Associate Manager, Finance - R01572314

Associate Manager, Finance

Job requirements

Experience Range: 5 to 8 years of experience in finance and accounting, including substantial hands-on exposure to GST, ISD, TDS compliance, and accounts payable operations Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare, review, and file monthly GST returns such as GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B within statutory timelines, ensuring full compliance
• Compute monthly GST liability, validate tax payments, and maintain detailed supporting documentation
• Perform reconciliations across purchase registers, books of account, GSTR-2B, input tax credit records, and GST returns, resolving discrepancies promptly
• Manage Input Service Distributor (ISD) compliance by reviewing input-service credits, preparing distribution workings, and filing ISD returns accurately
• Review transactions for correct TDS section, rate, threshold, deduction timing, and ensure timely deduction and deposit, including preparation and filing of quarterly TDS returns
• Support accounts payable operations through invoice review, payment processing, vendor reconciliations, and resolution of invoice or payment-related discrepancies
• Assist in finance, reporting, and audit support by preparing data, documents, and explanations for statutory, tax, and internal audits
• Maintain GST and TDS compliance trackers, challans, acknowledgements, working papers, and audit-ready documentation to ensure timely and accurate completion of assigned activities

Required Skills

• GST compliance expertise, including GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, and input tax credit management
• Input Service Distributor (ISD) process management and compliance
• TDS compliance, including section analysis, deduction, deposit, and return filing
• Financial reconciliation across registers, ledgers, and tax records
• Accounts payable operations and invoice processing
• Microsoft Excel proficiency for financial analysis and reconciliation
• ERP or accounting system experience for transaction management
• Knowledge of accounting principles and financial controls

Preferred Skills

• Automation of finance and compliance processes using ERP or workflow tools
• Advanced Excel functions such as Power Query and VBA for process improvement
• Experience with process improvement initiatives in accounts payable and taxation
• Handling GST notices, departmental queries, and audit support
• Multi-entity or multi-registration GST and ISD allocation

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or a closely related discipline
• CA qualified, CA Inter / semi-qualified, or currently pursuing CA
• Certification in GST or TDS compliance (such as GST Practitioner or TDS Specialist) from a recognized institution is preferred