Job Opportunity for Associate Manager, Business Finance at The Nudge Institute in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

## Associate Manager, Business Finance

**The/Nudge Institute** is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals and youth on rural development, agriculture, skilling and economic inclusion, along with 15+ central and state government partners. Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more. 

Set up with support from 100+ eminent philanthropists, 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations including the Gates Foundation, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC Bank, Mphasis, KPMG and L’Oreal, we are contributing towards a “poverty-free India, within our lifetime”.

**Job Location:** Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

**Experience Required:** 6-8 years of relevant experience in Business Finance, Accounting, Analytics or Strategy & Operations

**Responsibilities:**

* Drive strategic and operational budgeting, forecasting, and monitoring processes across the organization.

* Manage expense allocations across programs and donor projects. Ensure error-free and timely expense reporting to the partner management team.

* Own end to end financials of the donor grant cycle – from budgeting to forecasts to utilization reporting.

* Prepare project level expense projections in tandem with the respective internal stakeholders.

* Lead development and provision of routine and ad-hoc analytic reports to the senior management team and to the respective program leads.

* Run variance analysis and provide insights to the respective program/function leads. Ensure reports contribute to business insights and decision-making.

* Drive strong partnership with accounting and business teams and contribute to timely and accurate book closing.

* Interact with different stakeholders including senior leadership.

**Qualifications:**

* A bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Commerce, or related fields (MBA or CA qualification would be preferred but not mandatory).

* An overall work experience of 6-8 years of relevant experience in Business Finance, Accounting, Analytics or Strategy & Operations.

* The willingness to work in a fast-paced, start-up environment and deal with ambiguity.

* Strong analytical skills and detail-oriented.

* High proficiency in MS Excel/Google Sheets.

* Comfort in working with diverse stakeholders.

* Strong written and verbal communication skills.

* Comfort in working with some degree of ambiguity and the absence of perfect information.

* Working knowledge of Tally/other ERPs & Power BI.

**We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organization and encourage qualified individuals irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply.**