Accounting Executive- CA

Insight Advisors Private Limited; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Bravient Advisors Private Limited is seeking a senior accounting and compliance professional for full-time work from our Pune office. You will own client portfolios, oversee month-end closings, GST/TDS compliance, and year-end audits, while guiding junior associates and ensuring timely MIS delivery.

Responsibilities include coordinating data flow, reviewing entries, and maintaining SOPs to prevent single-point failures, with strong communication to founders and clients in a fast-growing advisory

Qualifications

• Clear spoken and written communication; comfortable speaking to founders without supervision.
• Marathi speaking is preferable.
• Has independently closed monthly books and finalised accounts for companies or LLPs.

Responsibilities

• Act as the single point of contact for founders and client-side contacts on all accounting and compliance matters.
• Understand each client's business model, funding stage and reporting needs, and shape the chart of accounts and MIS around them.
• Set up the compliance calendar, and agree how and when data will flow.
• Follow up for bank statements, invoices, payroll inputs and approvals so that the close calendar holds.
• Escalate technical, commercial or relationship issues to the practice lead early.
• Plan and allocate weekly work across the two junior associates, client by client.
• Review all output before it leaves the firm: entries, reconciliations, returns and MIS.
• Build and maintain checklists and SOPs for recurring work.
• Review sales, purchase, expense, payroll and bank entries for accuracy, classification and supporting documents.
• Ensure bank, credit card, payment gateway, vendor and customer reconciliations are completed every month.
• Pass or review month-end adjustments: accruals, prepaids, depreciation, provisions and revenue cut-off.
• Carry out ledger scrutiny and month-on-month variance checks before books are closed.
• Close each client's books as per the agreed monthly calendar.
• GST and TDS compliance: file GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, reconcile ITC with GSTR-2B, handle RCM and e-invoicing.
• Year-end book closure and audit: finalize books, draft financial statements, reconcile with GST/tax statements, and coordinate with auditors.
• MIS and founder reporting: prepare the monthly MIS pack including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and burn.

Skills

Communication skills

Marathi speaking

Team management

Attention to detail

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

Tally Prime

ZohoBooks

Excel

Job description

Bravient Advisors Private Limited | Full time

The senior is accountable for six areasacross every client in the portfolio.

1. Client ownership (SPOC):

• Act as the single point ofcontact for founders and client-side contacts on all accounting and compliancematters.
  
• Understand each client'sbusiness model, funding stage and reporting needs, and shape the chart ofaccounts and MIS around them.
  
• Set up the compliance calendar,and agree how and when data will flow.
• Follow up for bank statements,invoices, payroll inputs and approvals so that the close calendar holds.
• Escalate technical, commercialor relationship issues to the practice lead early.

2. Team management

• Plan and allocate weekly workacross the two junior associates, client by client.
• Review all output before itleaves the firm: entries, reconciliations, returns and MIS.
  
• Build and maintain checklistsand SOPs for recurring work.

3. Transaction recording and month closure

• Review sales, purchase,expense, payroll and bank entries for accuracy, classification and supportingdocuments.
• Ensure bank, credit card,payment gateway, vendor and customer reconciliations are completed every month.
  
• Pass or review month-endadjustments: accruals, prepaids, depreciation, provisions and revenue cut-off.
• Carry out ledger scrutiny andmonth-on-month variance checks before books are closed.
• Close each client's books asper the agreed monthly calendar
  

4. GST and TDS compliance

• GST: review and file GSTR-1 andGSTR-3B (monthly or QRMP), reconcile ITC with GSTR-2B, handle RCM, e-invoicingand e-way bill where applicable, and support GSTR-9 / 9C.
• TDS / TCS: check applicabilityand rates, ensure monthly deposit, file quarterly statements, issuecertificates and reconcile with AIS / annual tax statement.
• Work comfortably under theIncome-tax Act, 2025 (in force from 1 April 2026) and the 1961 Act for earlierperiods.
• Track other statutory due dates(advance tax, PF, ESI, PT) and coordinate where another team handles thefiling.

5. Year-end book closure and audit

• Finalise books: closingentries, fixed asset register, ageing, related party and other schedules.
• Draft financial statements asper Schedule III and applicable accounting standards.
• Reconcile books with GSTreturns, TDS statements and the annual tax statement before finalisation.
• Be the contact for statutoryand tax auditors: prepare audit schedules, answer queries and close the auditon time
  

6. MIS and founder reporting

• Prepare and review the monthlyMIS pack: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, burn and runway, receivable andpayable ageing, budget versus actual.
• Support investor reporting.

Work expectations:

Area

Whatwe expect

Ownership

Owns the full client portfolio. Knows thestatus of every client's books, returns and open issues at any time

Every return, reconciliation and MIS packis reviewed before filing or sending.

Timelines

Month close and MIS delivered as per eachclient's agreed calendar.

Client communication

Responds to client queries within oneworking day. Shares status proactively instead of waiting to be asked

Team

Sets a weekly work plan, trackscompletion, and develops the juniors so they can take on more over time

Process

Maintains a compliance tracker, closechecklist and client-wise SOP so work does not depend on any one person

Hands-on support

Steps in to prepare complex entries, orto share load during peak periods and year-end

Flags risks, scope changes and clientdissatisfaction to the practice lead before they become problems

Preference

Track

Qualification

Experience

A

Qualified Chartered Accountant

3–5 years post-qualification

B

5–7 years of relevant experience

Must-have technical skills:

Has independently closedmonthly books and finalised annual accounts for companies or LLPs.

Sound working knowledge ofAccounting Standards and Schedule III presentation.

• GST: return filing, ITCreconciliation with GSTR-2B, RCM, and handling of mismatches and notices.
• TDS: applicability and rates,quarterly statements, corrections and default notices.
• Strong on Tally Prime or ZohoBooks, and on Excel (pivots, lookups, reconciliations).
• Decent communication

Must-have working skills

• Has reviewed other people'swork and guided at least one or two juniors.
  
• Has handled several clients inparallel and can prioritise across competing deadlines.
• Clear spoken and writtencommunication; comfortable speaking to founders without supervision. Marathispeaking is preferabl
  
• Takes ownership: follows anissue to closure without being chased.

Preferred

• Current or recent role in amid-size CA firm, in its accounting, outsourcing or compliance vertical.
• Has managed a portfolio ofsmall clients at the same time, each with its own close and compliance cycle.
  
• Exposure to startup clients
  
• Has set up or improved aprocess, checklist or tracker in a previous role.
  
• Looking to stay in aclient-servicing practice role for the medium term.

Other points

• Will be working from our office(wanwadi)
  
• Office timing from 10 to 7 PM-Monday to Friday. Saturday on need basis