Own and manage the trial balance for assigned legal entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable accounting standards.
Handle end-to-end finalization of accounts, including statutory reconciliations, schedules, and audit-ready documentation.
Support the preparation, review, and analysis of quarterly and annual financial statements, ensuring alignment with statutory and internal reporting requirements.
Lead general ledger accounting operations, including transaction processing, journal entries, provisions, accruals, and payment execution.
Manage statutory and regulatory compliance across GST, Income Tax, TDS, ROC filings, and transfer pricing support documentation.
Oversee month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring timely closure and accurate financial reporting.
Prepare and present MIS reports, cash flow statements, variance analysis, and management summaries to support strategic and operational decision-making.
Compute landed cost and margin analysis for imported goods, incorporating foreign exchange fluctuations, logistics costs, customs duty, and statutory charges.
Monitor and reconcile multi-channel sales and revenue streams, ensuring accurate revenue recognition and tax compliance.
Manage accounts receivable and accounts payable, including ageing analysis, follow-ups, and cash flow optimisation to strengthen working capital management.
Supervise vendor and logistics settlements, ensuring timely payments, correct tax deductions, and compliance with contractual terms.
Prepare GST workings, manage periodic GST filings, and generate e-invoices in line with statutory requirements.
Coordinate with statutory and internal auditors, respond to GST notices, assessments, and demand-related compliances, and ensure timely submissions with proper supporting documentation.
FINANCE ASSOCIATE
CA R. A. MORAES & ASSOCIATES
Mumbai
10.2019 - 11.2023
Taxation & Statutory Compliance
Managed GST, TDS, Income Tax Returns (ITR), and Tax Audits for individual, partnership, and corporate clients across multiple industries.
Prepared and reviewed GST returns (GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, reconciliations) and ensured compliance with changing statutory provisions.
Handled TDS computations, returns, challans, and reconciliations, ensuring accurate reporting and timely filings.
Assisted in income tax computations, return filings, and responses to notices, ensuring statutory compliance and client satisfaction.
Accounting & Financial Reporting
Handled end-to-end accounting for companies, trusts, and societies, including day-to-day bookkeeping and account finalisation.
Prepared standalone and consolidated financial statements, including schedules and disclosures.
Performed detailed ledger scrutiny, balance sheet reconciliations, and error rectifications to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial records.
Audit & Assurance Exposure
Gained on-site exposure to statutory audits, internal audits, and stock audits across multiple client engagements.
Verified audit documentation, supporting schedules, and compliance checklists.
Assisted senior audit teams in identifying discrepancies and implementing corrective actions to strengthen internal controls.
Contributed to the preparation of statutory audit reports and working papers in accordance with applicable laws and standards.