Candidate Profile
Qualified CA/CMA: 5 to 7 years of relevant post qualification experience;
CA Inter / CMA Inter: 10 to 12 years of relevant experience.
Hands-on manufacturing finance and accounting experience; strong knowledge of banking operations along with SAP/ERP and MS Excel proficiency [SAP S4/HANA will be added advantage]. Sound accounting knowledge along with TDS/TCS/GST provisions, accuracy, ownership and ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
Key Responsibilities
1. Banking Operations & Cash Flow
- Facilitate banking channels for processing Fries, Flakes, Agro & Project related domestic as well as foreign payments, collections, remittances and operational queries; record collection entries and bank transactions in SAP.
- Prepare daily and monthly cash flow statements, bank positions and bank reconciliations.
- Maintain fixed deposit schedules, interest workings and related accounting records.
2. Payments & Vendor Accounting
- Process vendor payments, employee reimbursement claims and related expense bookings in SAP along with ensuring correct tax treatment.
- Prepare payment proposals and facilitate bank portal processing against supporting documents and approvals.
- Maintain vendor ageing, reconciliations and follow up on outstanding items.
3. Receivables & Working Capital
- Record customer receipts, maintain receivable ageing, customer reconciliations and coordinate collection follow-ups.
- Implement approved customer credit-limit changes, blocks and releases in SAP.
- Prepare monthly Drawing Power (DP) calculations, supporting inventory/receivable schedules and facilitate bank submissions.
4. Monthly Closing & General Accounting
- Execute assigned month-end closing activities, general ledger reconciliations and accounting adjustments.
- Maintain prepaid expenses, accruals, provision and other financial schedules.
- Analyse repair & maintenance expenses as well as other expenses, ensure correct accounting classification and process applicable transfers to spares inventory.
5. Fixed Assets & Physical Verification
- Maintain Fixed Asset Register, additions, Capitalisation, disposals, depreciation schedules and reconciliations.
- Coordinate physical verification of fixed assets, spares and inventory and reconcile discrepancies & affect adjustments.
6. GST Refunds, Audit & Internal Controls
- Support preparation of GST refund workings, reconciliations and associated supporting documentation.
- Prepare schedules and supporting information for statutory/internal audits and financial reporting.
- Support internal financial control documentation, audit queries and closure of observations.
- Undertake other finance and accounting responsibilities as assigned from time to time by the Finance Controller or management.
- Assist in SAP/ERP improvements.