Accounts Payable Operations
- Own the end-to-end Accounts Payable (AP) process, ensuring completion within defined turnaround times.
- Review and approve complex or high-value invoices, ensuring accurate GL, cost centre, project, and tax coding.
- Drive continuous improvement to reduce invoice rework, errors, and vendor escalations.
Vendor Payments, Controls & Cash Coordination
- Plan and review payment runs in coordination with the Finance and Banking teams to ensure fund availability.
- Ensure strict adherence to the approval matrix and payment control framework.
- Maintain robust controls to prevent duplicate, incorrect, or unauthorized payments.
Vendor Reconciliation & Query Management
- Conduct periodic vendor ledger reconciliations.
- Ensure timely resolution of vendor queries and disputes.
- Reduce long-pending open items and maintain accurate ageing and vendor statement reconciliations.
Bookkeeping, Monthly Closing & General Ledger
- Ensure accurate booking of expenses and journal entries, including monthly accruals, provisions, and cut-off entries.
- Maintain alignment between the AP sub-ledger and the General Ledger.
- Provide timely support during month-end and year-end closure activities.
Statutory & Tax Compliance
- Ensure accurate deduction and accounting of TDS and GST, including compliance requirements related to foreign payments.
- Ensure timely deposit of TDS and provide accurate data for tax return filings.
- Maintain complete statutory documentation and ensure compliance with applicable requirements, with zero tolerance for errors that could result in penalties.
Audit Support & Compliance
- Ensure timely submission of AP and bookkeeping records for statutory and internal audits.
- Resolve audit queries related to AP and bookkeeping.
- Maintain robust documentation and audit evidence trails.
- Ensure closure of audit observations within agreed timelines.
Department-wise MIS & Budget Monitoring
- Prepare monthly department-wise MIS reports within defined timelines, including Budget vs. Actual analysis across departments.
- Coordinate with functional teams on expense tracking and budget utilization.
- Support the Associate Director – Finance with accurate, timely, and decision-ready financial data.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, or a related discipline.
- CA (Inter), CMA, or MBA Finance is preferred.
- 8–12 years of relevant experience in Accounts Payable, Bookkeeping, General Ledger, or related Finance functions.
- Prior experience in a mid-to-large organization with multi-department or multi-project financial operations.
- Working knowledge of GST, TDS, and statutory compliance requirements, including foreign payment compliance.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Tally, or equivalent.
- Strong command of MS Excel for reconciliation, analysis, and MIS reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage month-end closing cycles and support audit processes.
Skills
- Strong understanding of AP processes, GL accounting, and statutory tax compliance, particularly GST and TDS.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and MIS/Budget reporting tools.
- High attention to detail with a strong control and governance mindset.
- Effective vendor and stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with sound judgment and minimal supervision.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills for effective cross-functional coordination and audit interactions.
Pay: ₹700,000.00 - ₹1,200,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
