Assistant Manager- Accounts

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day accounting activities, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and journal entries.
• Maintain accurate accounting records and ensure transactions are properly recorded, classified and supported by appropriate documentation.
• Process and review vendor invoices, employee expenses, payments and reimbursements.
• Manage customer accounting, invoicing, collections and outstanding receivables.
• Perform regular bank, vendor, customer and intercompany reconciliations.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual financial closing activities.
• Prepare schedules, reconciliations and supporting documentation for management reporting.
• Assist in preparation of P&L, balance sheet and cash-flow reports.
• Monitor accruals, provisions, prepayments and other balance-sheet accounts.
• Support accounting for commodity trading transactions, including purchase and sales invoices, logistics/freight costs and related commercial expenses.
• Coordinate accounting and reconciliation of transactions between TORQ's Indian and international entities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable GST, TDS and other Indian statutory/tax requirements.
• Support GST returns, TDS calculations/returns and statutory filings in coordination with tax consultants.
• Assist with tax assessments, statutory audits, internal audits and financial audits.
• Maintain fixed-asset registers and depreciation schedules.
• Support payroll accounting and reconciliation with HR/payroll providers where required.
• Assist with banking transactions, payment preparation and cash/bank monitoring.
• Maintain proper documentation and an effective audit trail for all accounting transactions.
• Support implementation and improvement of accounting processes, internal controls and SOPs.
• Assist the Finance leadership team with ad-hoc financial analysis, reporting and accounting projects.

Candidate Profile

• CA Inter / CMA Inter / MBA Finance would be an advantage.
• Approximately 4-7 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of Indian accounting principles and practical accounting processes.
• Good working knowledge of GST, TDS and statutory compliance.
• Experience with month-end closing, reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Experience dealing with auditors and external tax/accounting consultants.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with ERP/accounting systems; exposure to Zoho, SAP, Tally or similar systems is advantageous.
• Previous experience within commodities, trading, import/export, logistics, manufacturing or an international organisation would be highly desirable.
• Good written and spoken English.