Senior Accountant II

GroundTruth is an advertising platform that turns real-world behavior into marketing that drives in-store visits and other real business results. We use observed real-world consumer behavior, including location and purchase data, to create targeted advertising campaigns across all screens, measure how consumers respond, and uncover unique insights to help optimize ongoing and future marketing efforts.

With this focus on media, measurement, and insights, we provide marketers with tools to deliver media campaigns that drive measurable impact, such as in-store visits, sales, and more.

Learn more at groundtruth.com.

We believe that innovative technology starts with the best talent and have been ranked one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work in 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2025! Learn more about the perks of joining our team here.

Shift Time: 9:30 PM – 6:30 AM IST

Location: Remote, India

You will:

• Own and perform advanced month-end close activities, including capitalization of internal used software, complex allocations, intercompany eliminations, and full-scope subsidiary reviews to ensure accurate and complete consolidated financials.
• Prepare and post elimination and consolidation journal entries and perform intercompany reconciliation and reporting.
• Conduct in-depth GL account analysis, prepare balance sheet reconciliations, and deliver variance/flux explanations for P&L and balance sheet accounts.
• Manage all aspects of the close cycle for assigned entities — including accrued compensation, accrued expenses, prepaids, leases, fixed assets, capitalizations, and intangibles etc.
• Review and validate subsidiary books, ensuring alignment with US GAAP.
• Support cash management activities such as bank reconciliations, cash flow tracking, and intercompany settlements.
• Handle ad hoc requests related to financial reporting, reconciliations, and analysis with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Support audit and management reporting requirements with accurate and timely deliverables.
• Assist management reporting, financial analysis, and inquiries, offering insights into trends and fluctuations.
• Participate in cross-team training and coverage planning, ensuring adequate backup and knowledge sharing within the accounting team.
• In exceptional situations, step in to assist other functions such as Billing or Accounts Payable when business needs arise.
• Assist and support other non-month end ad hoc projects or requests.
• Assist with supporting income tax, business tax filings, and business registration renewals, coordinating with external tax advisors and internal teams.
• Partner closely with the U.S. accounting team and Controller to ensure smooth coordination across time zones, proactive communication, and alignment on close deliverables.
• Adopt an AI and automation mindset: proactively identify opportunities to streamline workflows, automate recurring tasks, and enhance accuracy and scalability of accounting processes

You Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• 6-8 years of experience in accounting for a US company
• Deep understanding of US GAAP and full-cycle accounting close
• Proven ability to connect the dots across accounts and systems, identify issues, and implement solutions independently
• High sense of ownership — accountable for the full financial book of assigned entities and responsible for related ad hoc or urgent requests
• Advanced Excel skills and strong experience with large data sets
• Experience with Oracle Fusion preferred
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Ability to work independently under pressure while meeting tight deadlines
• Comfortable working in PST hours and maintaining high collaboration with the U.S. accounting and finance teams

You are:

• Proactive and solution-oriented: You anticipate issues and solve them before escalating.
• Accountable: You take full ownership of your entities and ensure completeness and accuracy in every close cycle.
• Analytical: You investigate variances and explain financial movements clearly and logically.
• Independent and self-driven: You demonstrate strong ownership and initiative, proactively identifying solutions and executing tasks with minimal guidance from management.
• AI-minded and innovative: You continuously seek ways to automate, improve efficiency, and scale operations.
• Continuous improvement: You challenge existing processes and drive optimization.
• Collaborative: You work closely with cross-functional U.S. teams and communicate clearly across time zones.
• Reliable and professional: You consistently deliver audit-ready results with precision and integrity.
• Positive, coachable, and open to feedback.

At GroundTruth, we want our employees to be comfortable with their benefits so they can focus on doing the work they love.

• Parental leave- Maternity and Paternity
• Flexible Time Offs (Earned Leaves, Sick Leaves, Birthday leave, Bereavement leave & Company Holidays) 
• In Office Daily Catered Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Beverages
• Health cover for any hospitalization. Covers both nuclear family and parents
• Tele-med for free doctor consultation, discounts on health checkups and medicines
• Wellness/Gym Reimbursement
• Pet Expense Reimbursement
• Childcare Expenses and reimbursements
• Employee referral program
• Education reimbursement program
• Skill development program
• Cell phone reimbursement (Mobile Subsidy program).
• Internet reimbursement/Postpaid cell phone bill/or both.
• Birthday treat reimbursement
• Employee Provident Fund Scheme offering different tax saving options such as Voluntary Provident Fund and employee and employer contribution up to 12% Basic
• Creche reimbursement
• Co-working space reimbursement
• National Pension System employer match
• Meal card for tax benefit
• Special benefits on salary account