ensure consistent accounting practices and documentation across assigned entities.
3. Key Deliverables
Deliverable- Frequency
Accounting records and bookkeeping -Daily
Bank and cash balance updates -Weekly
Receivables and payables tracking -Weekly
Bank and ledger reconciliations- Monthly
Company-wise Profit & Loss reports -Monthly
Income and expense summary -Monthly
Basic cash flow projection -Monthly
Budget vs. actual expense tracking MonthlyHistorical accounting clean-up -Phased project
Accounting software implementation -Initial project
Tax and audit documentation -As required
4. First 90-Day Objectives
Phase 1: Assessment & Organization
- Understand the group structure, legal entities, and financial operations.
- Collect and review existing accounting records.
- Identify gaps, missing documents, and reconciliation issues.
- Establish a structured digital filing system.
- Prepare a historical accounting clean-up plan with priorities.
- Recommend and initiate accounting software implementation.
Phase 2: System Implementation & Reconciliation
- Set up accounting software for priority entities.
- Establish standardized charts of accounts.
- Begin migrating verified accounting records.
- Reconcile current bank accounts and major outstanding balances.
- Implement consistent bookkeeping procedures.
- Establish basic weekly cash and expense reporting.
Phase 3: Reporting & Financial Discipline
- Bring current-period bookkeeping up to date for priority entities.
- Implement a consistent monthly closing process.
- Produce the first reliable monthly financial reporting pack.
- Establish basic cash flow and budget tracking.
- Present a historical clean-up progress report.
- Identify unresolved issues and recommend corrective actions.
- Historical accounting clean-up will continue beyond the first 90 days according to an agreed, risk-based schedule.
5. Required Qualifications & Experience
Mandatory Requirement
- Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on accounting experience.
- Experience managing accounting records for SMEs or multiple business entities.
- Proven experience with bookkeeping, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
- Experience using Zoho Books, Tally, QuickBooks, Xero, or similar accounting software.
- Working knowledge of GST, TDS, and Indian accounting compliance.
- Understanding of basic financial statements, budgets, and cash flow.
- Strong written and spoken English.
- Ability to work independently from our Chennai office.
Preferred Qualifications
- CA Inter, CMA Inter, M.Com, or equivalent accounting qualification.
- Previous experience cleaning up incomplete or poorly maintained accounting records.
- Experience migrating accounting data from Excel into accounting software.
- Experience with international companies, multi-currency transactions, or group
- accounting.
- Familiarity with IFRS accounting principles.
6. Ideal Candidate Profile
We are looking for someone who:
- Is exceptionally organized and systematic.
- Enjoys bringing structure to unorganized financial information.
- Has strong attention to detail and follows through on tasks.
- Is comfortable working with historical records and incomplete documentation.
- Takes ownership of accounting accuracy and deadlines.
- Can independently identify discrepancies and propose practical solutions.
- Communicates financial information clearly to non-finance management.
- Is comfortable working in a growing, entrepreneurial, multi-company environment.
- Demonstrates integrity, confidentiality, and accountability.
7. What Success Looks Like
Within the first 6 months, we expect the accountant to have:
- Established an organized accounting system across priority group entities.
- Brought current bookkeeping and reconciliations substantially up to date.
- Implemented a reliable accounting software platform.
- Created structured digital financial documentation.
- Established consistent monthly financial reporting.
- Provided management with clear visibility over cash balances, receivables, payables, income, and expenses.
- Made measurable progress on historical accounting clean-up, with unresolved issues documented.
- Established a dependable accounting foundation that can later be managed and scaled by a senior finance professional.
8. Career Growth Opportunity
This position is an important foundational role within GrowValley Group's expanding finance function.
As the group grows, we plan to introduce senior finance leadership responsible for group-level financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and strategic financial management.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow into a senior accounting or accounting operations leadership role, taking responsibility for the accuracy, systems, processes, and day-to-day financial operations of the group.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit their updated CV, current and expected salary, notice period, and a brief description of their experience in accounting clean-up, reconciliations, and accounting software implementation.
GrowValley Group is an equal opportunity employer.
Pay: ₹40,000.00 - ₹65,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Internet reimbursement
- Paid sick time
- Work from home
Experience:
- Business analysis: 2 years (Required)
Location:
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
