Assistant Accountant

As a charter network of 25 schools, the organisation runs campuses in several cities. Food services serve about 30,000 meals a day. We started in 1947 and have grown to about 990 people.

About the role:

Allegheny Unified School District is hiring an Assistant Accountant to work remotely from India. We are looking for an accountant who likes clean reconciliations and asks why a number moved. Our headquarters is in New York City, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. We hire in India through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. You get a company laptop and a headset before you start.

In this role you will:

• Prepare and post monthly journal entries for accruals, prepaids and allocations.
• Help FP&A with actuals and variance data for budget reviews.
• Assist with year-end audit requests and prepare supporting schedules.
• Clean up legacy account balances that do not tie out.
• Track prepaid expenses and amortization schedules.
• Process intercompany transactions and eliminations across three entities.

Required qualifications:

• 1+ years of general ledger or public accounting experience.
• Strong Excel: XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP, pivot tables, SUMIFS.
• Comfortable explaining numbers to non-accountants.
• Experience with month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Organised and accurate under deadlines.

Preferred:

• Multi-entity or multi-currency accounting.
• Power BI or Tableau.
• FloQast or BlackLine experience.
• Public accounting audit background.

Rate: ₹12,50,000 - ₹17,00,000 per annum

Compensation and benefits:

• 20 days paid time off.
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner.
• Company laptop.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Flexible hours.

Tell us your notice period and what salary you are looking for.

Candidates must be eligible to work in India.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Allegheny Unified School District.