Finance Accounting Lead

Finance Lead (Reconciliation) Experience: 24 years

Employment Type: Full-time

Cosmofeed is a platform that offers a suite of tools and features designed to help content creators grow and monetize their audience.

As we continue to scale, we are looking for a Finance Lead Reconciliation who can take ownership of our financial reconciliation processes, ensure accuracy across transactions and settlements, and build robust systems and controls to support our growing business.

We are looking for a detail-oriented and analytical Finance Lead Reconciliation who can manage end-to-end reconciliation across payment gateways, bank accounts, internal systems, refunds, settlements, and other financial transactions.

This role requires someone who is comfortable working with large volumes of data, identifying discrepancies, improving processes, and collaborating closely with Finance, Operations, Product, and external payment partners.

Reconciliation & Transaction Management

Own the end-to-end daily/monthly reconciliation of transactions across payment gateways, bank accounts, internal ledgers, and other financial systems.

Reconcile collections, settlements, refunds, chargebacks, cancellations, and failed transactions.

Investigate reconciliation breaks and coordinate with relevant teams for timely resolution.

Maintain accurate reconciliation trackers and ensure all outstanding items are followed through to closure.

Perform periodic reconciliation of bank statements, payment gateway reports, and internal transaction data.

Ensure proper accounting and tracking of settlement receivables and payables.

Financial Controls & Process Improvement

Develop and maintain robust reconciliation processes, SOPs, and internal controls .

Build reconciliation dashboards and MIS reports to provide visibility into transaction and settlement status.

Establish checks and controls to minimize financial leakage, errors, and revenue mismatches.

Continuously improve the efficiency, accuracy, and turnaround time of reconciliation processes.

Payment Gateway & Partner Management

Work closely with payment gateways, banks, and other financial partners to resolve settlement and transaction-related issues.

Investigate discrepancies between gateway reports, bank credits, and internal records.

Maintain documentation and records of all partner reconciliations and open issues.

Reporting & MIS

Prepare regular reconciliation and financial MIS reports for management.

Total collections

Outstanding reconciliation items

Financial discrepancies

Highlight significant variances, risks, and exceptions to senior management.

Support month-end and year-end closing activities with accurate reconciliation data.

Compliance & Audit Support

Ensure reconciliation processes are aligned with applicable accounting and financial controls.

Support internal, statutory, and financial audits by providing accurate transaction-level data and supporting documentation.

Assist in maintaining proper records for GST, TDS, revenue recognition, and other applicable financial requirements.

Ensure reconciliation-related audit queries are addressed accurately and within timelines.

Work closely with Finance, Operations, Product, Engineering, Customer Support, and Business teams to resolve transaction-level issues.

Partner with the Product/Tech team to identify system-level reconciliation gaps and automation opportunities.

Help establish clear ownership and workflows for resolving financial discrepancies.

Act as the finance point of contact for transaction and settlement-related escalations.

24 years of experience in Finance, Accounting, Reconciliation, Payments, or a related function.

Strong understanding of bank reconciliation, payment gateway reconciliation, settlements, refunds, and transaction accounting .Experience working with large transaction volumes and financial datasets.Strong proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets ; knowledge of SQL, BI tools, or accounting software is a strong advantage.Experience in a startup, fintech, payments, e-commerce, or high-volume transaction environment will be an advantage.

Takes complete ownership of reconciliation and financial accuracy.

Is comfortable working with data and large transaction volumes.

Thinks beyond manual reconciliation and actively looks for automation and process improvements .

Can collaborate effectively across Finance, Product, Tech, and Operations.

This is an opportunity to be part of a fast-growing startup and build scalable finance and reconciliation processes from the ground up. You will have significant ownership and the opportunity to directly contribute to improving financial controls, operational efficiency, and business visibility. .