This is a remote position.

Roles & Responsibilities

- Own end-to-end monthly close for 6–10 assigned clients, including bank/credit card reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, deferred revenue, and intercompany entries.
- Maintain accurate books in QuickBooks Online: categorize bank feed activity, apply bank rules, manage the chart of accounts, and keep vendor and customer records clean.
- Process and reconcile payroll (Gusto, Rippling, Justworks, or similar) to the general ledger, including payroll liabilities and benefits.
- Manage accounts payable and receivable workflows (Bill.com, Ramp, Brex, Melio), including vendor bill entry, approvals, customer invoicing, and collections follow-up.
- Prepare monthly financial packages: P&L;, balance sheet, cash flow, budget-to-actual variance analysis, and clear commentary for client review.
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts monthly with supporting schedules; flag and resolve variances.
- Support multi-entity and consolidated reporting where applicable, including intercompany eliminations.
- Prepare PBC schedules and support US tax preparers, auditors, and 1099 filings at year-end.
- Serve as day-to-day point of contact for assigned clients; respond to questions, chase open items, and escalate issues to the controller/CFO.
- Document processes, improve close checklists, and contribute to close automation and standardization across the firm.
- Mentor and review the work of junior accountants and bookkeepers.
- Remote within India.
- Full-time contractor positions.
- Core overlap of at least 4 hours with US Pacific time (approximately 8:30 PM – 12:30 AM IST), with flexibility around month-end close.
- Paid in INR.
- Fiscal Founders was founded in 2024. We currently have 9 team members and serve 28 clients, primarily startups.

Requirements

Ideal Candidate





- Strong US-Client Accounting Profile from an outsourced/KPO or accounting-firm background, owning the client relationship and the full close
- Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 5+ years of accounting experience, including supporting US clients under US GAAP in an outsourced accounting, KPO or public accounting environment
- Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have worked at an accounting firm serving multiple clients at once (not a single in-house employer), owning the client relationship as primary point of contact and closing the books themselves
- Mandatory (Experience 3): Must have independently run end-to-end monthly close (bank/credit card reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, deferred revenue, intercompany entries), reconciled all balance sheet accounts with supporting schedules, supported multi-entity and consolidated reporting with intercompany eliminations where applicable, and prepared monthly financial packages (P&L;, balance sheet, cash flow, budget-to-actual with commentary)
- Mandatory (Tech skill 1): Must have expert-level hands-on QuickBooks Online skills (QBO ProAdvisor certification preferred; Xero or NetSuite a plus)
- Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Must have hands-on experience with US payroll platforms (Gusto/Rippling/Justworks) and AP/AR and expense tools (Bill.com/Ramp/Brex/Melio/Expensify)
- Mandatory (Skill 1): Must have strong working knowledge of US GAAP for SMBs (accrual accounting, revenue recognition, prepaid/accrual schedules) and advanced Excel/Google Sheets (lookups, pivots, reconciliation workbooks)




- Mandatory (Skill 2): Must have experience supporting year-end processes (PBC schedules, US tax preparers, auditors, 1099 filings) and driving process improvement (documenting processes, improving close checklists, close automation and standardization)
- Mandatory (Communication): Must have excellent spoken and written English, comfortable communicating directly with US founders and finance leads as the client-facing point of contact
- Mandatory (Education): Must be a Chartered Accountant (CA), CA Inter, CPA, or MBA (Finance)/M.Com with equivalent experience
- Mandatory (Note 1): Full-time contractor role on a direct contract with the client, remote within India, paid in INR with a quarterly variable bonus; candidate manages their own taxes
- Mandatory (Note 2): 5 days a week, remote within India, with a core overlap of at least 4 hours with US Pacific time (approximately 8:30 PM to 1:30 AM IST), heavier in the first half of each month during close
- Preferred (Leadership): Experience mentoring or reviewing the work of junior accountants and bookkeepers
- Preferred (Client profile): Experience with software/technology (SaaS/subscription) clients strongly preferred; candidates handling ~6 to 10 moderately complex clients preferred over those managing ~30 straightforward clients; startup/nonprofit fund accounting or multi-entity consolidations a plus

Experience: 5–8 years · Remote · 5 days a week · Notice period up to 30 days

Benefits

- 15 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) annually.
- 15 paid holidays, including holidays observed in both the USA and India.
- Direct exposure to US-based startup and nonprofit clients, providing valuable cross-border experience.
- A collaborative and inclusive work environment with opportunities for professional growth and development.

📌 Senior Accounting Manager (India)
🏢 TalentXO
📍 India