Job ID: 290857

Senior Accountant / Accounts Officer

SOCHARA (Society For Community Health Awareness, Research And Action)

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Apply by: 30 Apr 2026

Relevant Sectors

Administration, HR, Management, Accounting/Finance

VACANCY FOR SENIOR ACCOUNTANT / ACCOUNTS OFFICER POST AT SOCHARA
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Job Summary:
The post holder will be responsible for providing effective and efficient day to day accounting and administrative support to SOCHARA’s Accounts and Administration team at SOCHARA Bangalore Office.
The role will involve taking complete independent responsibility of the SOCHARA Accounts, and support the Accounts and Admin team in their day to day functions pertaining to various ongoing projects.
He/she will be responsible for managing and prioritizing their own workload and will be required to use their own initiatives. The post holder will be required to work as a team member.
Educational and Experience Requirements:
Qualification: M.Com / B. Com / MBA / BBA (Finance)
Experience: (1) Minimum 5 years of experience in Hardcore Accounting and Statutory compliances and
(2) minimum 3 years of experience working in an NGO/Voluntary sector will be preferable.
Knowledge of appropriate computer skills including: Tally Software (Prime/ERP 9), Payroll Management, Fixed Assets Management, MS-office, Word, Excel, Power point presentation, emails, online meetings apps Zoom/Greet/ MS teams . Etc.
• Good command and understanding of the English language (including verbal and written communication skills)
• Good organizational, multitasking and time management skills
Qualities and Values:
• Motivated, flexible, Proactive, Tactful, courteous and polite with utmost integrity.
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary and diverse set of people.
• Act in accordance with organizational policies and procedures.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Provide day to day accounting and administrative support to the SOCHARA- team through:
? Verification of bills and supporting documents before entering to the tally
• Preparation of vouchers for receipting, payments, journals and contra
• Getting approval of the vouchers from authorized signatories
• Day to day Entering of vouchers in Tally Soft Ware – Prime
• Printing of vouchers and taking approval for payments from authorized signatories
• Processing of payments to various parties and vendors as per the requirements
• Working on Tax deducted at source on payments including statutory payments as applicable
• Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statements on a monthly basis and filing
• Preparation of variance reports and discussion with the project team at regular intervals

• Preparation of quarterly reports, and any other financial reports as required by the project team at regular intervals
• Supporting Accounts & Administrative officers in their day to day accounting functions
• Maintaining of files related to accounts, filing of vouchers etc.
• Liasioning with Bank and supporting the team in bank related works
• Liasioning with various government officials as when required especially
• Preparing for Internal, Statutory and Project audits till completion
• Required knowledge to deal with audit queries and responses to audits
• Preparation of final accounts at the year end and submit it to auditor
• Preparation of quarterly TDS filing , Monthly P.T filing, Monthly ESIC and EPF filing
• Preparation of online E cheques for payments
• Verification of cash on a daily basis
• Preparation of financial reports/statements for FMC, and EC meetings
• Preparation interim financial statements and fund request statements for project fund request
• Supervision of accounts team working under you for day today accounts functioning
• Minimum knowledge about NGO statutory compliances including FCRA regulations & Registrar of Societies

Remuneration: Remuneration will be commensurate with experience,

How to apply?
• Write to the Secretary-Coordinator, SOCHARA, Bangalore by email (details given below), with your CV.
• Provide the names of at least two referees with their postal address, telephone numbers and email address;

Please write to us for any further queries. Interview – face-to-face in Bangalore or via zoom call for short listed candidates.

LAST DATE TO APPLY: 30th April, 2026

Apply to: The Secretary - Coordinator, SOCHARA, No. 359, 1st Main, 1st Block, Koramangala, Bangalore – 560 034. Phone: 080-25531518
Email: admin@sochara.org / prafulla@sochara.org

Job Email ID:

admin(at)sochara.org