Community Business - Associate - Finance

Community Business, the leading organisation committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in companies across Asia, is looking for a Finance Associate. Based in our India office and reporting to the Finance Manager, you will provide key support to our accounting and finance.

What You'll Do:

This full-time role will assist the Finance Manager in the full set of accounting and finance activities, including but not be limited to:

- Manage daily accounting processes including transaction inputs into accounting system and timely issuance of invoices, payments, cheques, receipts, etc.

- Manage invoice issuance, amendment and follow-up independently

- Liaise with customers / clients / suppliers directly

- Liaise with respective team leaders for information needed Issuance of tax invoice and export invoice as applicable

- Manage accounts receivable

- Proactively communicate with suppliers and customers to set up / maintain vendor accounts as needed and ensure the timely collection of receivables

- Co-ordinate with bank for foreign remittance

- Manage accounts payable to ensure timely payments to vendors

- Prepare and manage staff expenses reimbursement

- Verify information submitted by staff and ensure proper approval has been obtained by staff

- Prepare monthly bank reconciliation and cashflows analysis, and schedules as and when required Support the annual budgeting and audit process and monthly Payroll

- Provide supporting in calculating monthly TDS and GST payment

- Other accounting duties and ad-hoc assignments as and when required

- Support other administration and technology related tasks as needed

What You Bring:

We are looking for an individual with:

- Relevant qualification or certification in finance & accounting

- Knowledge of taxes in India

- Experience in managing full set of accounts independently

- Knowledge of Tally and XERO software are preferred

- Excellent communication skills - oral, written and presentation - with fluent English language capabilities

- Ability to multi-task and balance multiple projects and different priorities concurrently

- Analytic and can work with data for quantitative and qualitative analysis

- Self-motivated, with ability to work independently under time pressure as well as a strong team player

- Has a critical mind, thinks creatively and has good problem-solving skills

- Resilient, able to adapt to different situations and enjoy working in a dynamic, stimulating and fast-moving environment

- Confidence and an interest to develop skills in meeting new people and communicate as well as interact with key stakeholders

- A strong attention to details

- High degree of proficiency in Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and similar platforms.