Senior Associate

Exbo Group; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Exbo Group seeks a Senior Associate, Accounting Transformation to assess accounting processes, financial data, and reporting practices to identify risks, compliance gaps, and inefficiencies. You will lead remediation initiatives, including financial statement clean-up and journal entries, and implement scalable accounting practices in a US GAAP framework.

This project-based, individual contributor role focuses on transforming accounting functions and delivering audit-ready records,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA, CA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• 3+ years of accounting experience in public accounting, controllership, accounting operations, or financial reporting.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and accounting research methodologies.
• Experience managing full-cycle month-end close activities and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Hands-on experience preparing and posting adjusting journal entries.
• Advanced Excel skills, including large data analysis, pivot tables, lookup functions, and Power Query.
• Strong written communication and ability to create clear process documentation.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate accounting policies, procedures, controls, and reporting practices for US GAAP compliance.
• Review revenue, procure-to-pay, payroll, and month-end close cycles.
• Identify risks, gaps, and inefficiencies in financial processes.
• Assess general ledger quality, COA structure, and data integrity.
• Document findings and remediation plans.
• Perform accounting clean-up, including opening balance sheet reconstruction.
• Prepare and post adjusting journal entries with calculations.
• Develop month-end close procedures, workflows, and control activities.
• Establish repeatable close processes for ongoing teams; transition to Controllership.

Skills

Advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups,

US GAAP knowledge

Journal entries experience

Audit-ready documentation

Independent project management

CPA/CA/CMA preferred

Strong written communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA/CA/CMA preferred

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Job description

Senior Associate, Accounting Transformation

Role Summary

The Accounting Transformation team partners with clients to improve, remediate, and modernize their accounting operations. As a Senior Associate, you will assess accounting processes, financial data, and reporting practices to identify risks, compliance gaps, and operational inefficiencies. You will lead accounting remediation initiatives, including financial statement clean-up, account reconciliations, GAAP adjustments, close process documentation, and implementation of scalable accounting practices.

This is a project-based individual contributor role focused on transforming accounting functions and delivering sustainable outcomes. Success is measured by the quality, accuracy, and completeness of the accounting records, reconciliations, and close processes you leave behind.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting Assessment & Analysis

• Evaluate accounting policies, procedures, controls, and reporting practices for compliance with US GAAP.
• Review transaction cycles, including revenue, procure-to-pay, payroll, and month-end close processes.
• Identify accounting risks, reporting issues, control gaps, and operational inefficiencies.
• Assess the quality of the general ledger, chart of accounts, and underlying financial data.
• Document findings and develop remediation plans to address identified issues.

Accounting Remediation & Transformation

• Perform accounting clean-up initiatives, including historical corrections, opening balance sheet reconstruction, and cash-to-accrual conversions.
• Prepare and post adjusting journal entries supported by appropriate calculations and documentation.
• Apply US GAAP guidance across key accounting areas, including revenue recognition, deferred revenue, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, leases, and equity.
• Rebuild or optimize chart of accounts structures and support financial data remediation efforts.
• Research accounting issues and prepare supporting analysis and documentation.

Reconciliations & Close Process Development

• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and resolve outstanding reconciling items.
• Develop and document month-end close procedures, workflows, and control activities.
• Create workpapers, reconciliation templates, supporting schedules, and audit-ready documentation.
• Establish repeatable and scalable close processes that can be maintained by ongoing accounting teams.
• Transition completed engagements to Exbo's Controllership team through comprehensive documentation and knowledge transfer.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA, CA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• 3 + years of accounting experience in public accounting, controllership, accounting operations, or financial reporting.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and accounting research methodologies.
• Experience managing full-cycle month-end close activities and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Hands-on experience preparing and posting adjusting journal entries.
• Advanced Excel skills, including large data analysis, pivot tables, lookup functions, and Power Query.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to create clear process documentation.
• High attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and a commitment to producing accurate, audit-ready work.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects with limited supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience assessing and redesigning accounting processes and controls.
• Hands-on experience with QuickBooks Online.
• Experience with accounting clean-ups, first-audit readiness projects, or finance transformation initiatives.
• Experience supporting US-based clients and working within US GAAP reporting environments.
• Experience with venture-backed, private equity-backed, or high-growth companies.

Success in This Role

• Deliver accurate, reconciled, and GAAP-compliant financial records.
• Create sustainable accounting processes and audit-ready documentation.
• Independently manage engagements from assessment through transition.
• Enable ongoing accounting teams to execute a repeatable and well-documented close process with confidence.