About The Role
Own end-to-end audit outcomes for our India entity while supporting broader APAC as we scale. The role mainly involves the following in addition to other activities:
- Auditor and regulator relationship management and planning
- Hands-on audit execution and month-end close support
- You’ll partner with Big 4 firms, drive PBC discipline, and produce audit-ready workpapers that stand up to re-performance.
- Lead statutory and tax audit planning, scope, timelines, and SLAs; manage end-to-end PBC lists and data room hygiene.
- Coordinate responses across Tax, FP&A, Payroll, Legal, and Biz Ops; maintain an issues/queries log and drive timely closure.
- Align early on complex areas (capitalization, share-based payments, intercompany).
- Interface with regulators/advisors as needed (MCA filings, Form 3CD, GST, TDS, Transfer Pricing).
- Prepare audit-ready schedules: GL-to-subledger tie-outs, reconciliations, flux analyses, lead sheets, TB mapping.
- Perform walkthroughs and control testing; compile evidence for substantive testing and sampling.
- Draft technical memos on judgments (revenue, capitalization, equity/SBC).
- Run/improve local month-end processes impacting audits: cut-off, accruals, provisions, intercompany, bank/cash, fixed assets.
- Dive into data in NetSuite and supporting systems to identify anomalies, trends, and control improvements.
- Manage and develop a small team with growth potential.
- Partner on process/system improvements to scale (close/recon automation, documentation standards).
- Support commercial reviews, business case analysis, and due diligence on M&A opportunities.
Qualifications
- Education: CA (Chartered Accountant) required; BA/BS in Accounting/Finance. CPA/ACCA a plus.
- Experience: 8–10 years total, with significant Big 4 exposure plus industry; tech/SaaS preferred.
- Strong Ind AS and Companies Act knowledge; working knowledge of GST, TDS, and Transfer Pricing; familiarity with IFRS/US GAAP a plus.
- ERP proficiency (NetSuite preferred) and strong Excel/Sheets; close/recon tooling experience is a plus.
- Excellent stakeholder management, crisp documentation, project management; ability to operate independently in a remote-first culture.
- Experience leading a multicultural team; experience using AI to streamline accounting/audit workflows is a plus.
- Willingness to take ownership, get your hands dirty, and help out where needed
- Strong communication skills, written and verbal
- Commitment to meeting deadlines and working in high pressure situations
- Ability to solve high-value problems within an area with deep expertise. Delve into the details but also be able to explain solutions simply.
About Shopify
Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. We propel entrepreneurs and enterprises to scale the heights of their potential. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 8,300 employees and generated over $1 trillion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries.This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.
About You
Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone.Before you apply, consider if you can:
- Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone
- Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth
- Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter)
- Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change
- Bring critical thought and opinion
- Use AI tools reflexively as part of your fundamental workflow
- Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward
- Work digital-first for your daily work
