Senior Accountant

PROLIM; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PROLIM is seeking a Senior Accountant to manage end-to-end accounting, project P&L analysis, and MIS. You will oversee month-end closings, statutory compliance, and dashboards using Power BI and AI-enabled tools.

The role requires ownership of GST, TDS/TCS, PF/ESI, and regulatory filings, with collaboration across finance and project teams. Strong Excel and ERP experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, accounting, or finance.
• CA Inter or CMA Inter preferred.
• Minimum 5 years in accounting, statutory compliance, and MIS.

Responsibilities

• Manage general ledger, journal entries, accruals, depreciation, and intercompany accounting.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual closing; prepare financial statements.
• Oversee AP/AR, reconciliations, and bank statements; ensure accuracy.
• Maintain project P&L, cost centres, revenue recognition, and variance analysis.
• Develop MIS dashboards and Power BI reports; automate reporting using AI-enabled tools.
• Ensure GST, TDS/TCS, PF/ESI, and other statutory compliance; support audits.

Skills

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Attention to detail

Ownership

Statutory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in commerce/ accounting/finance

CA Inter / CMA Inter (preferred)

Tools

Odoo

Tally

SAP

Oracle

Zoho Books

Job description

Job Overview: We are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Senior Accountant to join our Finance team. The Senior Accountant will manage end-to-end accounting operations, statutory compliance, project-wise Profitability reporting, and management information systems (MIS). The role requires strong ownership of monthly financial closing, project P&L analysis, dashboards, and automated reporting using Power BI and AI-enabled tools.

Primary Roles & Responsibilities:

A. Accounting and Financial Operations

• Manage the general ledger, journal entries, accruals, provisions, depreciation, fixed assets, and intercompany accounting.
• Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, vendor reconciliations, customer reconciliations, and bank reconciliation statements.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing activities.
• Prepare accurate financial statements, including Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, and supporting schedules.
• Review ledger balances, investigate exceptions, and ensure proper accounting classification.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, and variance analysis.

B. Project-wise P&L Management

• Maintain project-wise cost centres and ensure accurate allocation of direct and indirect expenses.
• Prepare and monitor project-wise P&L, revenue recognition, gross margin, budget-versus-actual analysis, and profitability reports.
• Track project costs, unbilled revenue, advances, receivables, payables, and work-in-progress where applicable.
• Work closely with project managers and business teams to validate costs, revenue, project budgets, and forecast margins.
• Identify cost overruns, revenue leakages, margin risks, and recommend corrective actions.

C. Statutory Compliance

• Ensure timely and accurate compliance with GST, including GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, annual returns, input tax credit reconciliation, e-invoicing, and e-way bill requirements.
• Manage TDS/TCS calculation, deduction, payment, quarterly returns, Form 16/16A, and reconciliation with the income-tax portal.
• Coordinate compliance relating to Professional Tax, PF, ESI, Labour Welfare Fund, and other applicable statutory requirements.
• Support income-tax assessments, notices, GST audits, and regulatory queries in coordination with tax consultants.
• Maintain statutory registers, compliance calendars, challans, returns, and supporting documentation.
• Liaise with internal auditors, statutory auditors, tax auditors, banks, and external consultants.
• Senior-accountant roles in India commonly include GST/TDS filings, audit support, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.

D. Reporting, MIS, and Dashboards

• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly MIS reports for management.
• Develop dashboards for revenue, project profitability, budget versus actuals, cash flow, receivables ageing, payables ageing, collections, and expense trends.
• Build interactive Power BI reports using accounting, ERP, CRM, payroll, and project-management data.
• Create data models, refresh schedules, report templates, and validation controls to ensure dashboard accuracy.
• Use advanced Excel tools such as Pivot Tables, Power Query, XLOOKUP, formulas, and charts for analysis and reporting.
• Present key financial insights, trends, variances, and risks clearly to senior management.
• Management dashboards often focus on receivables, revenue analysis, ageing, DSO, and variance reporting.

E. AI and Process Automation

• Use AI-enabled reporting tools responsibly to accelerate data cleaning, report drafting, variance analysis, and management commentary.
• Identify opportunities to automate routine reconciliations, report generation, invoice processing, and compliance trackers.
• Ensure that all AI-generated outputs are reviewed, reconciled to source records, and handled in line with company data-security and confidentiality requirements.
• Partner with IT, ERP, and business teams to improve data quality and reporting workflows.

F. Controls and Audit

• Strengthen internal controls across accounting, payments, approvals, revenue recognition, and expense booking.
• Maintain complete supporting documents and audit trails for financial transactions.
• Assist with statutory audit, internal audit, tax audit, and management audit requirements.
• Recommend process improvements to reduce errors, improve turnaround time, and enhance compliance.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelors degree in commerce, Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CA Inter, CMA Inter, or equivalent qualification is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in accounting, statutory compliance, financial reporting, and MIS.
• Strong practical knowledge of Indian statutory requirements: GST, TDS/TCS, PF, ESI, Professional Tax, Companies Act requirements, and income-tax compliance.
• Experience with ERP/accounting systems such as Odoo, Tally, SAP, Oracle, Zoho Books, or similar.
• Strong Power BI capability, including dashboards, data modelling, Power Query, DAX, and scheduled refreshes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and strong analytical skills.
• Experience with project accounting, cost-centre accounting, budget control, and project-wise P&L analysis.
• High attention to detail, ownership, confidentiality, and ability to meet statutory deadlines.