ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Planning & Strategy
- Lead annual and quarterly budgeting, re-forecasting, and scenario planning.
- Align financial strategy with programmatic and fundraising priorities.
- Develop cashflow management frameworks to ensure adequate runway and liquidity.
Financial Operations & Compliance
- Oversee accounting, audits, and all statutory compliance (Companies Act, FCRA, Income
- Tax, CSR law).
- Strengthen internal controls, policies, and processes for accuracy and efficiency.
- Ensure timely donor and statutory reporting with high-quality documentation.
Management Reporting & Insights
- Produce monthly MIS with variance analysis, trend insights, and efficiency metrics.
- Partner with program and functional heads to drive cost efficiency and informed
- decision-making.
- Anticipate financial risks (e.g., regulatory, liquidity, donor delays) and propose mitigation plans.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Manage and mentor the existing finance team, building technical depth and leadership
- capacity.
- Work cross-functionally with Fundraising, MERL, Tech, and HR to enable financially sound
- decision-making.
- Drive adoption of tech-enabled solutions for finance operations and MIS.
SKILLS & EDUCATION
- Qualifications: CA / ICWA / MBA (Finance) with 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Sector Experience: Strong understanding of NGO finance, especially FCRA, CSR funding, and
- donor compliance.
- Technical Expertise: Financial modelling, cashflow management, MIS, and audit readiness.
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage teams and build capacity.
- Analytical Ability: Skilled in variance analysis, cost efficiency, and risk management.
- Technology Orientation: Comfortable with accounting software, MIS dashboards, and automation
- tools.
- Soft Skills: Strong communication, ability to influence non-finance colleagues, and a collaborative
- mindset.
- Values Fit: Commitment to transparency, accountability, and Indus Actions mission of enabling
- access to social protection.
