Lead - Finance Operations

Neara; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodera in India is recruiting a sharp, ownership-driven finance operations professional to drive automation, AI adoption, and process improvements across the finance function. The role spans accounting and month-end close, reconciliations, billing and collections, reporting and MIS, and compliance.

You will lead projects to make finance operations faster, cleaner, and more scalable as we grow. If you're comfortable in the details and enjoy taking a project from problem identification through

Qualifications

• Commerce graduate or postgraduate; MBA (Finance), CA-Inter preferred.
• 2-3 years in finance operations, accounting, revenue / billing, or FP&A.
• Hands-on with AI and automation tools to streamline finance workflows.
• Strong Excel skills (Pivot, lookups, Power Query) for automation.
• Familiarity with Power BI/Tableau for dashboards and reporting.
• Understanding of Ind AS/IFRS basics; rigorous and adaptable.
• Self-starting mindset with ownership in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment.

Responsibilities

• Automation ownership: extend and harden automation across close, reconciliations, billing, and reporting.
• Build data pulls, reconciliations, and reports using AI tools, macros, or low-code.
• Map end-to-end finance processes and identify streamlining opportunities.
• Partner with accounting, sales operations, and IT to design and test changes.
• Support dashboards and MIS; surface trends and drivers for leadership.
• Assist month-end close, accruals, revenue recognition, and provisioning.
• Coordinate multi-entity reporting and ensure clean data across teams.

Skills

Finance operations

AI automation

Excel advanced

Power BI/Tableau

Multi-entity coordination

Self-starter mindset

Education

Commerce degree

MBA Finance / CA-Inter

Tools

Zoho Books

SQL

Low-code / scripting

Job description

About Goodera

Goodera is the world's leading employee volunteering platform, powering companies to scale employee volunteering experiences globally through our innovative technology platform and unique operating model. With a presence in over 100 countries and support for 30+ languages, we connect over 500 clients — including 60+ Fortune 500 companies — with meaningful volunteer opportunities tailored to their communities. To date, our impact has reached over 10 million beneficiaries, powered by 1 million+ employee volunteers and a network of 50,000+ nonprofit partners. Growing at 100% year on year, we are backed by top investors including Zoom Ventures, Elevation Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Omidyar Network, and Ursula Burns.

Role Brief

Goodera's finance function is scaling alongside the business. We're looking for a sharp, ownership-driven professional with a strong accounting and finance-operations background to drive automation, AI adoption, and process improvement across the finance function — building on the strong foundation already in place and taking it further. The charter spans the day-to-day finance engine: accounting and month-end close, reconciliations, billing and collections, reporting and MIS, and compliance. Reporting and analytics are part of the role, but the core mandate is driving projects that make finance operations faster, cleaner, and more scalable as we grow. If you're comfortable in the detail and enjoy taking a project from problem identification through to implementation, this role offers real ownership in a fast-scaling global organization.

Key Responsibilities

Automation & AI Ownership

• Take ownership of the automation already built into finance processes and extend it further across close, reconciliations, billing, and reporting




• Automate recurring data pulls, reconciliations, and report generation using AI tools, Excel macros / Power Query, low-code platforms, or scripting




• Build automation that's robust enough for other team members to rely on

Process Improvement

• Map current finance processes end-to-end (record-to-report, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay) and identify opportunities to streamline them




• Partner with accounting, sales operations, and tech / IT teams to design, implement, and test process changes




• Bring a continuous-improvement mindset as the business and its entity structure scale

Financial Reporting & Analytics Support

• Support finance dashboards and MIS: revenue, cash, receivables / payables, and expense trends by client / entity / period




• Help surface trends, anomalies, and drivers of movement (client mix, seasonality, deferred revenue build-up, billing and collection lags) for leadership review




• Update and refine reports and dashboards as reporting needs evolve

Accounting & Month-End Close

• Support month-end close across the ledger: accruals, prepaids, revenue recognition schedules, deferred revenue rollforward, and expense provisioning




• Apply revenue recognition and accounting principles (Ind AS 115 / IFRS 15 and Ind AS / US GAAP as applicable) consistently across contracts and entities

Stakeholder Coordination

• Work closely with accounting, sales operations, billing, and collections teams to ensure clean, timely financial data




• Coordinate across group entities to keep multi-entity reporting aligned

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Commerce graduate or postgraduate (mandatory); MBA (Finance), CA-Inter, or equivalent strongly preferred


• 2-3 years of experience in finance operations, accounting, revenue / billing, or FP&A


• Hands-on experience working with AI and automation tools (e.g. AI assistants / LLMs, Excel macros / Power Query, low-code or scripting tools) to streamline finance workflows


• Strong, hands-on Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, Power Query) — this role lives in Excel-driven automation


• Working knowledge of Power BI / Tableau to support dashboard maintenance and updates


• Working understanding of core accounting and revenue recognition concepts (Ind AS / IFRS 15)


• A self-starting mindset with a genuine interest in process and automation — this role has real ownership, not a defined checklist


• Adaptable, eager to learn, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment

Good to Have

• Exposure to SQL or any scripting / low-code automation tool


• Experience in a services / SaaS business model with recurring or milestone-based revenue


• Experience working with more than one accounting tool (experience with Zoho Books is a plus)