Director, Accounting

The role

You will oversee the financial accounting, compliance, controls and finance operations of the Indian legal entity. This leadership role involves managing cost-plus arrangements, statutory audits, and payroll while providing oversight for outsourced accounting partners.

What you will do

• Own the accounting and financial governance of the Indian legal entity.
• Oversee financial close and review books and reports prepared by JCSS.
• Manage cost-plus arrangement with the US parent including operating expenses and intercompany funding.
• Lead India entity statutory and group component audits with Big Four firms and JCSS.
• Oversee India payroll, vendor payments, expense processing and related financial operations.
• Partner with founders and executive leadership on India office administration and operational matters.
• Strengthen accounting processes, controls and reporting through automation and JCSS oversight.
• Support the transition to an in-house finance function as the business scales.

Required qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience in accounting, corporate finance, financial operations or controllership.
• Strong experience managing accounting and financial operations for an Indian subsidiary of a multinational or US-headquartered organisation.
• Experience working with cost-plus entity structures, intercompany transactions and parent-company funding arrangements.
• Strong understanding of Indian accounting standards, statutory compliance, taxation and regulatory requirements.
• Experience independently managing or owning Big Four-quality external audits.
• Experience working with outsourced accounting, payroll and compliance partners.
• Strong understanding of month-end close, financial reporting, general ledger, reconciliations and internal financial controls.
• Experience overseeing payroll, vendor payments, funding requirements and operational finance activities.

Nice to have

• Exposure to NetSuite or other enterprise accounting systems
• Experience building or transitioning accounting operations from outsourced to in-house models

Benefits

• Excellent medical insurance options and free online doctor consultations
• Yearly privilege and sick leaves as per Karnataka S&E Act
• Generous holidays (National and Festive), recognition, and parental leave policies
• Learning & Development fund to support your continuous learning journey and professional development
• Fun events to build culture across the organization
• Flexible benefit plans for tax exemptions (i.e. Meal card, PF, etc.)

About the company

Observe.AI is the AI Agents platform for customer experience. The platform enables businesses to deploy specialized AI agents that autonomously execute work across the full CX lifecycle.