Finance & Accounts Executive

About Us
At Eclat, we believe that technology can make a big difference to a world dependent on access to knowledge. In our current avatar, we are solving for eContent discovery and access challenges that the research community and students face while pursuing their research and education. Using technology we also help institutions drive user engagement and take informed decisions. We are present in 60+ countries and work with 2000+ institutes including Fortune 500 companies; premier academic and research institutes like AIIMs, ISB, IIMs, IITs, NTU Singapore and institutions in Japan, S.E. Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
About The Role
As a Finance & Accounts Executive, you will be responsible for accurate and timely execution of Eclat's day-to-day finance operations across accounting, AP, AR, invoicing, reconciliations, payroll coordination, documentation and Zoho based finance processes.
You will progressively take ownership of finance processes, month-end close, controls, MIS support, cash/working-capital visibility and process automation, working closely with the finance/vCFO team and Eclat leadership.
The role is designed to develop you into a FinOps Manager within 12–18 months, based on demonstrated capability and performance.
You Will Closely Work With
vCFO Finance team
Internal and Statutory auditors
Functional and Business heads
Customer Success team
Leadership team
Mentor
What Describes You Best
M.Com / MBA (Finance) / equivalent
2–4 years of relevant finance & accounting experience
SaaS / technology / IT services experience preferred
Experience working with internal and statutory Auditors
What Will You Own
As a Finance & Accounts Executive, you will own the hands-on execution of full-cycle accounting in Zoho Books - managing AP/AR, payroll, reconciliations and audit-readiness.
Progressively, you will expand your scope to drive month-end closes, workflow automation, SOP implementation.
How Will You Spend Your Time at Eclat
Core Accounting & Finance Operations
Ledger & Reconciliations: Maintain accurate, audit-ready records in Zoho Books, managing schedules for accruals, prepayments, and fixed assets. Perform regular bank, vendor and customer reconciliations.
AP/AR Operations: Execute end-to-end processing. Prepare customer invoices, manage AR ageing, and coordinate collections. On the AP side, validate vendor invoices, match POs, and process employee expense claims.
Payroll Coordination: Validate monthly payroll inputs, coordinate with HR for Zoho Payroll processing, and reconcile payroll with accounting records.
Month-End Close: Progressively take ownership of the operational close checklist.
​Revenue, Cash & Reporting
SaaS & Revenue Integrity: Ensure underlying transaction data accurately supports CRM-to-billing reconciliations, deferred-revenue schedules and critical SaaS metrics like ARR/MRR, collections, revenue realization etc.
Cash & Export Operations: Monitor bank balances, provide cash-position visibility and support FIRC/e-BRC tracking for export-revenue reconciliation.
MIS Support: Provide reliable, timely data to support the preparation of monthly P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and working-capital reports.
Systems, Controls & Compliance
ZohoOne ERP: Act as a strong operational user of Zoho Books, building strong working knowledge of data flows between CRM, Books, Payroll, Expense, People and Analytics.
Governance: Enforce Eclat's maker-checker framework and implementation of approved SOPs without bypassing financial controls.
Audit Readiness: Maintain accurate data and documentation and challans to support GST/TDS filings, statutory audits, and compliance reviews.
AI, Automation & Process Excellence
Identify repetitive/manual finance processes suitable for automation.
Use AI tools to improve finance analysis, documentation and productivity.
Support workflow automation and system integrations.
Improve accuracy, turnaround time and reduce manual intervention.
Key Success Metrics
Accuracy and timeliness of accounting, AP/AR and reconciliations
Month-end close readiness and quality of supporting schedules
Zoho adoption, data quality and process automation
Audit/compliance readiness with minimal control exceptions
Timely and reliable MIS/finance data
Process improvements and automation initiatives implemented
Benefits
Be part of Eclat's growth story as we expand across international markets
Build a career in modern Finance Operations, beyond traditional accounting
Build hands-on expertise in Zoho, AI and finance automation
Learn and grow under the mentorship of experienced finance professionals
Healthy work/life balance with wellbeing initiatives, parental leave, career development assistance and required work infrastructure support

Work arrangement
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