Accountant

Who You'll Work With

You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You'll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm's diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
  
  

Your Impact

You will work on multiple accounting areas, including financial statement preparation, month-end close, pensions, leases, M&A, etc.

You will co-own and drive defined workstreams within the firm's financial reporting processes. Specific responsibilities may include (but are not limited to): executing defined tasks within the monthly and quarterly close process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness; helping in preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules in accordance with firm policies; performing variance analysis and analytical reviews to support reliable financial reporting; assisting in maintaining documentation to support internal controls and audit requirements and support in preparation of financial reporting schedules and related documentation.

You will also monitor assigned accounts and processes to identify discrepancies, risks, or process gaps, collaborate with Controllership team members and finance partners to resolve issues in a timely manner and identify and recommend process enhancements, automation opportunities, or standardization improvements within assigned areas. You will develop proficiency in firm systems, reporting tools, and accounting policies.

Your work will help firm Controllership to accomplish its core mission of financial stewardship.

You will be based in Gurgaon as part of our firm Controllership team. This team informs the financial position of the firm to internal and external stakeholders, enables strategic decision making and stewardship of resources through principled accounting policy, and protects the firm against financial risk via strong internal controls and efficient, tech-enabled processes.

Firm Controllership is responsible for preparing quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements (with associated annual external audit), owning the month-end close process, monitoring and authoring finance policies and standards, accounting for firm-level areas (e.g., pensions, leases), and calculating firm profit for Partner bonus distribution.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Professional qualification (e.g., CPA, CA) required
• 4-year degree, preferably in Finance or a related field
• 1+ years of accounting or finance experience, preferably within a professional service, corporate, or Big 4 audit environment
• Foundational knowledge of U.S. GAAP and general accounting principles
• Understanding of financial reporting processes and internal controls
• Working knowledge of financial systems and reporting tools
• Ability to independently manage responsibilities with attention to deadlines and quality
• Sound judgment in identifying issues and escalating complex matters appropriately with strong analytical and problem-solving skills for routine accounting matters
• Collaborative mindset with clear communication across teams and functions
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• High attention to detail and commitment to financial integrity
• Technical proficiency in financial systems, adopting AI and automation to enhance efficiency