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Hiring in India from the United States
India recruitment for US companies. Finance, data and AI teams in Bengaluru.
Deep talent, and a working day that starts while New York sleeps. We run the search end to end and hand you a shortlist you can interview.
Who this is for
What US teams come to us for.
Three good people in India, quickly, with nobody in-house who can read an Indian resume. That is the gap we fill.
- US companies hiring their first India team a controller, an FP&A lead or two data engineers, before there is an India HR function.
- CFOs moving close or planning work offshore people who have run US GAAP close cycles and can talk to your auditors.
- GCC leaders scaling a center the next layer of managers once the first twenty seats are full.
Roles we hire
The roles we fill most often.
Specialist hiring for US-headquartered teams, from a single search to a full team build.
| Function | Typical roles | Seniority |
|---|---|---|
| Finance & accounting | Controller, record-to-report lead, US GAAP reporting manager, AR and AP leads | Manager to Director |
| FP&A | FP&A manager, business finance partner, revenue analyst | Analyst to Senior Manager |
| Data & analytics | Analytics manager, data engineer, BI lead, data scientist | Senior IC to Head |
| AI & ML | ML engineer, applied scientist, LLM and platform engineers | Senior IC to Lead |
| Technology | Backend, full-stack, DevOps, QA automation, engineering manager | Mid to Director |
| Leadership | India site head, country finance head, center director | Director to VP |
How we work
A shortlist you can take straight into a loop.
Four or five names, each with a note on fit and cost.
We interview before you do. Every profile carries current pay in INR, notice period, the reason for moving and how the experience maps onto US reporting standards.
How we run a searchSetting it up
Payroll, entity and the paperwork.
You do not need an Indian entity to make the first hire.
Employer of record
First hires go on an EOR or a staffing payroll, with offers written to transfer cleanly to your entity later.
Your own India entity
Once you have a private limited company and a payroll provider, we hire onto your books under Indian statutory norms.
Contract and IP
We flag the clauses US counsel asks about: IP assignment, non-solicit limits under Indian law and what a 90-day notice period does to your start date.
Working hours
The overlap problem, solved in the offer.
India is 9.5 to 12.5 hours ahead of the US mainland. Most finance and analytics hires settle on a 2pm to 11pm IST day, and we tell you which candidates will take a 7am Eastern stand-up.
Eastern 8:30am = 6pm ISTCentral 8am = 6:30pm ISTPacific 7am = 7:30pm ISTHybrid 2pm to 11pm IST
Related
United States hiring questions
Questions the US clients ask.
Yes. Most US clients make their first hires through an employer of record, then move people onto their own entity without resetting tenure or benefits.
Four to six weeks from brief to signed offer for specialist roles, six to ten for leadership, plus a notice period of 60 to 90 days.
Many will take a 2pm to 11pm IST shift; full overnight shifts narrow the pool and cost 15 to 25 percent more.
A percentage of annual fixed pay for contingency, a staged fee for retained leadership search, and a monthly rate for dedicated team hiring, all agreed in writing first.
From our founder
Hear it from our founder.
Nikita Agrawal on how we hire, in under a minute. In Hindi and English.
How we check a candidate before you meet them
Background, motivation and fit: what we verify before a profile reaches your inbox.