Assistant Manager

Role & responsibilities

1. Statutory Compliance

GST compliance GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and related GST activities

– TDS monthly deposits, quarterly returns and related reconciliations

– PF / ESIC compliance and payments

– Income Tax compliances including advance tax and SFT

– ROC / Companies Act filings and compliance tracking

– Labour law compliances- LWF, POSH, Bonus, Maternity Benefit

– EPR, FEMA / DGFT / IEC and MSME-related compliance and reporting

– Maintain a central compliance calendar with due dates, owners, status and supporting documents

– Coordinate with external consultants, tax advisors, CS and auditors; escalate potential delays well in advance

2. Payments & Finance Operations

– Daily vendor payment processing and payment scheduling

– Review payment requests against approved invoices and supporting documents

– Prepare payment workings and batches; coordinate approvals with business teams

– Ensure payments are released within agreed credit terms and business priorities

– Employee reimbursement processing and payroll-related payment coordination.

– Statutory payment execution – GST, TDS, PF and ESIC

– Foreign payments and advance remittances.

– Maintain payment trackers and give the Finance Head forward visibility on upcoming obligations

3. Banking & Treasury Support

– Daily bank statement updates and transaction tracking

– Bank reconciliation; short-term cash requirement and payment planning

– Support the monthly cash-flow working; track online and offline fund requirements

– Coordinate with banks; support foreign remittances and related documentation

4. Accounting & Reconciliations

– Timely and accurate recording of finance transactions and routine entries in Tally / ERP

– Vendor ledger, bank, TDS and GST reconciliations

– Payment-to-ledger reconciliation; identify and resolve aged / unreconciled items

– Ensure books are clean and updated before month-end closure

5. Audit & Compliance Support

– Coordinate with statutory, internal and tax auditors; prepare schedules, workings and supporting documents

– Maintain audit documentation in an organised, readily retrievable manner

– Track audit queries through to closure

6. Process Improvement & Automation

– Identify repetitive manual activities and opportunities for automation

– Build standardised checklists, SOPs and improved payment / compliance trackers

– Implement maker-checker controls around payments and statutory compliance

– Reduce dependency on manual follow-ups and improve visibility of pending activities.

Preferred candidate profile

Must have: CA Inter / CMA / MBA Finance / M.Com / B.Com or equivalent; 3–5 years of relevant finance experience; strong grounding in Indian statutory compliance (GST, TDS, PF, ESIC, Income Tax); hands-on vendor payments and banking operations; strong on numbers and accuracy; working experience on Tally or a comparable ERP; sharp attention to detail and deadline discipline.

Good to have: D2C / e-commerce / startup exposure, imports and foreign remittances, experience working with external consultants and auditors, finance automation and process improvement, and working-capital management.

Ideal candidate: Ownership driven and self-motivated rather than waiting for instructions, spots an issue before it becomes a problem, balances execution speed with financial control, and thinks past “compliance completed” to the business impact of cash, payments and compliance.