Senior Manager - Accounts

United HR Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

United HR Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, invites an experienced accounts leader to oversee end-to-end financial closure, prepare standalone and consolidated statements, and ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards and statutory requirements.

The role coordinates statutory, internal and tax audits, handles GST and income tax matters, delivers MIS and management dashboards, manages payroll and fixed assets, and strengthens internal controls while leading a cross-functional accounts

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annual financial closure within defined timelines.
• Ensure accurate preparation of standalone and consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards and statutory requirements.
• Review general ledger balances, schedules, provisions, accruals, and period-end adjustment entries.
• Coordinate statutory audit, internal audit, tax audit, limited review, and other financial reviews.
• Ensure timely submission of schedules, reconciliations, supporting documents, and management responses, and facilitate closure of audit observations.
• Oversee income tax computations, advance tax, tax audit, income tax returns, TDS compliance, and responses to tax notices and assessments.
• Ensure timely and accurate GST returns, reconciliations, input tax credit review, and coordination for notices, assessments, and refunds.
• Prepare and review periodic MIS, profitability reports, cost statements, variance analysis, and management dashboards.
• Provide accurate financial information and actionable analysis to support management decision-making.
• Review and control accounting of non-PO expenses, recurring expenses, month-end provisions, prepaid expenses, and accruals.
• Ensure expenses are booked under appropriate cost centres, projects, departments, and ledger heads with adequate supporting documentation.
• Supervise petty cash accounting, verification of vouchers, periodic cash counts, and timely reconciliation.
• Review employee reimbursement claims for policy compliance, proper approvals, supporting documents, and timely accounting.
• Ensure accurate and confidential accounting of salary, incentives, reimbursements, employee recoveries, payroll provisions, and full-and-final settlements.
• Reconcile payroll records with the general ledger and coordinate with HR for resolution of differences.
• Ensure periodic reconciliation and ageing review of vendors, customers, advances, deposits, inter-company balances, statutory liabilities, and other balance sheet accounts.
• Drive timely resolution of long-outstanding and unreconciled items.
• Oversee capitalization, asset tagging, depreciation, transfers, disposals, physical verification, and maintenance of the fixed asset register.
• Review capital work-in-progress and ensure timely capitalization based on project completion and supporting documents.
• Manage accounting and reconciliation of inter-company transactions and balances.
• Oversee books of account, financial closure, taxation, and compliance support for Solar Park and Special Purpose Vehicle entities.
• Ensure adherence to accounting policies, delegation of authority, maker-checker controls, and document retention requirements.
• Strengthen accounting processes through standard operating procedures, ERP controls, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead and develop the accounts team, allocate responsibilities, monitor deliverables, and ensure timely completion of critical activities.
• Coordinate with Finance, Taxation, Procurement, Projects, HR, Legal, Secretarial, and other functions for accurate and timely accounting and compliance.

Job description

post-qualification experience, preferably from Infrastructure, EPC, Renewable Energy or Manufacturing background

Key Responsibilities

• Manage monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annual financial closure within defined timelines.
• Ensure accurate preparation of standalone and consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards and statutory requirements.
• Review general ledger balances, schedules, provisions, accruals, and period-end adjustment entries.

Statutory, Internal & Tax Audit Coordination

• Coordinate statutory audit, internal audit, tax audit, limited review, and other financial reviews.
• Ensure timely submission of schedules, reconciliations, supporting documents, and management responses, and facilitate closure of audit observations.

Direct & Indirect Tax Compliance

• Oversee income tax computations, advance tax, tax audit, income tax returns, TDS compliance, and responses to tax notices and assessments.
• Ensure timely and accurate GST returns, reconciliations, input tax credit review, and coordination for notices, assessments, and refunds.

MIS & Management Reporting

• Prepare and review periodic MIS, profitability reports, cost statements, variance analysis, and management dashboards.
• Provide accurate financial information and actionable analysis to support management decision-making.

Expense Booking & Provisions

• Review and control accounting of non-PO expenses, recurring expenses, month-end provisions, prepaid expenses, and accruals.
• Ensure expenses are booked under appropriate cost centres, projects, departments, and ledger heads with adequate supporting documentation.

Petty Cash & Employee Reimbursements

• Supervise petty cash accounting, verification of vouchers, periodic cash counts, and timely reconciliation.
• Review employee reimbursement claims for policy compliance, proper approvals, supporting documents, and timely accounting.

Payroll & Employee-Related Accounting

• Ensure accurate and confidential accounting of salary, incentives, reimbursements, employee recoveries, payroll provisions, and full-and-final settlements.
• Reconcile payroll records with the general ledger and coordinate with HR for resolution of differences.

Balance Sheet Reconciliations

• Ensure periodic reconciliation and ageing review of vendors, customers, advances, deposits, inter-company balances, statutory liabilities, and other balance sheet accounts.
• Drive timely resolution of long-outstanding and unreconciled items.

Fixed Assets & Capital Expenditure Accounting

• Oversee capitalization, asset tagging, depreciation, transfers, disposals, physical verification, and maintenance of the fixed asset register.
• Review capital work-in-progress and ensure timely capitalization based on project completion and supporting documents.

Inter-Company & SPV Accounting

• Manage accounting and reconciliation of inter-company transactions and balances.
• Oversee books of account, financial closure, taxation, and compliance support for Solar Park and Special Purpose Vehicle entities.

Internal Financial Controls & Process Improvement

• Ensure adherence to accounting policies, delegation of authority, maker-checker controls, and document retention requirements.
• Strengthen accounting processes through standard operating procedures, ERP controls, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Team Management & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Lead and develop the accounts team, allocate responsibilities, monitor deliverables, and ensure timely completion of critical activities.
• Coordinate with Finance, Taxation, Procurement, Projects, HR, Legal, Secretarial, and other functions for accurate and timely accounting and compliance.