Senior Accountant

JobTrade; India; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

JobTrade is seeking a Senior Accountant in India to manage day-to-day accounting, bookkeeping, and ledger maintenance. You will record journal entries, verify invoices, and ensure accurate financial records across ledgers and MIS reporting.

The role emphasizes GST and TDS compliance, vendor and customer account management, and timely reconciliation to support management with precise financial insights.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of basic and general accounting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain day-to-day accounting records and financial transactions.
• Handle bookkeeping and accounting entries accurately and regularly.
• Maintain general ledgers, subsidiary ledgers, and account books.
• Record journal entries, purchase entries, sales entries, receipts, payments, and expense transactions.
• Maintain proper records of debit and credit transactions.
• Ensure accurate bookkeeping, ledger posting, and financial record maintenance.

Skills

Accounting principles

Bookkeeping

Ledger maintenance

Journal entries

MS Excel

Google Sheets

GST knowledge

Tally software

Education

B.Com

M.Com

MBA Finance

Accounting/Finance degree

Tools

Tally

MS Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Job Description:

Job Role

• Senior Accountant

Job Description

Accounting & Bookkeeping:

• Maintain day-to-day accounting records and financial transactions.
• Handle bookkeeping and accounting entries accurately and regularly.
• Maintain general ledgers, subsidiary ledgers, and account books.
• Record journal entries, purchase entries, sales entries, receipts, payments, and expense transactions.
• Maintain proper records of debit and credit transactions.
• Ensure accurate bookkeeping, ledger posting, and financial record maintenance.

Invoice & Billing Management

• Handle purchase and sales invoices, bills, receipts, and payment entries.
• Verify billing and supporting documents for accuracy.
• Coordinate with vendors and clients regarding billing and payment-related queries.
• Maintain proper documentation for all accounting transactions.

Accounts Payable & Receivable

• Maintain accounts payable and accounts receivable records.
• Track vendor payments and customer outstanding amounts.
• Monitor expenses, receivables, and pending payments.
• Coordinate with vendors and customers regarding account-related issues.

Ledger & Reconciliation

• Perform regular ledger scrutiny and reconciliation.
• Prepare and maintain bank, cash, customer, vendor, and general ledger accounts.
• Perform bank reconciliation and ledger reconciliation.
• Identify discrepancies in accounting records and coordinate for timely correction.

Payroll & Compliance

• Assist with monthly salary and payroll-related accounting activities.
• Assist with GST, TDS, and other statutory compliance-related work.
• Maintain supporting records required for accounting and compliance purposes.

Financial Reporting

• Prepare trial balance, expense statements, outstanding reports, and basic MIS reports.
• Assist in preparing monthly and annual financial statements.
• Provide financial data and accounting reports to management.
• Support management with other finance-related requirements.

Required Accounting Knowledge

Accounting Fundamentals:

• Basic and general accounting.
• Bookkeeping.
• Ledger maintenance.
• Journal entries.
• Debit and credit accounting.
• Purchase and sales accounting.
• Cash and bank entries.
• Expense accounting.

Reconciliation & Reporting

• Bank reconciliation.
• Ledger reconciliation.
• Trial balance.
• Accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Vendor and customer account management.
• Financial record maintenance.

Taxation & Billing

• Invoice and billing management.
• Basic GST knowledge.
• Basic TDS knowledge.
• Vendor payment and customer outstanding management.

Required Skills

Technical Skills:

• Strong understanding of accounting principles and bookkeeping procedures.
• Practical knowledge of journal entries and debit/credit accounting.
• Good knowledge of ledger preparation and maintenance.
• Working knowledge of accounting software.
• Knowledge of Tally, GST, TDS, invoicing, and reconciliation is preferred.
• Good knowledge of MS Excel and Google Sheets.

Professional Skills

• Good numerical and analytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good documentation and record-maintenance skills.
• Strong communication and coordination abilities.
• Ability to maintain confidential financial information.
• Ability to manage multiple accounting tasks and meet deadlines.

Education

Preferred Candidate:

• B.Com
• M.Com
• MBA Finance
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance
• Related accounting or finance qualification

Experience

• Candidates with practical experience in accounting, bookkeeping, ledger maintenance, journal entries, reconciliation, Tally, GST, TDS, invoicing, and vendor management will be preferred.
• Freshers with strong practical accounting and bookkeeping knowledge may also be considered according to the job description.

Career & Learning

• Professional work environment.
• Practical exposure to accounting and financial operations.
• Opportunity to work on bookkeeping, ledger management, reconciliation, invoicing, and compliance-related activities.
• Learning and growth opportunities based on performance.

Requirements: