LightFi India - Financial Accountant

JD for Financial Accountant:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Preparation of monthly financial reports covering balance sheet, profit and loss, internal management reports and cash flow statements

- Managing the general ledger including overseeing the monthly balance sheet, banking and intercompany reconciliations

- Completion of the monthly accruals, journals, fixed assets and depreciation schedules

- Weekly cash flow reporting and controlling expenditure

- Drive outstanding collection & On time vendor payment

- Provision Accounting & Cost optimization

- Reconciliation of Financial accounts & Inter company accounting

- Tax compliance & Return filing both domestic & international

- Management Reporting & Presentation

- Managing foreign currency payments

- Preparation and filing of GST, Payroll review and processing

- Internal auditing of year end statutory accounts

- Creating KPI reports

- Budgeting and forecasting

- Ensuring Accounting standards and policies are adhered to

- Reporting consolidated results at a group level

- International reporting for global entities (e.g. US GAAP, IFRS)

- Knowledge in FEMA

- Prepare & file statutory compliances(PF,ESI,TDS etc)

- Training and mentoring junior staff

- Liaison with external Auditors, Bank Managers and Tax specialists

- Assisting in process improvement and systems enhancement initiatives

- Proactively identify new initiatives that could benefit the organisation.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

- 1 - 3 years of experience in a finance department of a SaaS based company.

- Experienced in a Chartered Accounting firm can be advantageous

- Working knowledge of MS Excel, Tally ERP software and Zoho-books

- Good verbal and written communication skills.

- Ability to work with various internal and external stakeholders

- Ability to work within stipulated timelines and take ownership of tasks assigned.

- Willingness to learn and grow.

- Capable of handling multiple tasks with competing priorities under minimal supervision.

- Must be highly organized & disciplined

- Excellent attention to detail

- Degree in Commerce