upGrad - Manager - Finance - CA

Manager - Finance

Worli, Mumbai

upGrad is an IIT Delhi alumni and Ronnie Screwvala founded the company where we focus on enabling universities to take their programs online.

Given team's background in education and media sectors, we understand what it takes to offer quality online programs, and at UpGrad - we invest alongside universities to build and deliver quality online programs (content, platform, technology, industry collaboration, delivery, and grading infrastructure).

You can read about us more below -

- upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by Fast Company.

- We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech

- upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program too

- We were also ranked as one of the top 25 Startups in India 2018

- Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

At upGrad - we have partnered with leading universities such as IIIT Bangalore, BITS Pilani, MICA Ahmedabad, IMT Ghaziabad and Cambridge University's Judge Business School to offer programs in the domains of Data, Technology and Management.

Job Description:

- Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Management.

- Ensuring monthly closure of Books on a timely basis

- Reconciliation & Analysis of quality of Revenue / collections

- Audits & tax related compliances; supporting data inputs for the filing of various statutory returns; income tax computation

- Track major spends (Marketing/Content) against budgets/job sheets; highlighting deviations (if any)

- Liasioning with Banks and other business partners; support to business & program teams

- Controlling costs and setting up finance processes, and ensure improvement/automation of the processes on an ongoing basis

- Having working knowledge of consolidation of accounts, international taxes, transfer pricing, IND-AS

- Working on custom management requests / tailored projects closely along with Chief Financial Officer

- Driving strategic initiatives on behalf of 'Finance' with the objective of building efficiencies within the system

- Develop and strengthen internal controls & processes within the organization

- Guide & encourage junior colleagues and help in their overall development

What we are looking for:

- CA with 3-5 years of Industry experience (Preferably worked in FMCG, ECommerce, Education, OR Service Industry)

- Exposure to International Taxation (Preferred)

- Good experience in working with Tally, excel, outlook,

- Ability to multi-task, work against deadlines, excel in several areas, sometimes unrelated to each other.

- Ability to proactively identify problems and suggest/ask solutions for resolution