Accountant (US-Facing) – Hyderabad, India

About the role

This role is critical to keeping Pisteyo's financial operations accurate, timely, and tightly coordinated across time zones. You will manage core components of the U.S. books from India, including AP/AR, bank reconciliations, monthly closes, basic consolidations, and direct coordination with our U.S. CPA/tax partner.

Responsibilities

• Manage Accounts Payable: vendor setup, invoice coding, approvals, posting, payments.
• Manage Accounts Receivable: invoicing, collections follow-up, cash application.
• Perform bank reconciliations, credit card reconciliations, and account clean-ups.
• Handle journal entries, accruals, and prepayments.
• Prepare and complete key month-end tasks on a tight, predictable schedule.
• Support monthly closures, financial schedules, and internal reporting packages.
• Maintain supporting documentation for all close activities.
• Support basic multi-entity consolidations (India + U.S.).
• Maintain intercompany schedules and ensure accurate eliminations.
• Track FX impacts and ensure entries reflect multi-currency reality.
• Serve as the primary accounting contact for our U.S. CPA/tax firm.
• Provide timely information for tax filings, payroll inputs, 1099/vendor reporting, and regulatory needs.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and clear record-keeping processes.
• Help build and refine SOPs for accounting, payment cycles, and reconciliations.
• Use AI tools to draft SOPs, create checklists, and accelerate routine work.
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, or risks — and propose improvements.
• Work closely with the Head of Operations on process design and reporting improvements.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of accounting experience.
• Strong exposure to U.S. GAAP, international accounting, or U.S.-facing accounting roles.
• Experience with AP/AR, reconciliations, and monthly closes is essential.
• Experience with accounting software (QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero, or similar).
• Experience supporting auditors, CPAs, or tax firms is a plus.
• Excellent accounting fundamentals.
• Strong attention to detail with a clean, repeatable working style.
• Comfortable with spreadsheets and financial modeling basics.
• Strong written and spoken English for U.S.-facing coordination.
• Ability to manage work independently with predictable follow-through.
• AI-savvy or excited to learn AI-driven finance workflows (ChatGPT, Copilot, automation tools).
• Reliable, organized, and proactive.
• Clear communicator who escalates quickly when needed.
• Collaborative, low-ego, and enjoys improving systems.
• Comfortable working directly with U.S. finance leadership in a small-team environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (Commerce, Accounting, Finance).
• Professional certifications (CA Inter, CPA coursework, CMA, etc.) are a plus but not required.

Skills

• Clear, kind communication: Working directly with U.S. finance leadership and our CPA firm.
• Ownership: Managing tasks end-to-end with accuracy and accountability.
• Working at a healthy pace: Prioritizing timely, accurate closes and reconciliations.
• Learning and sharing: Documenting workflows and improving them for India + U.S. teams.
• Human + AI teaming: Using tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and AI-driven workflows to speed up reconciliations, draft documentation, automate routine steps, and improve reporting quality.

Benefits

• U.S. Overlap Shift (approx. 8:30 p.m. – 5:30 a.m. IST) with shift allowance.

Pay

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

• U.S. Overlap Shift (approx. 8:30 p.m. – 5:30 a.m. IST).