Finance Manager - Startups Incubation Center

Organization: A startups incubation center.

Job Summary: Own the full finance, accounting, statutory compliance and risk functions. Senior-most finance leader in the structure (there is no CFO above this role). Line-manages the Legal Associate for contractual / regulatory matters and operates the grant accounting / disbursement back-office alongside the Manager, Grants.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead annual budgeting (Feb-Mar; Board approval Apr), mid-year reforecast (Sep), and the 3-year capital plan

2. Own monthly close (Day-7) and MIS deck (Day-10); standard contents: P&L vs budget, cash, AR/AP, grant utilisation, statutory status

3. Own grant accounting and the Grant Register - record every approved grant + every tranche disbursement; reconcile quarterly with Manager, Grants

4. Operate the procurement approval matrix per Governance - 3 - vendor onboarding, KYC, payment terms, the custom-services sole-source memo workflow

5. Manage statutory audit (Section 8 / Trust), tax filings, GST, TDS, PT, EPF, ESI

6. Oversee FCRA, MCA, RBI (where applicable) and AIF interface (treasury / expense allocation with the external Fund)

7. Build internal controls, the delegation matrix and the Audit Committee cycle

8. Manage banking, cash flow, working capital and the reserve policy

9. Line-manage the Legal Associate; ensure contracts / MoUs / IP are timely and compliant

10. Own the financial vendor stack - accounting (Zoho Books / Tally Prime), expense (Zoho / Fyle), banking and treasury tools

11. Anchor the quarterly Audit Committee meeting; lead the annual external audit

12. Build the Year-1 institutional finance posture - accounting policy, capitalisation thresholds, asset register, MSME-spend disclosure

Qualification:

1. CA preferred; MBA-Finance with CFA / CPA also welcome

2. 7-10 years in finance / compliance for a foundation, AIF, NGO, Section 8 company, or PSU finance function

3. Direct experience with grant accounting, FCRA, Section 8 / Trust statutory cycle

4. Comfortable interfacing with PSU finance functions and audit teams

5. Strong on internal controls, audit, enterprise risk

6. Prior experience as senior-most finance person in an institution (no CFO above)

7. Working knowledge of AIF Cat-I treasury interface (since the affiliated Fund is a separate entity)