Assistant Manager Accounts & Finance

HIRING IMMEDIATELY | Assistant Manager – Accounts & Finance

Location: Gurgaon — full-time, office-based

Experience: 5–8 years in accounting, including independent responsibility for company books

Joining: Immediate preferred; candidates available within 15 days encouraged to apply

Compensation: Commensurate with relevant experience and demonstrated capability

About Hostie

Hostie manages a curated portfolio of holiday homes, villas, farm stays and serviced apartments across multiple destinations. Our business involves direct and OTA bookings, property-owner revenue-sharing arrangements and operations across multiple GST registrations.

We are looking for an experienced accounting professional to take ownership of our in-house accounts function, manage Zoho Books and deliver accurate, timely financial reporting.

About the role

This is a hands-on position covering daily bookkeeping, reconciliations, monthly closing, property-level reporting and compliance coordination.

Key responsibilities

1. Daily accounting and bookkeeping

• Independently maintain complete and accurate books of account in Zoho Books.
• Record sales, purchases, receipts, payments, expenses, credit notes and journal entries.
• Verify supporting documents, ledger classifications, property allocation and applicable tax treatment.
• Maintain vendor, customer, property-owner, employee and loan ledgers.
• Account for accruals, prepaid expenses, advances, deposits and other month-end adjustments.
• Collect missing information proactively and maintain a clear register of unresolved items.

2. Banking, payments and reconciliations

• Reconcile bank accounts, credit cards, payment gateways, cash and staff imprest accounts.
• Identify missing entries, duplicates, incorrect postings and unexplained differences.
• Prepare payment schedules and supporting documentation for management approval.
• Maintain accurate receivable and payable ageing reports.
• Track collections, outstanding advances and upcoming payment obligations.

3. Hospitality and property accounting

• Reconcile direct bookings and OTA settlements against booking records.
• Account for OTA commissions, deductions, refunds and settlement differences.
• Track guest advances, security deposits and cancellations.
• Prepare and reconcile property-owner revenue-share statements and balances.
• Allocate revenue and expenses accurately to properties and relevant locations.
• Coordinate with reservations and operations teams to resolve documentation and booking differences.

4. GST, TDS and compliance coordination

• Prepare GST and TDS workings and supporting schedules.
• Maintain appropriate GSTIN, tax-code and transaction mapping in Zoho Books.
• Reconcile tax ledgers with workings, filed returns and payments.
• Coordinate with the Chartered Accountant to resolve differences and meet compliance deadlines.
• Support GST input-credit reconciliation and TDS reconciliation, including relevant portal records.
• Post reviewed compliance adjustments into the books.
• Gradually take greater responsibility for routine compliance preparation and filing.

5. Monthly closing and MIS

• Complete monthly closing within agreed timelines.
• Prepare the profit and loss account, balance sheet and supporting schedules.
• Produce property-level financial reports and consolidated MIS.
• Report owner dues, receivables, payables, statutory liabilities and cash requirements.
• Explain material variances and accounting exceptions to management.
• Ensure financial MIS reconciles to Zoho Books.

Qualifications and essential skills

• Post graduate or an equivalent qualification in accounting or finance. CA (Inter) preferred.
• Preferably 5–8 years of relevant experience, with demonstrated independent ownership of books and monthly closing.
• Hands-on Zoho Books experience is mandatory, preferably at least two years of regular use.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, ledger scrutiny and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Practical experience preparing GST and TDS workings.
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, SUMIFS, pivot tables and reconciliation of large datasets.
• Ability to investigate differences and resolve incomplete records.
• Clear communication and disciplined follow-through with internal teams and external advisers.
• Willingness to take ownership of both routine entries and complex reconciliation issues.

Additional qualifiers

• Experience in hospitality, holiday rentals, travel, or another business with multiple locations.
• Tally experience and involvement in an accounting-system migration.
• Experience working with multiple GST registrations.

How to apply

Apply through LinkedIn with your CV and a short note stating:

1. Total accounting experience and years of hands-on Zoho Books use.
2. Whether you have independently managed company books and monthly closing.
3. Your experience preparing GST/TDS workings.
4. Current location, earliest joining date and expected compensation.
5. One example of an accounting discrepancy or backlog you successfully resolved.

Interested can reach @9599115216 or drop resume to [HIDDEN TEXT]