Assistant Manager Finance

Key Highlights:

Position: Assistant Manager, Finance

Location: Gurgaon, in-office

Experience Required: 2-5 years

About Airblack

Airblack is India's largest alternate skilling platform, helping people become microentrepreneurs and creators. Our mission is to help the next 100 million people in the workforce get access to meaningful opportunities.

We currently operate in sectors such as beauty, fashion, nutrition, digital & home businesses, impacting over 1M learners every month. Our flagship school in the beauty space is India's #1 Beauty Academy brand, with an alumni base of over 40,000 entrepreneurs in 300+ cities in India. Our apps consistently rank in the top 10 education apps in India with 5M+ users and 40M+ minutes of learning content being consumed every month.

Airblack has raised over $11 million from marquee investors such as Elevation Capital, Info Edge Ventures, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Blume Founders Fund and Better Capital, and leading angels such as Vidit (Meesho), Kunal (CRED), Deepinder (Zomato), Harshit & Shashank (Razorpay) and so on.

Who are we looking for

We are looking for an analytically strong and execution-driven Assistant Manager, Finance to be a core part of our Finance function. You will own financial reporting, compliance, and business partnering, working closely with the Finance lead and business teams to drive accuracy, efficiency, and strategic insights. This is a high-visibility role for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and takes ownership end-to-end.

What would you be doing

Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead annual budgeting and rolling quarterly forecasts in partnership with business teams. Track actuals vs. plan, flag deviations early, and build financial models to evaluate new initiatives and investments.

Accounting & Compliance Oversee day-to-day accounting - AP, AR, payroll, reconciliation, and month-end close. Ensure timely filing of GST, TDS, and all statutory obligations, and coordinate internal and external audits including responses to tax assessments.

Business Partnering Work cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to bring financial rigour to key decisions.

Process & Controls Identify control gaps, drive process improvements, and build SOPs that bring structure and automation to core finance workflows.

Financial Reporting & MIS: Support the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual MIS, including variance analysis, trend insights, and management dashboards. Assist in the preparation of financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) in accordance with Indian Accounting Standards.

What makes you a suitable candidate

• MBA/ Graduate in Finance;
• 25 years of relevant experience in finance, FP&A, or accounting.
• Strong command of MS Excel / Google Sheets for financial reporting, modeling and analysis.
• Hands-on with accounting software -Tally, Zoho Books, or similar.
• Sound understanding of Indian taxation (GST, TDS), Ind AS, and corporate compliance.
• Prior experience in a consumer space or high-growth company is a plus.
• Structured thinker with sharp attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.

Why should you join Airblack

• Skilling with a difference: We are one of the very few education companies in India that have been able to do all the following things together: deliver outcomes, stay lean (under 50 people), raise funds in a down market from top investors, have an infinite runway, and lead a completely new whitespace. Get the opportunity to be the face of a new era in the education & skilling sector in a high-skin-in-the-game leadership role

• Experimentation & Build: We have a culture of rapid experimentation, freedom to fail & iterate, and owning scale-up through process building

• Thriving Market Opportunity: We are building in a whitespace with massive opportunity & headstart - India has 15 million people entering the workforce every year and less than half a million jobs. Your impact will help create a dent in India's future

• Work with a stellar team: Great missions require great people - and we are fortunate to have some of the smartest and nicest people supporting us in our journey. Our team comprises ex-entrepreneurs, VCs, and operators from places such as Goldman Sachs, Paytm, Oyo, Bain & Co., BCG, Urban Company, top IITs and so on