Chartered Accountant

Cosmic Uplift; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Ownership of finance processes

Job summary

Cosmic Uplift in Bengaluru seeks a Chartered Accountant to join its Finance & Treasury team. You will own vendor payments, TDS and tax compliance, cash-flow monitoring, and treasury operations, ensuring timely, accurate financial processes.

You will work with Finance, Accounting, Operations, vendors, banks, and internal stakeholders to strengthen controls, drive process improvements, and ensure compliant financial operations.

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 1–5 years post-qualification experience.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and reporting.
• Hands-on knowledge of Indian direct and indirect taxation (TDS, GST).
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Tally, or similar platforms.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to handle large datasets and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Vendor payments: verify invoices, plan payment runs, review for duplicates and discrepancies, reconcile ledgers, maintain audit trails.
• TDS & tax compliance: compute TDS, ensure timely deposits and quarterly returns, manage Form 16/16A, reconcile with Form 26AS/AIS/TRACES, coordinate GST and other statutory payments.
• Treasury & cash flow: monitor cash positions, prepare short-term cash-flow forecasts, perform bank reconciliations, coordinate banking operations.
• Financial reporting & month-end closing: support closing activities, prepare accruals and MIS, maintain records, assist audits.
• Process improvement: automate workflows, strengthen controls, enhance ERP-based finance processes and reporting.

Skills

Vendor payments

TDS & tax compliance

Cash-flow management

Treasury operations

Reconciliations

ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Tally)

Excel

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Financial controls

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Tally

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for a Chartered Accountant to join our Finance & Treasury team and take ownership of vendor payments, TDS and tax compliance, cash-flow monitoring, and treasury operations.

This role is ideal for a finance professional who combines strong accounting fundamentals with a hands‑on approach to payments, taxation, reconciliations, controls, and process improvement.

You will work closely with Finance, Accounting, Operations, vendors, banks, and other internal stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial operations.

Key Responsibilities

Vendor Payments

• Review and verify vendor invoices against POs, GRNs, contracts, and agreed commercial terms.
• Plan and execute payment runs based on credit terms, cash availability, and internal approval policies.
• Review payment data for duplicate payments, discrepancies, and exceptions.
• Reconcile vendor ledgers and statements and resolve payment-related queries.
• Maintain robust approval controls, documentation, and audit trails for all disbursements.

TDS & Tax Compliance

• Compute TDS accurately across applicable sections, rates, and lower/nil deduction certificates.
• Ensure timely TDS deposits and quarterly return filings, including 24Q, 26Q and 27Q.
• Manage issuance of Form 16 and Form 16A.
• Reconcile TDS records with Form 26AS, AIS and TRACES and resolve mismatches, defaults, and notices.
• Coordinate GST payments, reconciliations, and other statutory payments including PF, ESI and Professional Tax.
• Support advance tax computation, tax audits, assessments, and departmental queries.

Treasury & Cash Flow

• Monitor daily cash positions and prepare short-term cash-flow forecasts.
• Perform bank reconciliations and ensure timely closure of unreconciled items.
• Coordinate with banks on payment processing, limits, banking operations, and issue resolution.
• Ensure efficient utilization and visibility of available cash.

Financial Reporting & Month-End Closing

• Support month-end and year-end closing activities related to treasury, payables, and tax accounting.
• Prepare accruals, provisions, reconciliations, schedules, and MIS reports.
• Maintain accurate financial records and supporting documentation.
• Support statutory and internal audits by providing timely and complete information.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline payment, reconciliation, and tax workflows.
• Strengthen financial controls and compliance processes.
• Drive improvements in ERP-based finance processes and reporting.
• Identify operational gaps and proactively implement solutions.

What We're Looking For

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 1–5 years of post-qualification experience.
• CA Inter/CMA Inter candidates with strong relevant experience may also be considered.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and reporting.
• Hands-on knowledge of Indian direct and indirect taxation, particularly TDS/TCS and GST.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Tally, or similar platforms.
• Strong Excel skills with the ability to work with large datasets and reconciliations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Good to Have

• Experience in e-commerce, retail, FMCG, consumer brands, or digital commerce.
• Exposure to marketplace/platform payment reconciliations.
• Experience with banking portals and bulk payment platforms.
• Hands-on experience with TRACES and tax reconciliation.
• Interest in automation, process improvement, and finance transformation.
• Strong ownership mindset with a bias toward execution.

Why Join Us?

• Work with leading global sportswear brands and be part of India's rapidly evolving digital commerce ecosystem.
• Take meaningful ownership of critical finance and treasury processes.
• Work in a collaborative, high-performance environment.
• Gain exposure to complex, fast-scaling business operations.
• Build your career with an organisation focused on learning, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Interested?

If you are a CA with strong experience in treasury, vendor payments, taxation, and financial controls and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Skills: tax,payments,finance,ownership,accounting