Associate Director- Accounts
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Experience: 6-10
Associate Director – Accounts Location: Pune Work mode: Work from office
About Amber Amber is a leading global student accommodation platform, helping students worldwide find and book full-time accommodations near top universities. With 1M+ student housing units listed across multiple countries and cities, Amber is rapidly scaling and building a strong global finance function to support business growth and strategic decision-making.
Role Overview About Amber Amber is a long-term accommodation booking platform built for students. We help over 80 million students worldwide find and book full-time accommodation near their universities—without the hassle of negotiation, non-standardized paperwork, or fragmented payment processes.
Today, Amber is the leading global student housing platfor m, with 1M+ student housing unit s listed across 10 countrie s and 80+ citie s. We're growing rapidly and are on track to achieve $1B in annual gross booking s. Backed by $18.5M in fundin g from marquee investors like Gaja Capita l, we're building the future of student living. If you're passionate about making international mobility and student living seamless and accessible, we'd love to have you join us.
Role Overview We are looking for an experienced Associate Director – Accounts to own end-to-end accounting for Amber's global entities — USA, China, and other regions — reporting into the VP Finance. This is a replacement hire for a critical role that owns books of accounts, statutory compliance, and audit closure across global geographies. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting depth, first-hand exposure to multi-entity/multi-currency operations, and the maturity to work independently across time zones with local advisors, auditors, and banking partners .
Key Responsibilities
- Own monthly, quarterly, and annual book closure for Amber's USA, China, and other entities
- Ensure accounting is maintained in line with local GAAP/IFRS requirements as applicable to each entity, with reconciliation to group reporting standards
- Manage statutory and tax compliance calendars for each geography, working with local consultants/advisors (payroll tax, sales tax/VAT, corporate tax filings, annual returns, etc.)
- Lead audit closure for global entities — coordinate with statutory auditors, prepare schedules, resolve queries, and ensure timely sign-off
- Own intercompany accounting and reconciliations across India, USA, China, and other entities
- Manage banking operations, cross-border payments, and FX/remittance accounting for global entities
- Build and maintain robust internal controls, SOPs, and documentation for global accounting processes
- Partner with FP&A, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure accounting positions are aligned with business and regulatory requirements
- Person would be responsible for ensuring global compliances
- Drive process standardization and automation across global entity accounting
- Manage and mentor a small team handling day-to-day accounting for these geographies.
Requirements
- CA qualification mandatory
- Prior experience handling accounting for global/non-India entities is a plusStrong academic record
- Comfortable working with multi-currency, multi-GAAP accounting and cross-border compliance
- Strong stakeholder management skills — ability to work independently with overseas auditors, tax consultants, and bankers
- High ownership mindset with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving business environment
- Experience in startups, internet businesses, or high-growth organizations is a plus
Preferred Sk ills
- Multi-entity, multi-currency accounting
- Cross-border tax and statutory compliance exposure.
- Audit management and stakeholder coordination
- Process automation and standardization
- Team management
From Amethyst Advisory Services's careers page (Keka), checked 29 Oct 2026.
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Posted 29 Oct 2026 · checked 29 Oct 2026 · Report this job