Staff Accountant II

Your Future Evolves Here

Evolent Health has a bold mission to change the health of the nation by changing the way health care is delivered. Our pursuit of this mission is the driving force that brings us to work each day. We believe in embracing new ideas, challenging ourselves and failing forward. We respect and celebrate individual talents and team wins. We have fun while working hard and Evolenteers often make a difference working in everything from scrubs to jeans.

Are we growing? Absolutely and Globally. In 2021 we grew our teams by almost 50% and continue to grow even more in 2022. Are we recognized as a company you are supported by for your career and growth, and a great place to work? Definitely. Evolent Health International (Pune, India) has been certified as “Great Places to Work” in 2021. In 2020 and 2021 Evolent in the U.S. was both named Best Company for Women to Advance list by Parity.org and earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI). This index is the nation's foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

We recognize employees that live our values, give back to our communities each year, and are champions for bringing our whole selves to work each day. If you’re looking for a place where your work can be personally and professionally rewarding, don’t just join a company with a mission. Join a mission with a company behind it.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Position summary

Evolent is looking for bright and energetic individuals to be a Staff Accountant

Essential functions

• Own the India GAAP financial statements and audit schedules.
• Manage the local AP, AR teams and work with onshore teams to ensure that India GAAP financial statements are true and fair.
• Review payroll activity for the month
• Review other ad-hoc activity during the month to ensure that the month-end numbers are true and fair.
• Lead the statutory audit including but not limited to testing, query resolution and financial statement updation
• Review data required for notes to accounts disclosures.
• Lead the tax audits.
• Work with transfer pricing consultants to ensure a smooth transfer pricing process.
• Support the Evolent internal audit team.
• Assist the Controller with budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Liase and own global accounting tasks assigned to the offshore team including but not limited to accruals, AP/ AR invoicing, revenue recognition.
• Assist the controller in hiring efforts to expand the offshore finance operations.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations prepared for US GAAP on a monthly basis.
• Ensure that all tasks for month end close are completed correctly and on time as per global close calendars.
• Oversee the local compliances including but not limited to:
• Revenue reporting
• Advance tax computation and payments
• STPI compliance
• GST returns
• Payroll compliances like PT, PF, TDS, LWF etc
• All other statutory returns and payments
• Tax assessments
• Support ad hoc requests for preparing and providing information as and when required by statutory authorities.

Key competencies/skill/success factors:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.

Excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills, and the ability to influence others.

Strong project management skills and experience with a proven history of results.

Managing multiple priorities simultaneously through strong prioritization, and organization skills.

Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite.

Significant practical experience in delineating between SOX and non-SOX controls and objectives

Qualification and Experience:

Required

0 to 3 years of business experience, preferably with Big 4 or with the finance department in a multi-national company.

Min Qualification CA required for this position.

Strong local GAAP and US GAAP accounting knowledge

Should have managed a team for a minimum of 3 years.

Hands-on with local compliance and regulations

Big plus

NA

Work Environment:   

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position primarily works in a climate controlled based setting. The noise level and the work environment are moderately quiet. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical demand:

Include the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.  For example, while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.   

Why Join Evolent?

Named among Forbes’ 2014 America’s Most Promising Companies and Glassdoor’s 2015 Best Places to Work, Evolent provides an opportunity to work with top talent in an organization committed to career development. While we come from a variety of backgrounds, we pursue a singular mission: to change the health of the nation by changing the way health care is delivered
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Mandatory Requirements:

We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router. These at-home technical requirements are subject to change with any scheduled re-opening of our office locations.

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Evolent Health is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.