The position of Accounts Associate is responsible for a wide variety of accounting duties in support of the accounting and Finance team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities –
• Checking and processing Growers and Suppliers Payments – Detailed final checking of all payments to be done to growers and suppliers in context with Settlement Records and invoices (both CAD and USD currencies) along with checking of proper recording of entries booked in system.
• Liaising with accounting and other departments and getting the notified errors rectified while checking the payment run.
• Getting the payment run approved for payment by senior management.
• Checking of all direct and Indirect expenses (e.g Ocean Freight / Rail Freight and Transloading Invoices, etc) and getting them approved for payment.
• Interact with AP lead and office team and be on top of payment status.
• Reconciliation of outstanding payables.
• Fund Management of the entity.
• Raising proforma and commercial invoices to parent company for funding.
• Ad hoc analysis, tasks and reconciliations as well as other duties assigned by supervisors and managers.
• The position will also be trained to provide other supports to other accounting functions including month end closing, MIS reporting, year end auditing, inventory reconciliations etc.
Requirements –
• Good excel skills (VLOOKUP, Sumifs, pivot tables)
• Sound knowledge in accounting principles and concepts.
• Semi-qualified CA/ICWA.
• Effective written and communication skills in English.
• Ability to ask detailed questions to identify potential discrepancies and prioritization based on deadlines.
Work Location- Kolkata
