Finance & Accounts

Job description

Accountabilities Own day-to-day accounting and financial operations for the India entity, including bookkeeping, customer and vendor invoicing, expense management, and related finance processes. Manage Indian statutory and regulatory compliance, including GST, TDS, payroll-related requirements, ROC, PF, professional tax, and other applicable filings. Perform and improve bank, vendor, and intercompany reconciliations, with a focus on implementing systems that automatically identify mismatches and surface exceptions for review. Own the month-end close process, including the close calendar, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and preparation of financial reporting packages. Continuously improve close efficiency by identifying bottlenecks and reducing the time and manual effort required to complete each reporting cycle. Manage AP/AR operations, including invoice processing, payment runs, collections follow-up, and employee expense administration. Coordinate with external auditors, tax consultants, company secretaries, and other advisors to ensure timely compliance and smooth financial operations. Maintain accurate, well-organized, and continuously audit-ready financial records rather than relying on year-end preparation. Identify repetitive finance workflows and redesign them using AI, automation, spreadsheets, or low-code/no-code tools to reduce manual intervention. Build or configure automated workflows for tasks such as transaction categorization, reconciliation matching, journal-entry preparation, vendor statement analysis, reporting, and overdue-payment alerts. Use AI-assisted analysis to accelerate variance reviews, identify anomalies, summarize financial information, and support better finance decision-making. Develop a finance function where the majority of routine processes are system-driven, allowing greater focus on compliance risk, financial analysis, exceptions, and business judgment. Requirements 2–5 years of experience in accounting, finance operations, or a related function, ideally within a startup, technology company, or fast-growing organization; SaaS experience is a strong advantage. Strong working knowledge of Indian accounting practices, GST, TDS, payroll-related compliance, and statutory requirements. Hands-on experience with accounting platforms such as Zoho Books, Tally, QuickBooks, or similar systems; ERP experience, including NetSuite, is a plus. Demonstrated ability to independently manage a full month-end close cycle rather than simply executing individual finance tasks. Strong understanding of reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, AP/AR, financial reporting, and audit preparation. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate discrepancies, understand financial variances, and identify exceptions requiring human judgment. High attention to detail combined with the ability to think beyond manual execution and design more efficient, scalable processes. Fluency with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar platforms for financial analysis, drafting communications, researching compliance questions, summarizing information, and developing models or workflows. Experience creating or configuring automated finance workflows using spreadsheets, scripts, AI-assisted tools, or low-code/no-code platforms. Familiarity with tools such as n8n, Zapier, Google Apps Script, Google Sheets, or similar automation technologies is highly desirable, or demonstrated willingness to learn them quickly. Proven interest in automation and process improvement, ideally demonstrated through an example of a finance task that has previously been automated or streamlined. Ability to approach recurring finance processes as systems that can be improved rather than tasks that simply need to be completed faster. Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively with auditors, advisors, vendors, and internal teams. High degree of ownership, independence, organization, and accountability in managing a lean finance function. Benefits Full-time, remote opportunity based in India. Significant ownership over the finance and accounting operations of an India entity. Opportunity to shape and build a scalable, increasingly automated finance function. Strong exposure to AI-powered finance workflows and emerging automation technologies. Freedom to experiment with AI, no-code, and workflow automation tools to eliminate repetitive work. Opportunity to work in a fast-growing, technology-driven environment with a strong focus on operational efficiency. Broad exposure across accounting, compliance, financial reporting, AP/AR, audits, and process optimization. Opportunity to develop valuable skills at the intersection of finance, AI, automation, and business operations. High-impact role with the ability to directly influence how finance processes are designed and improved. Flexible remote working environment with autonomy and ownership. How Jobgether works: We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Why Apply Through Jobgether? Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1 This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Finance & Accounts professional based in India. This role offers the opportunity to own the day-to-day finance function for an India-based entity within a fast-growing, technology-driven environment.You will take responsibility for accounting operations, statutory compliance, reconciliations, AP/AR, payroll-related compliance, and month-end close.Beyond traditional finance execution, the role places a strong emphasis on automation, AI, and building scalable processes.You will be encouraged to eliminate repetitive manual work so that more time can be dedicated to analysis, exceptions, risk management, and business judgment.The position provides significant ownership, with the opportunity to design a lean and increasingly self-operating finance function.You will collaborate with auditors, tax advisors, vendors, and internal stakeholders while maintaining accurate, continuously audit-ready financial records.This is an ideal opportunity for a finance professional who combines strong accounting fundamentals with curiosity, systems thinking, and an automation-first mindset.