Manager - Finance & Accounts

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 7+ years

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Finance & Accounts Manager to manage payroll, financial closures, statutory compliance, reconciliations, and audits. The role requires strong coordination with HR, leadership, and external partners, with primary focus on India operations and optional support for US/Canada entities.

Key Responsibilities:

Payroll Management:

- Oversee end to end payroll processing including inputs, validation, computation, and disbursement.

- Ensure accuracy in salary calculations, statutory deductions, and timely payouts.

- Coordinate with HR, vendors, and finance for smooth payroll execution.

Financial Closing & Reporting:

- Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual book closures within defined timelines.

- Prepare financial statements, schedules, and management reports.

- Ensure completeness and accuracy of all closing entries.

- Perform bank, payroll, and ledger reconciliations with timely variance identification and resolution.

- Maintain clean, accurate accounts and ensure no pending mismatches.

Compliance & Taxation:

- Ensure adherence to Indian tax laws including TDS, GST, and statutory filings.

- Maintain compliance documentation and support regulatory requirements.

- Provide support for US/Canada compliance processes where applicable.

Audit Management:

- Handle internal and external audits with complete documentation readiness.

- Ensure strong financial controls and timely responses to auditor queries.

- Drive audit closure with minimal observations.

Stakeholder Management:

- Collaborate closely with HR on payroll inputs and reconciliations.

- Coordinate with leadership, auditors, consultants, and vendors.

- Support client/vendor financial requirements as needed.

Requirements:

- 5+ years of experience in finance & accounts.

- Strong handson payroll experience (mandatory).

- Solid understanding of Indian taxation, statutory compliance, and payroll regulations.

- Experience in financial closing, reconciliations, and audits.

- High attention to detail, ownership mindset, and process discipline.

- Exposure to US/Canada accounting or payroll (good to have).

- Use Excel (advanced level preferred) for analysis, reporting, and reconciliation.

- Working knowledge with or any similar platforms Zoho Books / Zoho Payroll / Canada QuickBooks is good to have.

- Academic background in Finance, Accounting, Commerce (degree/diploma required; postgraduate qualification preferred but not mandatory).

- Experience in staffing/consulting environments is an advantage.