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Consultant - Accounting Specialist

  • Full Time
  • On-Site - Mumbai
  • 3 months
  • Project posted on: 27/04/2026
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Consultant - Accounting Specialist

  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Financial planning and analysis
  • Compliance

On-Site - Mumbai

Full Time

3 months

 27/04/2026

Assignment Details

Our client, IT and cybersecurity organisation that manages critical systems and strengthens digital resilience for the central banking ecosystem, is seeking Consultant - Accounting Specialist.

Role Purpose

The Consultant - Account Integration will be embedded within the HR Product Development team to ensure seamless, accurate, and compliant integration between HRMS/Payroll systems and the Finance/ERP platform.

The role will design and validate:
 GL mapping structures
 Payroll-to-ledger posting logic
 Cost center allocation frameworks
 Accrual accounting rules
 Statutory provisioning integration
This is a functional finance architecture role, not a routine accounting operations role.

Key Responsibilities


1. Payroll to Finance Integration Design

 Define GL mapping for:
 Salary components
 Employer contributions (PF, ESIC, Gratuity)
 Provisions & accruals
 Tax deductions
 Recoveries
 Ensure accurate debit-credit logic
 Validate cost center and business unit mapping
 Design multi-entity / multi-location accounting flows (if applicable)
Key expectation: Zero mismatch between payroll outputs and ERP posting.


2. Requirement Workshops (With Sr. BA / Lead BA)

 Participate in discovery workshops.
 Ask structured finance-focused questions around:
 Chart of Accounts alignment
 Provision vs payout treatment
 Month-end closure timelines
 Accrual reversals
 Suspense account handling
 Audit trail requirements
 Identify edge cases (retro salary adjustments, reversals, recoveries).


3. Accrual & Provisioning Framework

Design accounting treatment for:
 Leave encashment provision
 Gratuity actuarial provisioning
 Bonus accrual
 Variable pay accrual
 Arrear provisioning
 ESOP accounting entries (if applicable)
Ensure compliance with:
 Accounting Standards (Ind AS / IFRS where applicable)
 Internal financial control frameworks


4. Integration Architecture & Controls

 Define API/data exchange logic between HRMS and ERP.
 Ensure:
 Posting validation checks
 Error handling workflows
 Maker-checker control
 Segregation of duties
 Validate automated journal entry generation.
 Support reconciliation framework design.


5. UAT & Financial Validation

 Define accounting validation scenarios
 Reconcile payroll output with ERP posting during UAT
 Validate trial balance impact
 Ensure month-end close integrity
 Sign off on accounting integration before go-live


6. Audit & Governance Readiness
 Ensure traceability of:
 Payroll to GL posting
 Component-level accounting entries
 Support internal & statutory audits.
 Define documentation for:
 Control design
 Financial workflow mapping
 Reconciliation SOPs

Duration: 3 months (Extendable depending on performance)
Location: Mumbai (Navi Mumbai/BKC)

 

Skills Required

Skills Required:

Chartered Accountant (CA) OR MBA / PGDM in Finance is a mandate 
Experience:
- 8–15 years in Finance / Accounting / ERP integration roles
- Strong exposure to payroll accounting
- Experience in ERP systems (SAP / Oracle / Tally ERP Enterprise / other finance ERP)
- Experience in system implementation or digital finance transformation preferred
- Exposure to regulated / PSU / BFSI environments preferred

Technical Competencies
- Payroll accounting logic
- GL & Chart of Accounts design
- Accrual accounting
- Provisioning methodology
- ERP integration understanding
- Reconciliation frameworks
- Ind AS / accounting standard awareness

Industry

Professional services - Finance & Accounting

Experience Required:

8+ years

Additional Skills:

  • System Implementation
  • Finance Transformation
  • SAP
  • ERP
  • Finance
  • Payroll Accounting
  • Accounting
  • ERP Integration

No of open positions:

1

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