Finance & Accounts Process Associate
Also known as: F&A Associate · Accounts Payable Executive
Handles day-to-day accounting processes like invoices, payments and reconciliations in shared-service centres.
What you’d do
A finance and accounts (F&A) process associate handles one part of a company's accounting in a structured process — such as paying suppliers, recording customer receipts, or reconciling ledgers. Accounting outsourcing firms and the shared-service centres of large companies hire them in large numbers. Work runs on monthly cycles, with the busiest days around month-end close.
- Process vendor invoices and payments
- Post entries and reconcile accounts
- Support month-end closing tasks
- Follow process checklists and controls
How you get in
Freshers usually join through campus or walk-in drives of outsourcing and shared-service centres, followed by process training. Basic accounting knowledge and comfort with Excel are tested; some roles involve night shifts for overseas clients.
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
- Journal entries and reconciliations
- Invoice and payment processing
- Excel (lookups, pivot tables)
- Working within an ERP system
- Attention to controls and deadlines
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 associate, team lead, or a move to general accounting or reporting.
- Repetitive tasks are increasingly automated, so analysis and exception-handling matter more.
- Studying CA, CMA or an accounting certification alongside the job widens options.
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