Specialist - Corporate Finance

Position Description:

Designation: Specialist - Corporate Finance
Location: Bangalore
Shift timing: General Shift
Experience: 4 to 5 years' experience working on managing payroll accounting including salary, bonus, incentives, and other compensation costs.

Role Description:
The role will be responsible for ensuring accurate accounting, reconciliation, reporting, and compliance of payroll-related transactions. Candidates with direct payroll accounting experience are preferred. However, candidates with strong accounting fundamentals, GL, month-end close, reconciliations, and compliance experience who are willing to work in payroll accounting can also be considered.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage payroll accounting and employee cost accounting, including salary, bonus, incentives, and other compensation costs.
• Review and post payroll-related journal entries into the General Ledger
• Handle payroll provisions, accruals, true-ups, and month-end/year-end closing activities
• Perform reconciliation of payroll records with GL, bank payments, and balance sheet accounts
• Ensure correct accounting and reconciliation of statutory liabilities such as PF, ESI, TDS, Professional Tax, Gratuity, and other employee-related obligations
• Support internal, statutory, and financial audits related to payroll and employee costs.
• Ensure adherence to financial controls, accounting policies, and statutory and Labour compliance requirements.
• Coordinate closely with, HR, Finance, Treasury, Tax, and other relevant teams.
• Drive process improvements and strengthen controls around payroll accounting and reconciliations.

KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Functional/Technical
• Proficient in Payroll/Accounting Software Application
• Experience in payroll accounting and payroll processing
• Knowledge of Local laws and regulations
• Working knowledge in Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Excellent skills with a strong focus on member service
• Handle highly confidential issues with appropriate discretion
• Demonstrated ability to analyze financial information.
• Excellent in verbal, written and communication skills in English and Local language.
• Strong experience in Financial Accounting / R2R / GL / Controllership
• Good understanding of month-end close, journal entries, provisions, reconciliations, and compliance
• Exposure statutory compliance will be preferred

Behavioral
• Analytical Thinking
• Inquisitive and Seeks to Understand
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Detail and action Oriented
• Highly Organized
• Autonomous & Flexible
• Proactive, positive, can-do attitude

REQUIREMENTS
GEOGRAPHIC
 Local responsibility requiring limited travel.
 Located in main location/geography of relevant business unit.

QUALIFICATIONS / EDUCATION
 Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
 4 to 5 years of Payroll Accounting and Statutory compliance

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• English
• Human Resource Development
• Human Resource Management Syst
• Human Resources
• Problem Solving

What you can expect from us:

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