Senior Accountant

JOB DESCRIPTION & KEY RESULT AREAS
ACCOUNTANT
Accounting, Reconciliation, Statutory Compliance and Month-End Close

1. ABOUT SAMASTA FOODS

Samasta Foods Pvt Ltd is a Jaipur-headquartered B2B food processing company and the manufacturing backbone of leading Indian and global brands. Built in India for India and the world, Samasta runs two product engines on one plant and one quality spine:
Certified Organic commodities — pulses and dals, rice and ancient grains, millets, whole spices and herbs, oilseeds, seeds and superfoods — and Value Added foods — roasted makhana and snacks, protein bars and nutrition, ready-to-cook and functional foods, spice blends, flours, premixes and custom formulations.

• A 50,000 sq ft fully automated plant in Jaipur, scaled from a 5,000 sq ft manual operation in five years.

• BRCGS Grade A, FSSC 22000, US FDA, EU Organic, USDA Organic/NOP, NPOP, Kosher, GMP, Halal and SEDEX/SMETA — more than ten active certifications.

• A farmer network of 500+ certified farmers and FPOs, extended by an exclusive linkage covering 22,137 farmers, 69 collectives and 30,649 hectares across 13 Gujarat districts.

• 200+ proprietary recipes and a capability base spanning hermetic fumigation, drying, cryogenic grinding, steam sterilisation, protein-bar and enrobing lines, roasting and high-volume packaging.
This role is based at the Jaipur plant and contributes directly to that manufacturing spine.
2. POSITION DETAILS

Job Title
Accountant
Department
Finance & Accounts
Location
Jaipur, Rajasthan — On-site

Employment Type

Full-time
Ideal Experience
3–7 years
Qualification
B.Com/M.Com; CA Inter, CMA Inter or an equivalent accounting qualification preferred.
Reporting To
Head – Finance & ERP
Deputy / Cover
Head – Finance & ERP; ERP Analyst covers system-side continuity
Food-Safety Critical
No

3. JOB PURPOSE

Own accounting entries, invoicing, reconciliations, payables and receivables, inventory-related accounting and statutory records, and close the books accurately and on time every month.

4.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Record transactions accurately in the accounting system and ERP.

• Process purchase and sales invoices, debit and credit notes and journal entries.

• Perform vendor, customer, intercompany and bank reconciliations.

• Coordinate with Procurement, Stores and Logistics on invoice, GRN and dispatch documentation matching.

• Manage accounts payable and receivable and support the payment run against approved terms.

• Support GST, TDS, TCS and other statutory data preparation and filing.

• Support month-end and year-end closing, provisions, accruals and reporting.

• Maintain audit-ready records and respond to statutory, internal and bank audit queries.

• Assist inventory reconciliation and manufacturing cost accounting analysis.

• Support export-related accounting including duty drawback, RoDTEP, LC documentation and foreign-currency transactions.

• Support banking, working-capital documentation and lender information requirements.
5. CERTIFICATION, COMPLIANCE AND FOOD-SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain statutory records to the standard required for statutory audit, bank audit and investor due diligence.

• Ensure intercompany transactions with Global Taste Ventures FZ-LLC are recorded and documented correctly.

• Maintain documentation supporting export incentives and foreign-currency realisation.
6. KEY RESULT AREAS AND PERFORMANCE TARGETS

Performance is reviewed monthly against these targets and formally assessed at the end of probation, at six months and annually. Targets are reviewed and reset each financial year.
KRA
KPI / Target
Weight
Accounting Accuracy
≥ 99.5% entry accuracy; zero material misposting
25%
Month-End Close
Books closed by working day 7 of the following month
20%
Reconciliation
Bank, vendor, customer and inventory reconciliations completed monthly, 100% on time
20%
Statutory Compliance
100% of GST and TDS filings before due date; zero late-filing penalty or interest
15%
AP / AR
Vendor payments within approved terms; overdue receivables below 5% of total receivables
10%
Audit Support
100% of audit queries closed within 7 days
10%
Total

100%
7. FIRST 90 DAYS

By Day 30
Take over the ledger, reconciliations and statutory calendar. Report…