Senior Accountant Reconciliation

Role summary

Key responsibilities

• Reconcile hyperlocal COD orders daily: delivered orders vs. cash collected by riders vs. bank deposits vs. system/book entries.
• Track rider-wise and store/location-wise COD collections and outstanding balances.
• Identify shortages, excess collections, unmatched deposits and pending settlements, and follow up until closed within the agreed TAT.
• Reconcile cancelled, returned (RTO) and undelivered orders to ensure no cash is wrongly booked or missed.
• Reconcile digital collections at the doorstep (UPI/QR/card) against payment gateway settlements, where applicable.

• Monitor daily cash deposits by stores and riders, and verify them against bank statements.
• Flag delayed or short deposits and escalate breaches to the right level.
• Maintain deposit slips and supporting documents for audit.

• Pass accounting entries for COD collections, deposits and adjustments.
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly MIS on COD collections, pending amounts, ageing and exceptions.
• Support month-end closing with accurate reconciliation data.

• Coordinate with Operations, store teams, delivery partners and Finance to resolve discrepancies.
• Identify recurring gaps and suggest process or control improvements.
• Support internal and statutory audits with reconciliation records.
• Other responsibilities as assigned from time to time.

Candidate profile

• Semi-Qualified CA or M.Com or B.Com graduate.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Accounts, with hands-on reconciliation work.
• Proficient in MS Excel: VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, SUMIFS and handling large data sets.
• Good understanding of basic accounting principles and bank reconciliation.
• Strong attention to detail and high integrity in handling cash-related data.
• Good communication skills to follow up with operations and delivery teams.
• Strong commitment to meeting daily deadlines.

Preferred / good to have

• Experience in COD reconciliation in e-commerce, quick commerce, food delivery or logistics.
• Working knowledge of Tally, SAP or a similar ERP.
• Familiarity with payment gateway and UPI settlement reports.