Senior Accounting Specialist

About the role

The Senior Accounting Specialist is a core member of IDinsight's global finance team, responsible for maintaining financial record integrity across the organization's multi-entity structure. Day-to-day work includes general ledger and journal entry review, multi-entity reconciliations, global consolidated financial statements, Form 990 preparation, audit support, and ERP process improvement. The role is based in IDinsight's Delhi, India office and is not eligible for remote work.

What you’ll do

• Review and upload journal entries in the accounting system, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and proper supporting documentation, and verify compliance with internal controls and accounting policies p
• Coordinate multi-entity postbacks across India, US, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Morocco, Senegal, and other entities during monthly close, and prepare and review monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Investigate and resolve variances, maintain reconciliation schedules as audit-ready documentation, and manage intercompany reconciliations including lease accounting, software cost allocations, prepai
• Own the full revenue reconciliation process, tracking AR aging across all entities, matching receipts to invoices in the ERP, flagging mismatches with FP&A and project teams, and resolving intercompan
• Support the organization's global audit by preparing audit schedules, responding to auditor queries, compiling supporting documentation, and acting as the primary point of contact for multi-country au
• Support statutory compliance requirements across all IDinsight entities, including global VAT, GST, WHT, PAYE, EPF, TDS, advance tax, and other region-specific tax and regulatory obligations, and lead
• Prepare global consolidated financial statements for quarterly and annual reporting across all IDinsight entities, including intercompany eliminations, multi-currency translation, and consolidation ad
• Serve as the institutional knowledge anchor for Unit4, support the ERP transition to Microsoft Business Central by contributing to workflow design, process documentation, user acceptance testing, and

What you’ll bring

• Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience in a global or multi-entity setup with hands-on multi-currency and multi-geography accounting operations.
• Demonstrated experience handling financial accounting across multiple jurisdictions spanning USA, Asia, and Africa, including intercompany transactions, foreign currency translations, and consolidatio
• Well-versed with IFRS, US GAAP, or relevant regional GAAP standards, with ability to apply appropriate accounting treatments across diverse regulatory environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data validation, conditional formatting, and financial modelling.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Unit4, Microsoft Business Central, SAP, or similar) in a multi-entity accounting environment.
• Technical understanding of global tax and regulatory compliance frameworks (VAT, GST, WHT, PAYE, EPF, and other regional obligations).
• Experience supporting or leading statutory audits, tax compliance filings, and regulatory reporting across multiple countries.
• Chartered Accountant (CA) from ICAI or equivalent international body, or CPA, CS, CWA/CMA, ACCA, CIMA, CGA, or equivalent, or MBA in Finance with strong emphasis on core financial accounting and repor

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