Finance Specialist (General Accounting)

Location   :  Chennai, India
Required Language : English
Employment Type : Full Time
Seniority Level : Associate
Travel : 10 %

Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman works proactively and collaboratively with its worldwide customers in pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment to deliver exceptional service and innovative specialty chemical solutions to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment. Buckman is in the middle of a digital transformation of its businesses and focused on building the capabilities and tools in support of this.

Purpose

At Buckman, our Accounts Department ensures strong financial governance by managing free cash flow, ensuring timely vendor payments, maintaining banking compliance, and handling all direct and indirect tax (GST, TDS) compliances. The department also plays a key role in monthly closing and financial statement preparation.

We are looking for a skilled and detail-oriented General Accountant to support end‑to‑end financial operations, maintain accurate records, and ensure timely compliance with both internal and statutory requirements.

Objectives of this Role

1. Manage daily treasury operations and approver matrix coordination with Global Treasury.
2. Perform daily cash/bank position checks, reporting, disbursement planning, cash forecasting, and support SSC–AP for vendor payments.
3. Handle General Ledger (GL) accounting including accruals, review, reconciliations, and month-end close.
4. Prepare intercompany service invoices, ensure approvals, calculate trademark obligations, and book management fees.
5. Upload and validate MIS (GROW) including cash budgets, FCF forecasts, GRN reports, inventory in transit, reconciliation and RM/traded goods consumption.
6. Manage fixed asset accounting, tagging verification, and physical asset checks.

1. Prepare monthly GL reconciliation reports for leadership review (PL, BS, Cashflow, DWC, Expense report).
2. Review open AR, AP, PO items, aged inventory, and aged fixed assets; initiate retirement as required.
3. Handle GST compliance—resolve queries from vendors, customers, and internal departments.
4. Review GST invoices, handle monthly output/input GST reporting, job work, cross-charge, audit support, and annual returns.
5. Prepare TDS challans, advance tax payments, and other tax-related online payments.
6. Validate master data changes and coordinate localisation updates (TDS/TCS/import duty) with relevant teams.
7. Perform vendor and customer confirmations including bank details verification by phone.
8. Manage MSME & TDS compliance declarations.
9. Reconcile TDS liabilities, ensure monthly payments, and file quarterly returns (domestic & non-resident).
10. Support banking compliance—KYC, GKYC, periodic returns, signatory updates, CashPro alerts review.
11. Handle FEMA compliance for import payments (inventory, non-inventory, services) and close obligations (EPDMS, IPDMS).
12. Prepare quarterly bank facility working capital exposure reports.
13. Handle FAS 120 reporting for AR >180 days.
14. Support internal audits and coordinate with shared services.
15. Support statutory audits including schedules and financial statement preparation.
16. Conduct inventory physical counts and job work challan verification (including Mumbai visits).
17. Coordinate with tax consultants for import e-filings (15CA, 15CB), GST e-invoicing, monthly returns, rate/HSN updates.
18. Support insurance renewal for global and local risk policies.
19. Participate in finance meetings, townhalls, continuous improvement initiatives, and standardisation efforts.
20. Handle any other regional or global finance-related ad-hoc tasks.

Skills and Qualifications

• Graduate or PG Diploma in Finance/Accounting. Semi-qualified CA/CMA preferred.
• 3–6 years’ experience in Finance (AP, AR, Taxation, Banking, Audit support).
• Strong understanding of accounting, finance principles, and bookkeeping.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP systems (preferably SAP).
• Excellent time management, accuracy, and confidentiality.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Self-driven, result-oriented, team player with leadership traits.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Ability to keep company and partner confidences

•         Experience with accounting software (ERP) and online platforms preferably SAP

•         Ability to keep company and partner confidences

•         Good interpersonal and communication (both verbal and written) to be able to interact and deal with people at all levels.

•         Possesses leadership qualities, self-driven, result oriented and a resourceful team and leader and player

Preferred Qualifications

• An associate degree
• Strong mathematical skills
• Prior experience in accounts payable, accounts receivable,
• Hands on experience in handling both indirect (GST) and direct taxation (TDS), banking documentation and compliances.
• Experience with accounting software (SAP)and online platforms GST,TDS, ROC returns filing.

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