Senior Corporate Accounts Officer - (Qualified CA)

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement

Mumbai

On-site

INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Annual bonus

Job summary

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is seeking a Senior Accounts Officer in Mumbai to ensure efficient corporate accounting for all entities. You will maintain compliance with local tax and accounting legislation and provide management with thorough analyses to support decision making.

Key duties include financial statement preparation, record maintenance, cash flow forecasting, banking liaison, payments control, tax filings, and audits.

Qualifications

University degree in Finance; CA mandatory.
4+ years of experience in accounting and finance.
Knowledge of local tax and accounting standards.
Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

Prepare and review financial statements, invoices, and accounting reports with timely accuracy.
Maintain updated accounting records in accordance with policies and local standards.
Reconcile transactions and ensure policy compliance.
Forecast cash flow and prepare cash flow reports.
Manage banking relationships for cost-effective services.
Monitor payments, resolve discrepancies, and report to management.
Ensure accurate invoicing and cheque issuance.
Coordinate tax filings and balance sheet statements.
Stay current with accounting legislation and improve workflows.
Develop analytical reports to support management decisions.
Prepare and monitor the departmental budget and monthly reports.
Coach the team and manage performance and salary progression.
Support external and internal audits with required information.

Skills

Accounting knowledge

Financial reporting

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

People management

English fluency

Education

Finance degree

CA qualification

Job description

As a Senior Accounts Officer at BSM

Ensures and controls the efficient corporate accounting operation of all legal entities handles all accounting activities in order to achieve compliance with the local tax and accounting legislation and standards. Provides to management thorough analysis on accounting operations, so as to facilitate the accurate decision making.

Key Responsibilities

1. Prepares & reviews all financial statements and transactions, invoices and other accounting reports and ensures that they are timely and accurately prepared, executed and uploaded in the respective accounting system, in order to ensure the compliance of all business operations with BSM.

2. Ensures and monitors that all accounting records are daily updated and maintained in accordance with BSM accounting policies, chart of accounts, and local accounting principles and practices.

3. Monitors and controls the accuracy of all accounting transactions and proceeds to their reconciliation, to ensure compliance with BSM accounting policies, chart of accounts, and related accounting principles. Ensures that all BSM accounting policies and practices fully comply with the rules and regulations of BSM

4. Handles and forecasts the cash flow requirements, prepares cash flow reports, to support the efficient operation of the BSM and enhance the accurate and fair utilisation of financial resources.

5. Handles relationships with Banks, to facilitate the provision of high quality and cost-effective services to BSM

6. Monitors and controls the timely and accurate execution of payments due and identifies potential discrepancies providing analytical reporting to management, while liaises with the respective department(s) for resolution of payment, thus supporting the enhancement of the company’s cash flow

7. Ensures the accurate issuance of invoices and cheques, to comply with payment obligations and contractual agreements

8. Coordinates, incorporates and oversees the development and preparation of all required tax and financial statements and balance sheet, securing that all required documents are timely submitted to the respective local authorities, safeguarding BSM compliance with local legislation.

9. Keeps up to date with changes in the accounting legislation and reviews the operation of the department, proposing and, upon approval, implementing improvements in policies, procedures and guidelines, enhancing the smooth and efficient workflow of the department and its compliance with local and international accounting standards.

10. Develops analytical reporting regarding the accounting transactions and the financial status of the company, to provide management with valuable information to support decision making

11. Prepares and upon approval implements and follows-up BSM budget, identifies potential discrepancies in its execution and overviews the development of the analytical periodical monthly accounting reports according to the requirements and processes of BSM, in order to provide management with the requirement information.

12 Coordinates, coaches and motivates his team, through the appropriate training, development, management of performance and salary progression to ensure that staff have the appropriate knowledge, skills and support that will help them perform effectively and contribute to the achievement of the department’s desired short and long-term objectives.

13 To handle all tasks delegated / assigned by the FC

14 Participate in the execution of external and internal audits, providing all the required information to the auditors, to facilitate their accurate and fast execution. Monitors and follows up on the results of the external audits, to protect company’s interests.