Associate Director- Finance & Accounts

About Amber

Amber is a long-term accommodation booking platform built for students. We help over 80 million students worldwide find and book full-time accommodation near their universities—without the hassle of negotiation, non-standardized paperwork, or fragmented payment processes.

Today, Amber is the leading global student housing platform, with 1M+ student housing units listed across 10 countries and 80+ cities. Were growing rapidly and are on track to achieve $1B in annual gross bookings. Backed by $18.5M in funding from marquee investors like Gaja Capital, were building the future of student living.

If youre passionate about making international mobility and student living seamless and accessible, wed love to have you join us.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Associate Director – Accounts to own end-to-end accounting for Ambers global entities — USA, China, and other regions — reporting into the VP Finance. This is a replacement hire for a critical role that owns books of accounts, statutory compliance, and audit closure across global geographies. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting depth, first-hand exposure to multi-entity/multi-currency operations, and the maturity to work independently across time zones with local advisors, auditors, and banking partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual book closure for Ambers USA, China, and other entities
• Ensure accounting is maintained in line with local GAAP/IFRS requirements as applicable to each entity, with reconciliation to group reporting standards
• Manage statutory and tax compliance calendars for each geography, working with local consultants/advisors (payroll tax, sales tax/VAT, corporate tax filings, annual returns, etc.)
• Lead audit closure for global entities — coordinate with statutory auditors, prepare schedules, resolve queries, and ensure timely sign-off
• Own intercompany accounting and reconciliations across India, USA, China, and other entities
• Manage banking operations, cross-border payments, and FX/remittance accounting for global entities
• Build and maintain robust internal controls, SOPs, and documentation for global accounting processes
• Partner with FP&A, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure accounting positions are aligned with business and regulatory requirements
• Person would be responsible for ensuring global compliances
• Drive process standardization and automation across global entity accounting
• Manage and mentor a small team handling day-to-day accounting for these geographies.

Requirements

• CA qualification mandatory
• Prior experience handling accounting for global/non-India entities is a plusStrong academic record
• Comfortable working with multi-currency, multi-GAAP accounting and cross-border compliance
• Strong stakeholder management skills — ability to work independently with overseas auditors, tax consultants, and bankers
• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving business environment
• Experience in startups, internet businesses, or high-growth organizations is a plus

Preferred Skills

• Multi-entity, multi-currency accounting
• Cross-border tax and statutory compliance exposure.
• Audit management and stakeholder coordination
• Process automation and standardization
• Team management