Legal Entity Controller

United States Digital Space LLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Bangalore is seeking an experienced Legal Entity Controller to lead end-to-end controllership for the assigned entities, including close, statutory reporting, audits, and regulatory filings. You will drive policy design, SOX compliance, and partner with Tax, Treasury, Legal, FP&A, and regional teams to ensure accurate accounting, GAAP adherence, and timely disclosures.

This role emphasizes strong internal controls, process improvements, and mentoring junior

Qualifications

• CA/ACCA/ACIMA or equivalent professional qualification with 9+ years of accounting experience.
• Hands-on monthly/annual close, statutory reporting, audits, and regulatory filings.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS with local GAAP convergence experience.
• Experience owning internal control programs (SOX) and remediation.
• Proven ability to drive automation and process improvements at entity level.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end controllership for assigned legal entity(ies), including financial close, statutory reporting, audit readiness, regulatory filings, and board/adoption with local management.
• Prepare and sign off statutory financial statements and coordinate adoption with boards and external advisors.
• Manage external auditors and local service providers, setting scope and timelines.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and year-end close with complex journal entries and reconciliations.
• Lead design and maintenance of accounting policies and internal controls, owning SOX compliance.
• Partner with Tax, Treasury, Legal, FP&A, and regional finance teams on transactions and policy changes.
• Deliver process improvements and automation initiatives (RPA, ERP config, reporting pipelines).
• Resolve technical accounting questions with US GAAP/IFRS/local GAAP judgments.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to junior staff and lead cross-functional projects.
• Act as SME for entity-level reporting requests, audits, regulatory inquiries, and escalations.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

Problem solving

Financial systems knowledge

Attention to detail

Team mentoring

Education

CA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Oracle

Workiva

Blackline

ERP systems

SQL

BI tools

Job description

Legal Entity Controller (Bangalore)About the company

the company is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use the company to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

To further this important mission, we're building our Accounting team in Bangalore Finance and are looking for someone to help us scale for the future in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end controllership for assigned legal entity(ies), including financial close, statutory reporting, audit readiness, regulatory filings, and adoption with the board or local management


• Preparation and sign-off of statutory financial statements and coordination of statutory adoption processes with local boards and directors and external advisors


• Manage external auditors and local service providers, setting scope, driving timelines, resolving findings, and maintaining high-quality documentation for audits, reviews, and regulatory inspections


• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, leading complex journal entries, reconciliations, technical accounting assessments, variance analysis, and executive reporting packages


• Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of entity-level accounting policies and internal control frameworks, and own SOX and internal control compliance and remediation where applicable


• Serve as the primary business partner to Tax, Treasury, Legal, FP&A, and regional finance teams on transactions and policy changes that affect the entity's accounting, tax, and regulatory outcomes


• Identify, prioritize, and deliver process improvements and automation initiatives that materially increase accuracy, speed, or scalability of entity accounting (RPA, ERP configuration, reporting pipelines, templates, or tooling)


• Resolve technical accounting questions and apply US GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP judgment — escalated to central technical accounting teams when needed with well-formed recommendations


• Provide coaching and mentorship to more junior accounting teammates, and lead cross-functional projects and working groups to improve operating models


• Act as a subject-matter expert for entity-level reporting requests, internal and external audits, regulatory inquiries, and management escalations

Qualifications

• Professional accountancy qualification (CA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with 9+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant controllership exposure


• Deep hands-on experience with monthly and year-end close, statutory financial statement preparation, external audits, regulatory filings, and variance analysis


• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS, and experience applying local GAAP and converging treatments across frameworks


• Demonstrated experience owning internal control programs (SOX or similar) and executing control design and remediation


• Track record of delivering automation or process simplification at the entity level (ERP, reconciliation tooling, reporting pipeline improvements)


• Strong technical and problem-solving skills, advanced Excel ability, and experience with financial systems (e.g., Oracle, Workiva, Blackline, or similar). Familiarity with SQL and BI tools or scripting is a plus.


• Excellent stakeholder management — ability to partner with Tax, Treasury, Legal, FP&A, and regional teams to drive timely, risk-mitigated outcomes


• High integrity, sound professional judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to operate under tight deadlines


• Experience leading or mentoring junior finance professionals and managing external advisors or service providers

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of (or experience in) the technology or payments industry


• Oracle suite


• Hubble and SQL