Finance Lead (Gen)

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Ensure timely completion of month-end accounting activities.
• Prepare and review monthly journal entries, accruals and provisions.
• Perform expense booking, prepaid expense accounting and depreciation entries.
• Ensure proper cut-off of income and expenses.

• Review day-to-day accounting entries and ledger postings.
• Verify accuracy and completeness of general ledger accounts.
• Review trial balance and identify unusual balances or discrepancies.
• Perform ledger scrutiny and ensure appropriate accounting classification.

• Prepare and review bank, vendor, customer and intercompany reconciliations.
• Reconcile balance sheet schedules and investigate outstanding items.
• Ensure supporting documents are available for key balances.

• Assist in preparation of monthly Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet.
• Prepare monthly MIS reports and variance analysis.
• Highlight significant fluctuations and unusual transactions.
• Support management reporting requirements.

• Ensure accounting compliance with applicable accounting standards.
• Support GST and TDS reconciliations.
• Coordinate with internal and statutory auditors.
• Ensure proper maintenance of accounting records and audit schedules.

Required Skills & Competencies

• CA Inter qualification (mandatory).
• Good knowledge of accounting principles and financial statements.
• Hands-on experience in month-end closure and ledger scrutiny.
• Knowledge of GST, TDS and basic statutory compliance.
• Proficiency in MS Excel (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables).
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, Tally or other ERP systems.
• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.
• Ability to meet month-end closure deadlines.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Timely completion of monthly book closure.
• Accuracy of accounting entries and financial statements.
• Timely completion of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Reduction in unreconciled and aged outstanding balances.
• Timely identification and resolution of accounting discrepancies.