The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.
Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.
The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.
What we do
The Trade Desk is seeking an India country specialist at the Senior Accountant level based in Mumbai/ Gurgaon. A successful candidate will have a good understanding of accounting principles and India’s statutory compliances and tax requirements, be hands-on in resolving accounting reconciliation issues and able to provide solutions drawing on past experiences. This is an individual contributor role that will closely collaborate with other stakeholders (e.g., stakeholders within the organization, external third-party consultants, external auditors, etc.). This role will be reporting to the India Accounting Manager who is based in Singapore.
What you’ll do
Perform India’s Statutory month-end close and year-end close tasks including but not limited to, fixed assets accounting, statutory adjustments postings, booking provisions and intercompany transactions, preparing accounting and tax reconciliations, and reporting under India GAAP.
Collect, compile, verify and analyze information required for the preparation of statutory and compliance reports, including maintaining statutory General Ledger and Fixed assets register, preparing financial statements, workings for tax filings, and reconciliation of amounts from tax portal.
Coordinate with third party external service providers for monthly/ quarterly/ half-yearly/ annual compliances including TDS, GST, corporate secretarial, equity, treasury, Statutory audit, Tax audit and Internal financial control.
Collaborate with accounting operations functions, including accounts payable, payroll and stock admin teams, to address any Statutory accounting, financial statements disclosures and compliance queries as a country-level specialist.
Participate in cross-functional projects that require local implementation and other improvement initiatives that require collaboration and problem solving at both individual and team level.
Take on duties in finance-related process and reporting enhancement projects with the goal of promoting efficiency.
Build network across a variety of functions and with third party finance vendors to exchange ideas know-hows to formulate solutions to accounting and compliance issues.
Support ad-hoc requests and tasks, as required.
Who you are
6+ years of progressive experience in accounting, tax and compliance at an Accounting Advisory firm, similar role at start-up and/ or technology, media company.
Knowledge and application of India GAAP/Indian Accounting Standards, local tax and compliance regulations.
US GAAP and Previous Big 4 work experience is a plus.
Professional qualification- Chartered Accountant/ CPA.
Skilled Oracle or ERP system user, proficient in excel, with experience in working with more technical/data driven tools.
Detail-oriented self-starter with a strong sense of ownership, ability to work independently and see tasks/projects through to completion, meet deadlines, with little to no supervision.
Able to take action under guidance, manage diverse and conflicting priorities, take feedback positively with willingness to improve.
Highly collaborative with good interpersonal skills and enjoy partnering with others to seek out opportunities to improve process and efficiencies across the organization.
Analytically driven with the ability to present information accurately through writing, presentations and spreadsheets.
Effective communicator who is able to adapt to different communication styles in a variety of settings with different stakeholders and provide timely and helpful information to others across the organization.
The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
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Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in accounting, tax, and compliance
- Knowledge of India GAAP and local tax regulations
- Professional qualification as Chartered Accountant or CPA
- Experience with Oracle or ERP systems
- Previous Big 4 work experience is a plus
The Trade Desk Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Trade Desk and has not been reviewed or approved by The Trade Desk.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare premiums are often paid in full for employees and dependents, reducing out-of-pocket costs. Coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside mental health and wellness support.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Packages commonly include new-hire stock grants, a generous Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and equity refreshers tied to performance. Feedback suggests equity meaningfully boosts total compensation alongside base pay and bonuses.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays, paid sick time, and sabbaticals are available. Paid parental leave and extensive family-planning support broaden time-off and caregiving coverage.
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What We Do
The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. Our mission is to transform media for the benefit of humankind. Our media-buying platform helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers — and sets a new standard for reach, accuracy, and transparency.
Why Work With Us
With up to 11 million queries per second and SLAs in the milliseconds, we’re tackling data and software challenges at massive scale. While we’re growing fast, investing in our value based company culture remains one of our top priorities. If you’re talented, driven, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious, let's talk.
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