--- title: "Accounts & Finance Specialist" company: "PopSockets" company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/popsockets" url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/popsockets-accounts-finance-specialist-d07cdc83-2749-473d-9ebf-85a0db4b8d83" apply_url: "https://jobs.lever.co/popsockets/3a6e580e-4893-4129-bf9a-55701227f933" workplace: hybrid location: "India" employment_type: full-time seniority: mid role: finance-legal region: india date_posted: 2026-09-23T02:38:45.652Z first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-23T18:40:38.466Z --- # Accounts & Finance Specialist **PopSockets** · India Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/popsockets/3a6e580e-4893-4129-bf9a-55701227f933 ## About PopSockets Phone grips, stands, cases, mounts, wallets, and wireless chargers. Take better photos, text with one hand, and prop your phone for videos and video chat. ## About the role ### Position Summary We are looking for a detail-oriented and hands-on Accounts & Finance Specialist – International Accounting to support accounting operations and month-end close activities across our entities in India, China, and Japan. The role will primarily focus on General Ledger (GL) close, Accounts Payable (AP) close, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, and day-to-day accounting activities. The successful candidate will work closely with the International Accounting team and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure accurate, complete, and timely financial reporting. Exposure to Indian GST and TDS is preferred to enable effective coordination with the Tax team and external tax advisors. ##### Key Responsibilities #### 1. Month-End Close & General Ledger - Perform and support the monthly financial close for entities in India, China, and Japan. - Prepare and post monthly journal entries, including accruals, prepayments, reclassifications, and other accounting adjustments. - Review General Ledger activity to ensure transactions are accurately recorded in the appropriate accounting period. - Prepare and maintain balance sheet account reconciliations and investigate outstanding or unusual items. - Perform account-level variance analysis and investigate significant or unexpected movements. - Maintain assigned month-end close schedules and ensure activities are completed within established timelines. - Support intercompany accounting and reconciliations, including investigation of differences and outstanding balances. - Assist with quarter-end and year-end accounting activities as required. #### 2. Accounts Payable Close - Support and review Accounts Payable month-end close activities. - Ensure vendor invoices and other payables are appropriately recorded before period close. - Review open AP items and investigate long-outstanding or unusual vendor balances. - Reconcile the AP subledger with the General Ledger. - Review expenses and identify items requiring month-end accruals. - Coordinate with internal stakeholders to resolve invoice, accounting, and coding discrepancies. - Support the accurate recording of vendor payments and expenses in the appropriate accounting period. #### 3. Daily Accounting Operations - Perform day-to-day accounting activities for assigned entities. - Prepare and post routine accounting entries with appropriate supporting documentation. - Ensure transactions are properly classified and recorded in accordance with company accounting policies. - Maintain accurate accounting records and supporting documentation. - Monitor outstanding accounting items and proactively follow up for resolution. - Support accounting activities relating to accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, intercompany transactions, and other balance sheet accounts as required. #### 4. Bank & Cash Reconciliations - Perform regular bank reconciliations for India, China, and Japan entities. - Ensure bank transactions are accurately and timely recorded in the accounting system. - Investigate and resolve outstanding bank reconciliation items. - Follow up on unidentified receipts, payments, bank charges, and other reconciling differences. - Ensure completeness and accuracy of cash and bank balances as part of the month-end close. #### 5. Tax Coordination & Support - Liaise with the Tax team and external tax advisors on routine tax-related accounting matters. - Provide accounting data, reconciliations, schedules, and supporting documentation required by the Tax team. - Assist in investigating and resolving differences between the General Ledger and tax-related records. - Ensure tax-related accounting entries provided or advised by the Tax team are appropriately recorded. - Exposure to Indian GST and TDS is preferred to facilitate effective coordination with the Tax team and external advisors. - Detailed tax compliance expertise or ownership of tax filings is not a core requirement of this position. #### 6. Audit, Controls & Compliance - Prepare accounting schedules and supporting documentation for statutory, tax, and other audits. - Support responses to audit queries and coordinate required information with internal stakeholders and external service providers. - Ensure accounting activities are performed in accordance with established accounting policies and internal controls. - Identify reconciliation, accounting, and process gaps and recommend practical improvements. - Maintain complete and organized documentation supporting journal entries, reconciliations, and other accounting transactions. #### 7. Regional Accounting Support - Support accounting activities across India, China, and Japan. - Coordinate with local and external accounting, tax, payroll, and other service providers, as applicable. - Support local statutory accounting and financial reporting requirements. - Collaborate with the wider International Accounting team to maintain consistent accounting processes and controls across entities. - Participate in accounting process improvements and other ad-hoc finance projects as required. ##### Required Qualifications & Experience - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field. - Approximately 3–6 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably within a multinational or multi-entity environment. - Strong hands-on experience with General Ledger accounting and month-end close. - Experience preparing journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations. - Good understanding of Accounts Payable accounting and AP close processes. - Hands-on experience with bank reconciliations and resolving reconciliation differences. - Sound understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting. - Strong Microsoft Excel skills. - Experience working with an ERP or accounting system. - Good written and verbal communication skills in English. - Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and meet month-end reporting deadlines. ##### Preferred Qualifications - Experience supporting multiple legal entities and/or multiple countries. - Prior experience working in an international or multinational organization. - Experience or exposure to accounting operations in India, China, and/or Japan. - Exposure to Indian GST and TDS, with sufficient understanding to effectively coordinate accounting matters with the Tax team and external tax advisors. - Experience working with external accountants, auditors, and professional service providers. - Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or a similar ERP environment would be advantageous. ##### Key Competencies - Strong attention to detail and accuracy. - Solid accounting and reconciliation skills. - Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Ability to investigate accounting differences and drive issues to resolution. - Ability to manage multiple priorities during month-end close. - Strong organizational and documentation skills. - Proactive and ownership-oriented mindset. - Comfortable working across different countries, cultures, and time zones. - Collaborative approach with the ability to work effectively with Accounting, Tax, Finance, and other cross-functional teams. ##### Role Priorities **1. **Deliver timely and accurate month-end GL close. **2. **Complete AP close and ensure completeness of expenses and accruals. **3. **Maintain high-quality balance sheet and bank reconciliations. **4. **Execute day-to-day accounting accurately and independently. **5. **Identify and resolve accounting and reconciliation issues proactively. **6. **Effectively support accounting operations across India, China, and Japan. PopSockets is dedicated to the practice of equal opportunity employment. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, color, creed, ancestry, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual’s work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, offensive, unsafe or otherwise non-welcoming work environment. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, co-workers; and non-employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc. --- Source: PopSockets's own career page, read by RemJobs. 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