Finance Associate

Falconsage LLP; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,080,000 - 1,320,000; Full time

Job summary

Falconsage LLP is seeking a Finance Associate to manage end-to-end finance for US and Indian startup clients. The role emphasizes hands-on accounting with close collaboration on budgets, forecasts, and fundraising support.

Responsibilities cover US and Indian compliance, consolidation, and real‑time financial analysis, with growth into controllership and virtual-CFO work. Strong cloud accounting experience and US GAAP knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of hands-on accounting experience with strong US GAAP exposure.
• Proficiency in cloud accounting platforms: QuickBooks Online, Xero, Zoho Books or Tally.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills.
• Excellent written English and ability to communicate with US clients during IST evening hours.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly close for US and Indian client entities; postings, accruals, reconciliations.
• Maintain books under US GAAP and Indian GAAP (Ind AS) using required software.
• Manage AP/AR cycles, invoicing, collections and ageing reports.
• Prepare MIS, provisional financial statements, and variance commentary.
• Support fundraising, budgeting, scenario analysis and transfer-pricing with partners.

Skills

Accounting basics

US GAAP

Excel/Sheets

English communication

Client coordination

Education

CA / CMA / MBA Finance / M.Com

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Xero

Zoho Books

Tally

Job description

Finance Associate - Falconsage LLPAbout the role

Falconsage LLP is hiring a Finance Associate to run end-to-end finance for our US and Indian start-up clients: accounting at the core, with FP&A, start-up finance and corporate finance layered on top. Founded in 2023 by experienced CXOs, Falconsage is a finance, legal and HR consultancy serving 15+ early-stage and cross-border companies across 5 countries in AI, SaaS and software.

Roughly 70% of the role is hands-on accounting: closing books, running compliance and building clean, diligence-ready financials. The remaining 30% is where you grow: budgets, forecasts, financial models, fundraising support and corporate-finance advisory alongside our finance partners. Direct founder exposure and a clear path into controllership and virtual-CFO work.

What you will do

Accounting and compliance (core)

• Own monthly close for a portfolio of US and Indian client entities: bank and card postings, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, intercompany and reconciliations
• Maintain books under US GAAP in QuickBooks Online / Xero, and under Ind AS or Indian GAAP in Tally or Zoho Books
• Run AP and AR cycles: vendor bills, customer invoicing, collections follow-up and ageing reports
• Prepare monthly MIS, provisional financial statements and variance commentary for founders
• Support US compliance: payroll reconciliations (941, W-2, 1099), sales-tax nexus analysis, franchise and estimated tax workings, Form 5471/5472 inputs
• Support Indian compliance: TDS, GST, year-end audit schedules and ITR inputs
• Prepare consolidated US–India financials and transfer-pricing workings with the finance partners
• Clean up and realign historic books ahead of fundraising or M&A diligence
• Build and maintain chart-of-accounts, SOPs and month-end checklists; coordinate with auditors, CPAs and client teams

FP&A, start-up and corporate finance

• Build and maintain annual operating plans, budgets, rolling forecasts and budget-vs-actual reviews
• Maintain financial models: revenue, burn, runway, unit economics and scenario analysis for founders and investors
• Track SaaS and start-up KPIs (ARR, churn, CAC, gross margin) and turn them into board and investor reporting
• Support fundraising: data-room preparation, investor Q&A, cap-table and ESOP workings
• Assist on corporate-finance work: transaction advisory, valuation inputs, term-sheet analysis and new‑market‑entry costing

What we are looking for

Must have

• CA, CA Inter, CMA, or M.Com / MBA (Finance) with 4–7 years of hands‑on accounting experience
• Strong command of accounting fundamentals: accrual accounting, revenue recognition, reconciliations and full monthly close
• Proven ownership of books for multiple entities, ideally in an outsourced accounting, KPO or CA‑firm environment
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets (lookups, pivots, data cleanup) and fluency in at least one cloud accounting platform (QuickBooks Online, Xero, Zoho Books or Tally)
• Clear written English; comfortable with US client calls in evening IST hours (overlap up to roughly 9 pm IST)

Strongly preferred

• 2+ years working on US books under US GAAP for US clients or a US-headquartered employer
• Exposure to US payroll providers (Gusto, Rippling, ADP), sales tax (Avalara, TaxJar) and bill-pay tools (Bill.com, Ramp, Brex)
• Familiarity with US entity structures (Delaware C-Corp with Indian subsidiary), Forms 1099, 5471/5472 and franchise tax
• US CPA / EA (completed or in progress) is a plus

Who thrives here

• Detail-obsessed, deadline-driven and comfortable juggling 6–10 client entities
• Proactive communicator who flags issues early rather than at month-end
• Curious about start-ups and keen to grow into controllership and virtual-CFO work

Compensation, location and how to apply

• CTC: up to INR 12 LPA, depending on experience and depth of US accounting exposure
• Location: Bengaluru preferred; remote within India considered for strong US-accounting candidates
• Type: Full-time; evening overlap with US clients expected a few days a week
• Reports to: Finance Partner, Falconsage LLP
• Growth: direct path to Controller and virtual-CFO engagements across US and Indian start-ups

Falconsage LLP is an equal-opportunity employer.