ISS STOXX India | General Ledger Accountant – India and EMEA

Responsibilities

• This role is open for candidates based in Mumbai only.
• As a General Ledger Accountant, ISS is seeking a highly driven and skilled professional to join our team.
• This opportunity is ideal for experienced accounting professionals, and we also welcome applications from recently qualified CA / ACCA candidates with relevant practical training exposure.
• In this role, you will be responsible for managing accounting activities for the EMEA and India region, with a strong focus on daily financial operations and month‑end close processes.
• You will ensure timely and accurate recording of transactions and collaborate closely with the finance team to meet critical month‑end timelines.
• Reviewing & approving invoices, and expenses, Posting & processing journal entries in the accounting system.
• Create & maintain fixed asset register in the accounting system and prepare monthly reconciliation for the same.

Requirements

• Ability to analyse trial balance, look for corrections and make the necessary adjusting entries.
• Knowledge of Indian accounting compliances and direct and indirect taxes.
• Recently qualified CA / ACCA candidates (including those with articleship or mandatory practical training) are welcome to apply.
• Excellent knowledge of Outlook & MS Excel (Lookup, Pivots, basic formulas).
• Experience in fixed asset reconciliation, depreciation, compiling data for statutory auditors, Accounts finalization & month-end close process.
• Good command of the English language (Speaking and Writing).
• Experience in SAP is preferred.

ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX began in 1985 as Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a provider of corporate governance and proxy voting research to institutional investors. Deutsche Börse Group became its majority owner, and in November 2023 it combined ISS with the index business of its subsidiary Qontigo, which runs the STOXX and DAX index families; the combined company took the name ISS STOXX. In February 2026 Deutsche Börse Group agreed to buy the remaining 20 per cent stake held by General Atlantic, to become its sole shareholder. ISS STOXX provides governance and stewardship research, sustainability data, market intelligence and index services to asset owners, asset managers and listed companies. In India its office is in Goregaon East, Mumbai.

Its finance openings in India are in Mumbai and support the group's global finance team: a revenue accountant handling day-to-day and month-end revenue accounting, and a general ledger accountant covering India and EMEA. The same office also hires for data operations roles.

• Industry: Financial data, research and indices: corporate governance and proxy research, sustainability (ESG) data, market intelligence, and the STOXX and DAX index families
• Headquarters: Part of Deutsche Börse Group (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
• In India: Office at Goregaon East, Mumbai, home to its India finance, research, data and technology teams