Senior Associate - Finance

CoinSwitch Kuber; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PS5

Foosball

Carrom

Disco nights

Offsites

Job summary

PeepalCo is seeking a hands-on Controllership professional to manage group finance, financial statements, audits, ESOP, investor reporting and Ind AS accounting. The role involves end-to-end ownership across multiple legal entities and consolidation processes, reporting, and certification requirements.

The candidate should be a newly qualified CA with ~1.5 years of experience, comfortable working across entities, and able to coordinate statutory and secretarial obligations with rigorous

Qualifications

• Newly qualified CA with ~1.5 years relevant experience.
• Hands-on executor; pure audit coordination profiles not sufficient.
• Exposure to group entities, consolidation, Ind AS is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end closure and year-end closure activities.
• Maintain group intercompany structure and cross-charge matters.
• Prepare applicability lists for relevant laws/sections for group companies.
• Prepare ESOP workings and accounting and maintain supporting schedules.
• Prepare investor reporting and respond to investor queries with accurate financial data.
• Coordinate secretarial reporting requirements including PFIC analysis.
• Coordinate Board meeting finance requirements and provide supporting financial information.
• Prepare annual financial statements and assist with two-step consolidation.
• Own/coordinate statutory, management and internal audits with reconciliations.

Skills

Ind AS

Financial reporting

Consolidation

Leases

Financial instruments

Impairment

Audit readiness

Excel skills

Oracle/NetSuite

Education

CA certification

Big 4 articleship

Tools

Oracle/NetSuite

Job description

Know The Company

PeepalCo is a canopy for brands serving India with tailored wealth-tech products, Making Money Equal for All. Founded by Ashish Singhal, Govind Soni, and Vimal Sagar Tiwari, PeepalCo's products include CoinSwitch and Lemonn. The Group is backed by blue-chip investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tiger Global, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India), Ribbit Capital, Paradigm, and Coinbase Ventures.PeepalCo is the brand name for our Group entity and will house all our wealth-tech brands. The largest of our brands, CoinSwitch, Lemonn will be housed under PeepalCo.For more information, visit: https://peepal.co | For media queries, contact: [e-mail]

Know The Company

PeepalCo is a canopy for brands serving India with tailored wealth-tech products, Making Money Equal for All. Founded by Ashish Singhal, Govind Soni, and Vimal Sagar Tiwari, PeepalCo's products include CoinSwitch and Lemonn. The Group is backed by blue-chip investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tiger Global, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India), Ribbit Capital, Paradigm, and Coinbase Ventures.PeepalCo is the brand name for our Group entity and will house all our wealth-tech brands. The largest of our brands, CoinSwitch, Lemonn will be housed under PeepalCo.For more information, visit: https://peepal.co | For media queries, contact: [e-mail]

Role Purpose

Own and execute a broad controllership portfolio across group finance, financial statements, audits, secretarial/statutory reporting, ESOP, investor reporting, actuarial matters, Ind AS accounting, restructuring, investment accounting, impairment, SOPs and certifications. Because the role appears as both Owner and Backup across the matrix, the candidate must be capable of taking over work end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities – Must be hands on

• Support Month end closure and year end closure activities.
• Maintain and analyse group intercompany structure; support intercompany accounting and cross-charge matters.
• Prepare applicability lists for relevant laws/sections for group companies and track compliance requirements.
• Prepare ESOP workings and accounting and maintain supporting schedules.
• Prepare investor reporting and respond to investor queries with accurate financial data.
• Support FLA, DPT-3 and annual-return data preparation/review and coordinate secretarial reporting requirements.
• Support PFIC analysis for investors, including confirmations and related documentation.
• Coordinate Board Meeting finance requirements and prepare supporting financial information.
• Prepare annual financial statements for entities and support two-step consolidation.
• Own/coordinate statutory, management and internal audits, including PBCs, reconciliations and auditor responses.
• Coordinate actuarial reports and ensure relevant finance entries/disclosures are captured.
• Own lease accounting and schedules and ensure Ind AS 116-related entries/reconciliations are complete.
• Support group restructuring projects and prepare finance data/analyses.
• Handle accounting for investments in unquoted investments, VDAs, SAFEs and similar instruments, including schedules and accounting support.
• Prepare/coordinate impairment assessments for investments and maintain supporting valuation/evidence files.

Technical Capability Expected

• Strong Ind AS / financial reporting fundamentals, particularly consolidation, leases, financial instruments/investments and impairment.
• Good understanding of audit processes and ability to prepare auditor-ready workings.
• Comfort with statutory/secretarial reporting and compliance data requirements.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to build workings from raw data.
• ERP experience, especially Oracle/NetSuite, is preferred.
• Ability to work across multiple entities and maintain a clean evidence trail.

Requirements

• Newly qualified CA with approximately 1.5 years relevant experience.
• Big 4 articleship or post-qualification experience preferred.
• Candidate must be a hands-on executor; pure audit coordination profiles are not sufficient.
• Strong financial reporting/audit fundamentals and Excel skills.
• Exposure to group entities, consolidation, Ind AS, investments or fintech/startup finance is preferred.

Life at PeepalCo

• We take great pride in what we do and are committed to our mission. And we have a lot of fun while at it!Here’s how we do things at PeepalCo:Customer-first: That’s the North Star. Everything we do is to make our users’ investment experience better and simplified.
• Ownership: We don’t sport lab coats, but we experiment—a lot. And we take ownership. We even have a catchphrase for this: Think big, fail fast, and build better.
• Data-driven: The source of truth. Simple as that.
• Fun: PS5, anyone? Or do you prefer Foosball? Or perhaps Carrom? And yes, our HR team has a whole list of activities: Disco nights, offsites, gift boxes, and more!
• Parenthood: Up to 8 months of Maternity leave and 1 month of Paternity leave
• Gender Reassignment Surgery: Be the best version of you! We’ll support you and reimburse your medical bill.

Disclaimer: We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.