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Director of International Finance and Accounting Operations
Kong, India
Experience
1 Year
Salary
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
No
Qualification
As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Feb 22, 2024
Last Date
Mar 16, 2024
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Job Description
Are you ready to power the World's connections?If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.
About the role:
We are looking for a driven individual to lead our International Finance and Accounting Operations team based in Pune, India. This leadership role will build, support and scale our international infrastructure. This position will be responsible for helping build out Kong’s initial India presence and transitioning external international accounting operations in-house as well as building FPamp;A and transactional shared service groups from the ground up. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including finance, payroll, tax, and HR to build foundational business practices and processes. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in accounting processes and controls and exceptional organizational skills.
Why should you want to work at Kong?
Market Opportunity - We are on a quest to build a $10b+ software company over the next few years and need YOUR help!Why APIs Matter? APIs have been enabling innovation for decades!Strong VC team, Series D, strong year over year revenue growth!
Technical Leadership - We are recognized as the leader in innovation in the connectivity space.Marco, our CTO/co-founder - We are the Cisco of L4 and L7 - CUBE Conversation, March 2021We are the leading innovator in the connectivity space!
Amazing Team amp; Culture - Come be a "Konger" and find out what we mean.Great Place to Work Certified in 2020 amp; 2021Kong employees exemplify our culture at our 2022 Sales Kickoff2022 Forbes Cloud 100 Honoree
Building Great Products - Learn why the world's largest companies love our tech!Kong Named in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for API Management for the Fourth Consecutive YearOver 250m+ downloads of our open-source API gateway! Over 40k+ stars on Github between Kong API and Kong Insomnia!What you will be doing: - Oversee, drive, and take responsibility of all Kong’s international finance and accounting operations.
- Serve as primary contact for the US headquarter team, liaise and direct the India team’s day to day work.
- Ensure quality and SLA’s are being met to support the daily operations.
- Responsible for the teams’ overall stability, advancement and progression of team members and communication with the home office to allocate and prioritize day to day responsibilities.
- Facilitate creation and maintenance of desktop procedures and process documentation.
- Work closely with local auditors to oversee and manage all aspects of the annual statutory financial audit(s) of our international subsidiaries (or other ad hoc audits) and ensure timely completion.
- Build scalable accounting processes and controls to drive productivity, establish measures of success, set benchmarks and improve timelines and efficiencies of the local team.
- Establish, monitor, and enforce processes, policies, and procedures that relate to internal controls and financial integrity and accuracy.
- Ensure timeliness of accounting close and finance reporting deadlines.
- Manage day-to-day office operations on the ground.
- Responsible for setting and managing hybrid work policy along with headquarters support timelines.
What you will bring: - 12+ years experience within similar roles, building functions and managing global financial and accounting support teams.
- Understanding of compliance with local laws and regulations.
- Netsuite (OneWorld and Multibook) experience, including familiarity with the financial statement consolidation process into a US parent company.
- Other financial system familiarity with Workday, Coupa, and FloQast.
- High level of professionalism with demonstrated ability to communicate with various levels of management globally.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Proven ability to be a self-starter who will take the initiative to lead and drive accounting process improvements.
- Ability to manage all facets of Kong’'s global accounting operations and collaborate closely with local accounting consultants and corporate headquarters.
- Experience with building a team and developing accounting staff.
- Experience with office management/administration
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