The/Nudge – Manager – Business Finance

The/Nudge Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A social impact organization in Bengaluru is seeking a Finance Manager to drive budgeting and expense reporting processes. The ideal candidate will have 6-8 years of experience in finance or accounting, strong analytical skills, and be comfortable in a dynamic environment. You'll manage donor grant cycles and provide insights for decision-making while collaborating with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of relevant experience in Business Finance, Accounting, Analytics, or Strategy & Operations.
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel/Google Sheets.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, start-up environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic and operational budgeting and forecasting.
• Manage expense allocations across programs and donor projects.
• Prepare project level expense projections with stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Detail-oriented

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Commerce or related fields

Tools

MS Excel

Google Sheets

Tally or other ERPs

Power BI

Job description

About The/Nudge:

The/Nudge 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”.

At The/Nudge you will:

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

– Manage expense allocations across the 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

Apply if you have:

– 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

– Have 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.