Assistant Team Lead - F&A Ops

Fincent is a new age finance firm whose mission is to bring financial and accounting services into the modern era. We like to think of ourselves as all of the good parts of a startup, without the downsides. We're a tight-knit team of smart, friendly people solving problems together with a shared passion for design, technology and creativity. Fincent stands at the intersection of neo-banking and SaaS and aims to be a complete financial hub for SMBs. We offer an AI-powered finance team with a real-time dashboard to manage all the finance functions for your business on one platform – banking, bookkeeping, yearly taxes, bill pay & invoicing, financial projections & budgeting, reimbursements and more.

Responsibilities:

• As an Assistant Team Leader, Finance & Accounting (F&A) Operations, you will be responsible for reviewing end-to-end accounting cycle for our clients. You will review, analyse, and deliver relevant, timely and accurate information that is used for providing strategic, financial, and operational feedback for our clients.
• Develop a high performing team of Staff Accountants/Senior Accountants whose expertise lies is in posting, preparing and reviewing journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, preparing financial statements, supporting month end closing, preparing reports, providing statutory / tax audit support.
• Engineer Client Delight – deliver prompt & consistently high-quality service while ensuring client Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and timelines are met with. You will go out of your way to provide our clients with the best white gloved service they have ever experienced.
• Process Improvement - work closely with Operations and Product teams on providing and analysing data while streamlining and automating repetitive accounting processes. Work on improvement projects including simplifications and enhanced controls.
• Create a cohesive work environment that foster healthy competition, compliance, integrity and improvement of operations.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of relevant experience with strong domain knowledge and solid foundation of bookkeeping, accounting & financial procedures. Experience with QuickBooks Online preferred, though not mandatory.
• Having prior experience working with US based accounting processes and familiarity with US GAAP is an added advantage.
• High emotional quotient, excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail. You have experience working with cross functional teams while multitasking several clients / projects. Experience working with US clients is an added advantage.
• You are open to working in rotational shifts.
• You aren’t afraid to push yourself and take on challenges in a fast-growing startup.