Chartered Accountant

Shahi; Faridabad District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Shahi in Faridabad is seeking a Chartered Accountant with 2–6 years of experience to join our Finance team handling accounts payable/receivable, audits, FP&A and trade finance operations.

You will review payments, prepare reconciliations, support balance sheets and coordinate with banks for cross-border transactions, while ensuring RBI/GST compliance and ERP proficiency.

Qualifications

• CA with 2–6 years of experience and relevant accounting background.
• Experience in accounts payable/receivable, audits and financial planning & analysis.
• Exposure to trade finance, RBI/FEMA regulations and GST compliance.

Responsibilities

• Review payments and expenditures; ensure approvals and timely entry.
• Audit and process improvements; support balance sheet and reporting.
• Lead FP&A activities including cash flow forecasting and board reporting.
• Manage cross-border trade finance documentation and banking relations.

Skills

Accounting

Financial analysis

ERP systems

BI tools

Interpersonal skills

Education

CA (Chartered Accountant)

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

Banking platforms

Tax compliance tools

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Accounts Payable:

• Review of payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc.
• Scrutinization of Accounts, To ensure control checks are in place while Invoices processing & reporting and establish wherever required
• Assisting in Balance Sheet
• Review of multiple types of compliances like GST, TDS and other statutory compliances
• Ensured that all Purchase and expenses bills were properly approved and entered on time.
• Review of bills, vendor payments

Accounts Receivable:

• Audit of forwarding Bills
• Preparing reports within the restricted deadline (Bank Reconciliation, Vendors Reconciliation).
• Foreign Bank charges and Local Bank charges
• Ledger scrutiny
• Assistance in various report preparation like funds flow, collecting data from the system
• Ensure RBI / FEMA compliances for FC transaction
• Follow up with Foreign buyers for payments / Terms

Audit (Internal & Process audit):

• Perform special review and audit, especially on technical, financial and management related matters, as per audit program.
• OCR (order completion report) audit and process & system review.
• Prepare & present audit reports on audit assignment and make recommendations for corrective action on process improvement.
• Able to deliver value-added audit recommendations for process improvement and ensure completion of assignments as per schedule.
• Ensure the adequacy and effectiveness of Internal Control System of the Company.

Financial Planning & Analysis:

• Thorough understanding of the group's cash-flow position, including cash forecasting and reporting.
• Understanding of business challenges and how they impact the company's financial position. Support the senior Leadership Team with data-driven analysis and act as a sounding board when making commercial decisions and formulating strategy
• Conduct in depth analysis in support of quarterly Board of Directors meeting and Company earnings.
• Present monthly and quarterly financial reports of the business to leadership team (Consolidated for both India and Global)
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization
• Develop standard capital approval process and evaluation template. Define threshold to evaluate projects for payback/ ROCE
• Assess and evaluate financial risks (Forex, Interest rates, Timing of fund flows), formulate a robust risk management policy and ensure successful implementation
• Drive Exposure to BI and implementation of BI tools to automate the financial KPI reporting.
• Banks/Financial Institutions/Rating Agency etc
• ERP Exposure and development of system reports

Trade finance / Banking:

• Expert in executing cross-border / SEZ / Merchant Trade transactions / documentation with a good understanding of the RBI / Banking Regulations & Practices.
• Expert in managing Merchant Trade Accounts Payable / Receivables in compliance with Trade Finance practise / regulations.
• Expert in controlling & getting settlement of IDPMS / EDPMS through banks in line with ICEGATE / ECCS portals Having reasonable knowledge of Custom provisions w.r.t. Import / Export regulations / custom clearance costs & documentation.
• Hand on experience with Import / export Accounting & MIS in ERP environment.
• Planning, Prepare and coordinate Letter of credits (Inland, Foreign, Revolving & Merchant Trade), Arranging Buyers Credit and all types of foreign remittance request, documentation.
• Fair understanding of the withholding tax / GST provisions on cross border transactions.
• Team Management and good interpersonal skills and liaison with banks / cross functional teams.
• Ensure Compliances and documentation in relation to various government incentives (DBK, State subsidiary, TUFFs etc.)

Preferred candidate profile

• CA with 2-6 years of experience