Job Purpose:
The Accounts Executive will manage end-to-end transactional accounting activities including payables, receivables, general ledger entries and bank reconciliations. They will support the Balance Sheet finalisation team by extracting and presenting required reports from the SAP system, and provide data and insights to the taxation team for TDS, TCS, Professional Tax (PT) and other statutory compliances.
Key Responsibilities:
- Handle accounts payable: invoice processing, vendor payments, vendor reconciliations and timely vendor settlements.
- Handle accounts receivable: customer invoicing, collections follow-up, customer account reconciliations and ageing management.
- Record and post accounting transactions (journals, accruals, prepayments, etc.) in accordance with company policy and accounting standards.
- Perform monthly, quarterly and year-end bank reconciliations; investigate and resolve discrepancies proactively.
- Support the Balance Sheet finalisation process: collaborate with the finalisation team, extract required reports from SAP, provide detailed schedules, assist with closing entries and ensure completeness of information.
- Provide accurate, timely and structured data to the taxation team for TDS, TCS, PT and other statutory tax matters; coordinate with them to ensure compliance.
- Maintain documentation and backup for all accounting entries, ensure proper internal controls and adherence to audit requirements.
- Liaise with cross-functional teams (procurement, sales, treasury) to ensure smooth transactional flow, correct accounting treatment and timely resolution of issues.
- Proactively identify process improvement opportunities (systems, controls, reconciliations, reporting) and drive efficiency and automation, especially in SAP-based workflows.
- Assist in month-end and year-end closing activities as required including trial balance review and supporting schedules.
Required Qualifications / Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Accounting or Finance (or equivalent).
- Proven experience in an accounting role covering payables, receivables, bank/ledger reconciliation, general ledger transactions.
- Hands-on working knowledge of SAP (report extraction, modules relevant to finance/controlling, navigations for ledger, vendor/customer reports).
- Strong understanding of statutory tax matters (TDS, TCS, PT) and ability to liaise with taxation team to provide required data.
- Proficient in MS Excel and comfortable working with large data sets, reconciliations and report extraction.
- Excellent numerical