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:

The Staff Accountant reports directly to the Accounting Manager, Finance and assists with the management and execution of Evolent Health’s finance operations. Evolent Health is looking for a Staff Accountant to be based in our Pune, India office. This individual will work directly with leadership as well as be a critical team member who helps drive the planning and execution of accounting tasks. This individual will also work directly with the Director and Managing Director Finance and other leadership/ stakeholders

The Staff Accountant must be attuned to diverse and complex operations in order to add value to senior management and provide guidance throughout the organization. This is a hands-on position which interfaces with the most senior levels of management, as well as assists with the preparation, review and timely completion of Evolent’s annual financial close process. The Accountant must be detailed, action, solution and results oriented and dedicated to continuous improvement.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Review contracts to evaluate applicability of ASC-842 and to flag embedded leases under the new lease accounting standard

• Drive the accounting ops for the Evolent India subsidiary

• Support lease accounting and related tasks

• Support quarter-end SOX reviews for system controls

• Prepare certain 10Q/K footnote disclosures

• Assist Evolent India subsidiary to build monthly reporting packs for management including but not limited to detailed analysis of Budgets versus actuals for staff costs and non-staff costsPer hour costing by BUKey financial information for the leadership on a regular basis (like T&E, time compliance, budget performance per team and any other data requests)Automate reporting and analytics

• Assist in all ad-hoc accounting matters as required by the Accounting Manager Finance and Associate Director Finance 

Evolent Health, Inc operations:

• Liase and own global accounting tasks assigned to the offshore team including but not limited to accruals, 10 Q/ K tie outs

• Account for key items like accruals, prepaids, asset capitalisation and lease accounting

• Review balance sheet reconciliations prepared for US GAAP on a monthly basis

• Ensure that all tasks for month/ quarter end close are completed correctly and on time as per global close calendars

Compliance:

• Lead the local compliance including but not limited to: Advance tax computation and paymentsSTPI complianceGST returnsAll other statutory returns and paymentsTax assessmentsSupport ad hoc requests for preparing and providing information as and when required by statutory authorities

Mandatory requirements:

• Chartered Accountant or CPA preferred

• Minimum of 1-3 years of prior experience with the big 4 (preferably in statutory audits) or with the finance team of a reputed organization

• Hands-on with local compliance and regulations

To ensure a secure hiring process we have implemented several identity verification steps, including submission of a government issued photo ID. We conduct identity verification during interviews, and final interviews may require onsite attendance. All candidates must complete a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may be subject to drug screening prior to employment. The use of artificial intelligence tools during interviews is prohibited and monitored. Misrepresentation will result in immediate disqualification from consideration.

Mandatory Requirements:

Employees must have a high-speed broadband internet connection with a minimum speed of 50 Mbps and the ability to set up a wired connection to their home network to ensure effective remote work. These requirements may be updated as needed by the business.

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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.