Director

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 Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and L'Oreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime".

About the Team: 

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.

What will you do? 

• 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 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

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.