Ramesh Singh
Senior Accountant
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Senior Finance and Accounts professional with 12+ years of experience across corporate accounting and Chartered Accountancy environments, including audit exposure in Big Four environments. Demonstrated expertise in Record-to-Report (R2R), General Ledger (GL) maintenance, month-end/year-end close, financial reporting, statutory compliance (GST, TDS, Income Tax), accounts payable/receivable, reconciliations, budgeting, payroll, and ERP-based reporting. Strong background in team leadership, process improvements, and audit coordination.
Experience
Senior Accountant - Aryan Trading Corporation - New Delhi, India
(2018-04)
Key Responsibilities – Record to Report (R2R) & General Accounting
- General Accounting & R2R: Manage end-to-end general ledger maintenance, journal entries, account scrutiny, financial reconciliations, and trial balance reviews.
- Month-End & Year-End Closing: Perform closing activities, including accruals, provisions, prepaid expenses, depreciation calculations, and other adjustment entries.
- Team Supervision & Review: Supervise team members, allocate accounting tasks, review their work for accuracy and completeness, provide guidance on accounting issues, and ensure timely completion of deliverables.
- Financial Reporting: Prepare and review Profit & Loss statements, Balance Sheets, cash flow statements, and management reports.
- Account Reconciliation: Reconcile bank accounts, vendor accounts, intercompany accounts, customer accounts, and general ledger balances; investigate and resolve discrepancies.
- Fixed Asset Accounting: Maintain the fixed asset register, record asset additions and disposals, calculate depreciation, reconcile fixed asset balances with the general ledger, and ensure compliance with applicable accounting policies.
- Statutory Compliance: Oversee GST and TDS compliance operations, including return filings, reconciliations, e-invoicing, e-way bills, and notice resolutions.
- Audit Coordination & Financial Finalization: Coordinate with auditors and consultants for statutory audits, financial finalization, and supporting documentation.
- Internal Controls & Process Improvement: Review accounting transactions and reconciliations to strengthen internal controls and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
- ERP & Excel-Based Analysis: Use ERP systems and MS Excel to analyses financial data, identify discrepancies, and improve reporting accuracy.
Senior Accounts Officer - Numero Uno Clothing Ltd. - New Delhi, India
(2012-06 - 2018-03)
- Managed comprehensive Finance and Accounts operations covering General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), corporate taxation, and financial reporting.
- Led month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities, including journal entries, accruals, provisions, adjustments, and complete account finalization.
- Prepared and reviewed critical financial statements, including Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Accounts, MIS reports, and cash-flow statements for management review.
- Handled full-scale statutory compliance operations across GST, TDS, e-invoicing, e-way bills, and other legal submissions.
- Coordinated external statutory audits, internal audits, corporate tax assessments, and legal compliance documentation.
- Performed deep-dive bank, intercompany, vendor, customer, and General Ledger reconciliations, tracking variance investigations and enforcing control reviews.
- Controlled overall corporate cash flow, tracking vendor payments, customer collections, payroll processing, employee reimbursements, inventory accounting, and stock reconciliations.
Accountant - K. Kaushal & Associates, Chartered Accountants - New Delhi, India
(2010-10 - 2012-05)
- Finalized client accounts and drafted final Balance Sheets and Profit and Loss statements across multiple commercial business sectors.
- Conducted structured statutory, internal, and corporate stock audits for a wide range of external commercial entities.
- Prepared accurate Income Tax computations, handled tax return filings, and completed legal documentation for TDS, VAT, and Sales Tax regulations.
- Performed deep ledger scrutiny and complex data reconciliations, reviewing accounting work submitted by junior team executives while managing direct coordination with banks and tax departments.
Education
Master of Commerce (M.Com.) - Kumaun University, Nainital (2014)
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) - Kumaun University, Nainital (2012)