Accounts Manager

Key Responsibilities: Finalisation of accounts • Maintain books and complete month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing for each entity. • Prepare trial balances, schedules, notes and final financial statements as per applicable Indian accounting standards and the Companies Act. • Review ledgers, reconcile bank and inter-company balances, and pass adjustment and provision entries. • Support statutory auditors with schedules, queries and timely closure of audit points. TDS (payment and returns) • Deduct TDS correctly under the applicable sections and deposit it before the due dates. • Prepare and file quarterly TDS returns and issue Form 16 / 16A. • Reconcile with Form 26AS / AIS, correct defaults and respond to TRACES notices. GST compliance and audit • Prepare and file GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and other periodic returns, and the annual return (GSTR-9 / 9C where applicable). • Reconcile books with GSTR-2B and GSTR-1 and manage input tax credit claims and reversals. • Handle GST audits, departmental notices, replies and assessments. Tax audit and income tax • Coordinate tax audit (Form 3CA/3CB-3CD) data and support the auditor in finalisation. • Prepare tax computations, advance tax and self-assessment tax workings. • Prepare and file income tax returns for companies and other entities, and handle notices and assessments. Multi-entity and general • Handle accounting and compliance for several entities in parallel, keeping separate books, calendars and records for each. • Maintain a compliance calendar and ensure no due date is missed. • Support MIS, budgeting, ROC and other regulatory filings, and any other accounts, tax or compliance work assigned. • CA-Inter or CMA-Inter (completed Intermediate level). • 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience in accounts and taxation, preferably in a CA firm or a finance company. • Proven experience handling finalisation of accounts, TDS, GST and income tax for more than one entity.