Staff Accountant

You will be one of the three motivated Staff Accountants joining our growing accounts, administration, and compliance team. Your role will be crucial in ensuring compliance with local regulations across our diverse company structures including private limited companies, LLPs, and charitable trusts. This dynamic position offers a great opportunity for learning and development as you work across various entities. Your responsibilities will include analyzing employee and consultant deductions such as TDS and rent allowance, reviewing and managing bank transactions in the online accounting system, reconciling bank statements and other financial accounts regularly, generating income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports, preparing insightful financial reports for management review, processing vendor invoices considering GST and TDS, utilizing Zoho for purchase orders, managing invoice processing by entering scanned copies and supporting documents into the cloud-based system, proactively following up on outstanding receivables, filing monthly and annual GST returns for various companies, reviewing income tax returns prepared by external accountants, staying updated on evolving tax laws and regulations, collaborating with external tax advisors, submitting quarterly and annual FCRA reports, facilitating external audits by providing necessary documentation, addressing audit findings, implementing corrective actions, maintaining robust internal controls for financial accuracy, monitoring and controlling expenses to adhere to budgetary constraints, reviewing and approving employee expense reports, identifying cost-saving opportunities, conducting financial analyses to support strategic business decisions, providing insights into financial performance trends, assisting in evaluating the financial implications of business initiatives, collaborating with other departments to obtain essential financial information, clearly communicating financial information to non-financial stakeholders, and participating in cross-functional teams focused on process improvement. This opportunity is ideal for individuals eager to learn diverse accounting functions and gain experience working within various organizations. The requirements for this role include a Bachelor's or Master's degree in commerce or accounting; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a Master's degree. You should have a strong understanding of accounting principles and local regulations such as GST, TDS, Income Tax, and FCRA. Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities are necessary to identify and address financial issues. A meticulous approach to ensure accuracy in all financial tasks, effective communication skills to explain financial data to both technical and non-technical audiences, and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues across departments are essential. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting software, with preference for Zoho, is required. Experience with Tally accounting software is a plus.,