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The Accounting Apprentice will support core finance operations across Accounts Payable, Travel & Expense, and Accounts Receivable. This role provides hands-on exposure to end-to-end accounting processes, month-end close activities, vendor and customer interactions, and audit support. The apprentice will work closely with the finance team to ensure accurate financial records, timely processing of transactions, and continuous process improvements. This is an ideal opportunity for early-career professionals looking to build a strong foundation in corporate accounting and financial operations within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
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Accounting Apprentice
Bangalore, India
About Glean:
Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industry’s most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem, powering intelligent Search, an AI Assistant, and scalable AI agents on one secure, open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors, flexible LLM choice, and robust APIs, Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern, scale, and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles.
At its core, Glean is redefining how enterprises find, use, and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people, content, and activity, delivering deeply personalized, context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Glean’s agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industry’s broadest range of data: enterprise and world, structured and unstructured, historical and real-time. The result: measurable business impact through faster onboarding, hours of productivity gained each week, and smarter, safer decisions at every level.
Recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (Top 10, 2025), by CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Bloomberg’s AI Startups to Watch (2026), Forbes AI 50, and Gartner’s Tech Innovators in Agentic AI, Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50+ industries and 1,000+ employees in more than 25 countries, we’re helping the world’s largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent, and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.
If you’re excited to shape how the world works, you’ll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, ServiceNow, Zendesk, GitHub, and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. You’ll ship agentic capabilities on an open, extensible stack, with the craft and care required for enterprise trust, as we bring Work AI to every employee, in every company.
About the Role:
The Accounting Apprentice will support core finance operations across Accounts Payable, Travel & Expense, and Accounts Receivable. This role provides hands-on exposure to end-to-end accounting processes, month-end close activities, vendor and customer interactions, and audit support. The apprentice will work closely with the finance team to ensure accurate financial records, timely processing of transactions, and continuous process improvements. This is an ideal opportunity for early-career professionals looking to build a strong foundation in corporate accounting and financial operations within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
You will:
- Accounts Payable:
- Assist in processing vendor invoices, ensuring proper coding and compliance with company policies.
- Monitor accounts to ensure timely payments and resolve payment discrepancies.
- Assist in preparing accounts payable reports for management review.
- Communicate with vendors regarding payment inquiries and discrepancies.
- Maintain accurate and organized filing of financial documents and records.
- Assist in month-end closing activities, including reconciling accounts payable balances.
- Collaborate with the finance team to ensure smooth financial operations.
- Participate in audits by providing necessary documentation and support.
- Travel & Expense (T&E):
- Review and approve employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with company travel policies.
- Maintain the T&E system, ensure appropriate documentation, and handle any exceptions or issues.
- Analyze T&E data to provide insights into spending trends and cost-saving opportunities.
- Collaborate with internal teams to improve expense tracking and reporting mechanisms.
- Accounts Receivable:
- Assist in preparing and issuing customer invoices accurately and on time.
- Monitor customer accounts for overdue payments and proactively follow up on outstanding balances.
- Collaborate with the sales and customer service teams to resolve billing discrepancies and disputes.
- Assist in reconciling accounts receivable transactions and ensuring accuracy in records.
- Support in preparing AR aging reports and analyzing trends in overdue accounts.
- Help process customer payments and apply them to the appropriate accounts.
- Communicate with customers via email or phone to address payment issues and provide payment reminders.
- Assist in month-end closing activities by ensuring all AR-related entries are recorded accurately.
- Participate in AR audits by providing necessary documents and supporting details.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives within the accounts receivable function.
About you:
- Postgraduate degree in finance, accounting, or business-related program with 0-2 years of experience
- Basic knowledge of accounting principles and financial practices.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other accounting software (experience with ERP systems is a plus).
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
- A willingness to learn and adapt to new tasks and responsibilities.
Location:
- This role is hybrid (4 days a week in our Bangalore office)
Compensation & Benefits:
Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.
We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. We're committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.
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AI-First Mindset at Glean:
At Glean, AI fluency is core to how we work and we're committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work. As part of the interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about, design, and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today — prior Glean experience isn't required.
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