Assistant Manager F&A

Talentbridge; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentbridge is seeking a CA with 4+ years of experience in India GAAP to manage end-to-end General Ledger accounting for India operations. The role requires hands-on SAP experience, payroll coordination, and active involvement in statutory and internal audits.

You will handle monthly closings, journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis while ensuring compliance with company policies and accounting standards. Collaboration with HR and external vendors is essential.

Qualifications

• + CA with 4+ years of India GAAP experience.
• + Strong hands-on experience in end-to-end GL accounting, monthly and annual close.
• + Payroll accounting and payroll operations coordination, including validation of payroll inputs.
• + Experience supporting statutory, internal, tax and group audits; variance analysis and management reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end General Ledger accounting activities for India operations.
• Ensure accurate recording of financial transactions in SAP in accordance with accounting standards and company policies.
• Perform monthly and annual financial close activities; post journals, accruals, provisions and reclassifications.
• Review trial balance, general ledger accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Coordinate payroll processing with HR and external payroll vendors; validate payroll inputs.
• Support statutory audits, internal audits, tax audits, and group audits; ensure compliance.

Skills

General Ledger

SAP

Payroll processing

Bank reconciliations

Variance analysis

Statutory compliance

Internal audits

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

Blackline

Excel

Job description

Role & responsibilities

This position is ideal for individuals who have the drive and desire to make things happen. It requires a highly motivated individual with attention to detail, great organizational skills and passion for Accounting, Compliances, Management reporting, communication and connecting with others. If you like creating schedules, and are a quick learner, then this role is perfect for you.Manage end-to-end General Ledger accounting activities for India operations. Ensure accurate recording of financial transactions in SAP in accordance with accounting standards and company policies. Perform monthly, and annual financial close activities. Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, provisions, prepayments, and reclassifications. Review and analyze trial balance, general ledger accounts, and supporting schedules. Conduct balance sheet reconciliations on Blackline and ensure timely resolution of reconciling items. Perform variance analysis and provide explanations for significant movements. Ensure proper accounting treatment for expenses, provisions, employee-related costs, and othertransactions. Support preparation of monthly management reports and financial statements. Maintain accounting records, schedules, and supporting documentation. Coordinating with Insurance Agent / TPA and reconciliation of Addition/Deletion in insured lives incl. CDbalance. Support Company's other functions within the Finance umbrella- such as preparing weekly Cash flow, Weekly Vendor payment review, quarterly forecasted financials. Handling assessments of Income tax, GST, Transfer pricing or other Direct/Indirect tax departments, Manage payroll accounting processes and coordinate monthly payroll activities with HR and external payroll service providers. Review payroll inputs and validate payroll data before payroll processing. Verify payroll registers/pay sheets and share observations, discrepancies, and corrections with HR and payroll vendors. Ensure completeness and accuracy of salary computation, employee benefits, deductions, taxes, reimbursements, and settlements. Process salary payouts through online banking platforms where applicable. Ensure timely accounting of payroll transactions in SAP. Post salary-related journals, provisions, accruals, reimbursements, incentives, bonuses, leave encashment,and employee benefit expenses. Maintain payroll-related accounting records and supporting documentation. Reconcile payroll accounts, salary payable accounts, employee recoveries, advances, and related balances. Review payroll vendor deliverables for accuracy and compliance. Support employee full-and-final settlements from a validation and accounting perspective. Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, corporate policies, and internal control requirements. Support statutory audits, internal audits, tax audits, and Group audits. Assist in compliance related to PF, ESI, Professional Tax, Labour Welfare Fund, TDS, and other payroll-related statutory requirements. Ensure appropriate documentation and audit trail for all payroll and accounting transactions. Maintain strong internal controls over payroll and employee-related financial processes. Perform detailed reconciliations of: Salary payable accounts. Payroll and Non payroll clearing accounts, Bank accounts, Statutory dues and remittance accounts, Investigate and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner. Conduct trend and variance analysis for expenses and other key cost categories. Process Improvement & Automation to Identify opportunities to improve accounting and payroll processes. Drive standardization, automation, and efficiency initiatives across GL and payroll processes.

Preferred candidate profile

you are a qualified CA, with minimum of 4+ years of experience in India GAAP, Strong hands-on experience in end-to-end General Ledger accounting, monthly and annual close, journals, accruals, provisions and reclassifications, Payroll accounting and payroll operations coordination, including validation of payroll inputs and registers, and payroll-related reconciliations , Experience supporting statutory, internal, tax and Group audits, Variance analysis, management reporting and exposure to weekly cash flow and vendor payment reviews, Ability to work independently with minimal direction and manage stakeholders across AP, HR, payroll vendors and business finance teams, should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Energetic individual with the desire to push boundaries to achieve results. Ability to manage the function with minimal direction. Preferably from service industry only preferable ITES/ Media/ Entertainment / E-commerce. Experience in Big 4 Audit firms or MNCs will be added advantage.