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This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Intercompany Operations Accountant based in India.
Join an international finance team responsible for maintaining accurate, compliant, and efficient intercompany accounting across a global organization. In this role, you will manage the full lifecycle of intercompany transactions, including services, loans, royalties, cost allocations, and recharges. You will play a key role in monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring reconciliations, interest calculations, journal entries, and eliminations are completed accurately and on time. Working closely with Finance Controllers, Tax, Treasury, and Legal teams, you will help maintain consistent accounting practices and ensure compliance with intercompany agreements and transfer pricing policies. You will also contribute to ERP implementation and process improvement initiatives, including work involving NetSuite. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced accounting professional with strong knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP who thrives in a collaborative, international environment and is comfortable taking ownership of complex financial processes.
Intercompany transaction management: Record, monitor, and manage intercompany transactions across the group, including services, loans, royalties, cost allocations, and recharges, ensuring accurate and timely accounting.
Documentation and agreement compliance: Verify the accuracy and completeness of supporting documentation and ensure transactions align with established intercompany agreements and internal policies.
Reconciliations and discrepancy resolution: Perform monthly and quarterly intercompany reconciliations, investigate differences between entities, coordinate with relevant stakeholders, and resolve discrepancies promptly.
Loan accounting and interest accruals: Calculate and record interest on intercompany loans, maintain accurate supporting schedules, and ensure appropriate accruals and journal entries are posted.
Cost-plus transactions: Calculate and record cost-plus charges, including applicable mark-ups, and prepare the corresponding journal entries in accordance with group policies and transfer pricing requirements.
Cost allocations and recharges: Calculate, validate, and post intercompany cost allocations and recharges, ensuring expenses are distributed accurately across the relevant entities.
Financial close support: Prepare intercompany journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and eliminations while supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities.
Intercompany agreement coordination: Work with Legal and other relevant teams to prepare, initiate, maintain, and update intercompany agreements as business requirements evolve.
Accounting standards and transfer pricing: Support compliance with group accounting policies, transfer pricing requirements, IFRS, US GAAP, and applicable documentation standards.
ERP implementation and process improvement: Participate in the implementation and enhancement of ERP systems, including NetSuite, and contribute to improving intercompany workflows, controls, and reporting processes.
Audit and stakeholder support: Prepare supporting documentation for external and internal audits, tax reviews, and treasury-related requests, responding to queries and ensuring records are complete and traceable.
Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with Finance Controllers, Tax, Treasury, Legal, and other finance stakeholders to resolve complex accounting matters and maintain consistency across international entities.
At least five years of accounting experience in international companies or multinational business environments.
Strong hands-on experience in intercompany accounting, including the management and reconciliation of transactions across multiple legal entities.
Solid knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP, with the ability to understand and navigate differences between local accounting practices and group reporting requirements.
Proven experience supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, including intercompany reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and eliminations.
Practical experience accounting for intercompany loans, calculating interest, processing cost-plus transactions, and managing cost allocations and related journal entries.
Experience preparing and maintaining supporting documentation for financial audits, tax reviews, and other compliance activities.
Familiarity with transfer pricing policies and intercompany agreements, including the documentation needed to support transactions between related entities.
Experience working with ERP and financial accounting systems; NetSuite experience is an advantage.
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and implement appropriate solutions.
A confident, mature, and proactive professional approach, with the ability to engage effectively with Finance Controllers and other senior stakeholders.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities, meet reporting deadlines, and maintain accurate financial records.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, particularly when working with cross-functional teams across different locations.
Fluent English, with the ability to communicate financial information clearly in an international working environment.
Fully remote work: Work remotely from India, with the flexibility associated with a distributed work environment.
Full-time opportunity: Join an international finance function with responsibilities spanning intercompany accounting, financial reporting, and global operations.
Professional development: Access mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs designed to support continued professional growth.
International collaboration: Work with colleagues across countries and gain broader global exposure through opportunities such as an international talent exchange program.
Language development: Access co-financed language courses and internal speaking clubs to strengthen communication skills.
Engaging workplace culture: Participate in company-wide challenges, employee recognition initiatives, sports activities, volunteering, and social-impact projects.
Growth-oriented environment: Collaborate with colleagues who value initiative, open communication, accountability, and continuous learning.
Purpose-driven work: Contribute to a global organization focused on expanding access to fairer choices and creating positive social impact.