Travel Agency - Accountant

An accountant with 1–3 years' experience for Explera's Surat head office: Tally Prime entries, reconciliations, GST and TDS working papers and multi-currency supplier payments for a growing travel group.

Explera DMC is a premier Destination Management Company dedicated to delivering exceptional travel and event experiences worldwide. We operate with a global mindset while maintaining rigorous compliance standards, with all legal and statutory frameworks governed and fulfilled through our Hong Kong headquarters.

We are hiring one accountant for our Surat head office. Explera is a B2B destination management company: Indian travel agents book hotels, transfers, tours and events in Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and Hong Kong through us, so the Surat finance desk handles high volumes of partner receipts and supplier payments in several currencies.

This role suits someone with 1–3 years of accounting experience who is confident in Tally Prime and wants to learn GST, TDS and cross-border payments in a growing travel group. You will work with our CA and group finance, who review returns and month-end figures.

• Record sales invoices, partner receipts, supplier bills and expenses in Tally Prime
• Reconcile bank accounts, partner ledgers and supplier ledgers every week
• Match partner payments to bookings and follow up short or late payments with sales

• Prepare GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B working papers, and reconcile input tax credit with GSTR-2B
• Calculate and deposit TDS, and prepare quarterly return data (24Q / 26Q) and Form 16 / 16A for review
• Support PF, ESI and professional tax with HR, and keep statutory records audit-ready

• Prepare supplier payment runs in THB, JPY, KRW, IDR, HKD and USD with the bank's foreign remittance team (Form 15CA / 15CB with our CA)
• Record forex purchases, exchange differences and bank charges correctly

• Help close the books by the group timetable and prepare the trial balance
• Prepare receivables ageing and simple monthly reports for management

• Support the statutory and tax audits with schedules and documents
• Follow the approval and payment controls, and suggest improvements

• B.Com or M.Com
• 1–3 years of accounting experience in India
• Hands-on Tally Prime; Zoho Books or Busy is a plus
• Working knowledge of GST, TDS and Indian payroll contributions (PF, ESI, professional tax)
• Strong Excel: VLOOKUP / XLOOKUP, pivot tables and reconciliations
• Experience with foreign payments or a travel, tour operator or airline-ticketing business is an advantage
• Gujarati, Hindi and business English
• Able to work full-time from our Surat office; valid right to work in India