Job Opportunity for Director/Senior Director, Head Finance at The Nudge Institute in Bengaluru

About The/Nudge:

The/Nudge is an action institute working towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime. We partner with governments, markets, and civil society to build resilient livelihoods for all.  We are a collective of some of India’s best leaders and entrepreneurs from across the industry, academia, government, and development sectors, and our work is organized across three impact streams:

• Centre for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (CSDE): enables underprivileged youth to lead flourishing lives
• Centre for Rural Development (CRD): enables rural families to come out of extreme poverty
• Centre for Social Innovation (CSI): nudges top talent to solve India’s biggest challenges

The head of finance is an extremely important role within a nonprofit and one that can contribute to the future viability of the organization and its ability to accomplish its vision. At The/Nudge, you will drive all key aspects of this function including strategy, accounting, compliance, taxation, treasury management and reporting.

At The/Nudge you will:

• provide strategic inputs on financial aspects of key decisions to the management team
• design and implement financial and reporting systems to support the organization’s growth and diversity of operations
• drive strategic and operational budgeting, forecasting, and monitoring of processes 
• provide insights to enable data-driven decision-making by the senior management team 
• report to both internal and external stakeholders including management, board, donors, regulatory authorities, etc.
• manage funds and treasury operations with a focus on optimizing risk, returns, and liquidity
• manage organizational risk and legal affairs
• ensure compliance with direct and indirect tax laws
• review monthly financial results
• partner with all impact streams on new initiatives; assist leadership team to help The/Nudge scale
• update to the Board on financials and regulatory matters

Apply if you have:

• strong hands-on intrapreneurial leadership style, with growth and learning mindset
• high energy and passion for doing impactful work
• 15+ years experience in Big4 and/or startups or tier 1 corporates
• strong modeling and financial planning skills
• high comfort with technology solutions for financial processes
• Chartered Accountant/MBA qualification
• comfort in a high-intensity, fast-paced environment

Would be great if you have:

FCRA/NGO knowledge