Accountant
Also known as: Accounts Executive · Junior Accountant · Accounts Officer
Records a company's transactions and prepares its financial statements and returns.
What you’d do
An accountant records a business's transactions, prepares its financial statements, and handles GST, TDS and income-tax filings. Employers include companies of every size, CA firms and accounting outsourcing centres. A typical day involves entering and checking entries, reconciling bank accounts, and preparing returns before monthly and quarterly deadlines.
- Records daily entries in accounting software
- Reconciles bank and ledger balances
- Prepares month-end and year-end statements
- Supports GST and TDS filings
How you get in
Most freshers join as an accounts executive or junior accountant in a small or mid-size firm or a CA practice, often after a short practical course in Tally and GST. Articleship during the CA course is another common way in.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Double-entry bookkeeping and journal entries
- Bank and ledger reconciliation
- GST and TDS returns
- Preparing profit & loss and balance sheet
- Excel (lookups, pivot tables)
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition4
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Com graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field4
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Com graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Common next roles: senior accountant, accounts manager, finance controller.
- A professional qualification (CA, CMA) widens options and seniority.
- Routine data entry is increasingly automated, so analysis and compliance skills carry more weight.
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