Roles and Responsibilities
1. Accounts & Financial Management
- Supervise day-to-day accounting operations, including general ledger, journal entries, accounts payable and accounts receivable.
- Ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.
- Review trial balance, profit and loss statements, balance sheets and cash flow reports.
- Establish effective internal controls and accounting procedures.
- Monitor financial performance and provide regular MIS reports to management.
2. Costing & Commercial Operations
- Develop and review product costing for power, distribution, furnace and solar transformers, reactors and repair jobs.
- Analyze material costs, labour costs, overheads, job-wise profitability and contribution margins.
- Review quotations, tender costing, commercial proposals and profitability before submission.
- Monitor purchase costs, material consumption, scrap, wastage and production variances.
- Coordinate with Production, Purchase, Stores, Sales and Engineering teams to control costs and improve margins.
- Review commercial terms, purchase orders, sales contracts and vendor agreements.
3. GST, Taxation & Statutory Compliance
- Oversee GST compliance, including GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, input tax credit reconciliation and e-invoicing/e-way bill requirements, as applicable.
- Ensure TDS/TCS compliance, advance tax coordination and income-tax return support.
- Coordinate statutory audits, tax audits, internal audits and financial audits.
- Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards and statutory filing deadlines.
- Liaise with external consultants, auditors and tax authorities.
4. Working Capital & Cash Flow Management
- Prepare cash flow forecasts and monitor daily fund requirements.
- Manage working capital, receivables, payables and inventory-related financial exposure.
- Monitor customer outstanding balances and overdue payments.
- Coordinate collection follow-ups with the Sales team.
- Optimize payment schedules and maintain healthy liquidity.
- Monitor customer credit limits and evaluate commercial risks.
5. Banking & Finance
- Manage banking relationships, fund-based and non-fund-based facilities, as applicable.
- Coordinate working capital limits, cash credit, bank guarantees and letters of credit.
- Monitor loan documentation, interest costs, bank charges and facility renewals.
- Prepare financial information and reports required by banks and financial institutions.
- Support management in capital expenditure planning and financial decision-making.
6. Inventory & Internal Controls
- Review inventory valuation and reconciliation of physical stock with book balances.
- Monitor raw materials, work-in-progress, finished goods, consumables and scrap.
- Coordinate periodic stock verification with Stores and Production.
- Establish controls over material issues, job-wise consumption and stock adjustments.
- Identify financial risks, control gaps and opportunities for process improvement.
7. Team Leadership & Management Reporting
- Lead and supervise the Accounts, Finance and Commercial team.
- Allocate responsibilities and ensure timely completion of monthly and annual closing activities.
- Develop SOPs and strengthen internal financial controls.
- Present financial performance, profitability, cost analysis and cash flow reports to senior management.
- Support management in budgeting, forecasting, business planning and strategic decisions.
Required Skills & Competencies
- Strong knowledge of accounting, taxation, GST, TDS and financial reporting.
- Expertise in manufacturing costing, job costing and profitability analysis.
- Experience in inventory accounting and working capital management.
- Knowledge of banking facilities, cash flow management and commercial negotiations.
- Strong analytical, leadership and decision-making skills.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, accounting software and ERP systems.
- Ability to coordinate effectively with Production, Purchase, Sales, Stores and senior management.
Eligibility Criteria
- CA / CMA / MBA Finance / M.Com or equivalent relevant qualification.
- 1218 years of overall experience in Accounts, Finance and Commercial functions.
- Significant experience in a manufacturing or engineering organization is preferred.
- Transformer, electrical equipment, capital goods or heavy engineering industry experience will be an added advantage.
- Prior experience independently managing accounts, costing, taxation, banking and commercial operations is preferred.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
- Product-wise and job-wise costing accuracy.
- Reduction in outstanding receivables and overdue payments.
- Effective working capital and cash flow management.
- Timely GST, TDS and other applicable statutory compliance.
- Inventory reconciliation and control over material variances.
- Budget adherence, cost optimization and profitability improvement.