CA Intern

RAL & Associates; Thane; On-site; INR 89,000 - 179,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Study and exam leave (ICAI)

Direct partner access

Hands-on training in finance

Job summary

RAL & Associates in Thane is seeking a CA student for a comprehensive articleship across GST, TDS, audits, and financial reporting. You will work directly with partners on live engagements, handling data, calculations, and client communications.

The role involves bookkeeping in Tally Prime and Zoho Books, plus MIS development and data conversion tasks. Willingness to travel to client sites is expected.

Qualifications

• Eligible to register for articleship under ICAI regulations.
• Comfortable with raw data: bank statements, portal downloads, Tally exports.
• Writes clearly and concisely for client emails and notices.
• Willing to travel to client sites for audits and verifications.
• Based in Thane West or able to commute reliably.
• Committed to completing the full articleship term with the firm.

Responsibilities

• Work with partners on live engagements across compliance, audit, reporting and automation.
• Prepare GST returns and reconciliations; draft replies to notices.
• Compute TDS and assist with AIS/26AS reconciliations.
• Support statutory, tax and internal audits including vouching and ledger scrutiny.
• Bookkeeping and month-end close in Tally Prime and Zoho Books; draft financial statements.
• Build Excel-based MIS and dashboards; convert PDF data to structured Excel.

Skills

Excel (SUMIFS, XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, P&

Pivots & data cleaning

Tally Prime

GST & TDS knowledge

Clear written English for clientEmails

Education

CA Intermediate

ICITSS completed

Tools

Tally Prime

Zoho Books

Job description

Role & responsibilities

You will work directly with partners on live engagements across compliance, audit, reporting and automation.

Key responsibilities

GST

• Prepare GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B; collate return data from portal JSON/Excel downloads
• Reconcile GSTR-2A/2B against purchase books and ITC claimed
• Prepare GSTR-9/9C annual return workings
• Draft replies to notices (ASMT-10, DRC-01A, audit queries) under partner review
• Handle e-way bill data and GSTIN validation

TDS and Income Tax

• Compute TDS, prepare quarterly returns, reconcile TDS payable with books and 26AS
• Reconcile AIS/26AS with client records; prepare capital gains workings from broker statements
• Assist with ITR preparation and tax audit (Form 3CD)

Audit and Assurance

• Statutory, tax and internal audits: vouching, sampling, ledger scrutiny, working papers
• Physical verification of inventory and fixed assets at client locations
• Revenue, purchase and creditor audits, including cut-off and confirmation procedures

Accounting and Financial Reporting

• Bookkeeping and month-end close in Tally Prime and Zoho Books
• Bank, vendor, customer and intercompany reconciliations
• Draft financial statements to Schedule III / Ind AS format
• Support Ind AS work such as ECL provision matrices and consolidation schedules

MIS

• Build and maintain Excel-based MIS, dashboards and reconciliation tools
• Convert PDF registers and statements into structured Excel data

Eligibility

• Eligible to register for articleship under current ICAI regulations (CA Intermediate and ICITSS completed as required)

Skills required

• Excel at working level: SUMIFS, XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, pivots, data cleaning
• Tally Prime (voucher entry, reports, exports)
• Working knowledge of GST and TDS provisions
• Clear written English for client emails and notice replies

Preferred (not mandatory)

• Zoho Books
• Prior exposure to GST portal filings

What you get

• Work across 7+ sectors and every service line, not one silo
• Direct partner access and review on every deliverable
• Hands-on training in finance,
• Study and exam leave as per ICAI norms

Selection process

1. CV screening
2. Interview with a partner

Preferred candidate profile

• Has cleared both groups or pursuing CA Intermediate
• Comfortable working with raw, messy data: bank statements, portal downloads, Tally exports. Doesn't expect clean inputs
• Writes clearly and concisely; can draft a client email or notice reply that needs minimal correction
• Takes ownership of a deliverable end to end and flags issues early instead of at the deadline
• Willing to travel to client sites for audits and physical verification
• Prefers breadth: wants exposure to GST, audit, reporting and automation rather than a single silo
• Based in or able to commute reliably to Thane West
• Committed to completing the full articleship term with the firm