Porter Looking For Senior Associate- Accounts at Bengaluru, Karnataka, Full Time

Company Overview:

At Porter, we are passionate about improving productivity. We want to help businesses, large and small, optimize their last-mile operations and empower them to unleash the growth of their core functions. Last mile delivery logistics is one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors of the economy with a market cap upwards of 50 billion USD and a growth rate exceeding 15% CAGR.

Porter is the fastest growing leader in this sector with Pan India presence with operations in multiple cities, a fleet size exceeding 1L registered and 30k active driver partners and a customer base with 3.5M being monthly active. Our industry-best technology platform has raised over 150 million USD from investors including Sequoia Capital, Kae Capital, Mahindra group, LGT Aspada,Tiger Global and Vitruvian Partners.

We are addressing a massive problem and going after a huge market. We’re trying to create a household name in transportation and our ambition is to disrupt all facets of last mile logistics including warehousing and LTL transportation. At Porter, we’re here to do the best work of our lives.

If you want to do the same and love the challenges and opportunities of a fast paced work environment, then we believe Porter is the right place for you.

https://porter.in/

Roles and Responsibilities:

● Assists in day to day functioning of the finance functions.

● Ensure proper accounting for vendor invoices and making daily payments to vendors.

● Ensure that there are proper documentations before recording any transaction in accounting software.

● Timely collection of invoices from vendors and doing necessary follow-ups..

● Preparation of bank reconciliations on a regular basis

● Understanding the business operations and supporting the business from the finance point of view

● Building accounting processes for new business operations and effective implementation

● Preparing and sending of balance confirmations to vendors and reconciling balance confirmations.

● Collecting and analyzing various accounting / operational data to prepare monthly estimates/reports.

● Preparation of ageing of vendor payables as per requirement.

● Creating SOP manuals for the Finance Department through the lens of ERP enablement.

● Exposure in International accounting and consolidation of accounts.

● Coordinate with external auditors for statutory/internal audit.

● Managing and overseeing accounting including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, and Revenue Recognition. Support month-end and year-end closure process.

● Manage and comply with local, state, and central government reporting requirements and tax filings

● Ensure processes are lean and agile, and people are empowered to focus on making right decisions

Expectation from the candidate:

● Proven working experience in Accounting

● Taxation knowledge of GST, TDS, PF, PT, ESI, etc

● Sound experience of working in ERP environment.

● MS Excel/word

● Good communication skills

● Proactive and keeping himself and team members updated about changes in Company Law, Ind AS, GST Law, Income Tax Act, Other pronouncement.

● Integrity, with an ability to handle confidential information

● Should have a positive attitude, be a good team player, be willing to learn and be flexible to adapt into varied roles within the finance team.

● The person is expected to lead and execute activities in his/her areas with minimum supervision / monitoring or assistance

● Should be a problem solver and take initiatives, should proactively reach out to stakeholders to solve deadlock / issues.