Sr. Manager, Accounting (India)

About the Role:

Vercel is scaling fast, and the Senior Manager, Accounting  will be a critical hire as we build out the financial infrastructure that supports our global growth and path to the public markets. You will own end-to-end accounting operations for Vercel's statutory accounting across current and future entities, from monthly close and statutory compliance to audit support and process improvement. Working closely with the Head of Finance, India Center of Excellence, the US-based Controller and global finance team, you'll bring rigor, ownership, and a builder's mindset to a function that is growing quickly.

This role is fully remote from your home office in India, with regular overlap hours with the US team. You will report to the Head of Finance, CoE who is also based in India. 

What You Will Do:

• Lead the full-cycle monthly and quarterly close for Vercel's current and future international entities, setting clear standards for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness in accordance with both local  and US GAAP.
• Guide and support accounts payable and accounts receivable teams for correct accounting, manage payroll accounting and intercompany transactions in coordination with the global finance team.
• Own statutory compliance including preparation and supporting filing of FS, auditsTDS/TCS returns,, and coordination with external auditors and tax advisors. Also coordinate with the corporate secretaries for various secretarial compliance.
• Partner with the US-based Controller and CAO on the global close; prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements.
• Partner with SOX leader helping with Design, implement, and evolve SOX-aligned controls and internal accounting policies for the international entities  as the business scales amd execute these controls consistently
• Lead close process improvements and accelerate the closing process; identify automation and AI opportunities, simplify workflows, and build scalable infrastructure for the finance function.
• Own the audit relationship for these international entities; preparing materials, answering auditor questions, and keeping audits running smoothly.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, HR, FP&A, and Revenue Operations on new business initiatives with accounting implications.
• Mentor and develop junior accounting staff as the CoE team grows.
• Support the US GAAP Accounting for the US based entity(s) as and when required in different areas.
• Help the organization in pre and post merger and acquisition activities such as due diligence, integrating the acquired entities, supporting compliance, data migration, etc.
• Lead the new entities setup in different countries representing the accounting team and having these entities operational.
• Monitor change