Organization: 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:

- Lead annual budgeting (Feb-Mar; Board approval Apr), mid-year reforecast (Sep), and the 3-year capital plan
- Own monthly close (Day-7) and MIS deck (Day-10); standard contents: P&L; vs budget, cash, AR/AP, grant utilisation, statutory status
- Own grant accounting and the Grant Register - record every approved grant every tranche disbursement; reconcile quarterly with Manager, Grants
- Operate the procurement approval matrix per Governance - 3 - vendor onboarding, KYC, payment terms, the custom-services sole-source memo workflow
- Manage statutory audit (Section 8 / Trust), tax filings, GST, TDS, PT, EPF, ESI
- Oversee FCRA, MCA, RBI (where applicable) and AIF interface (treasury / expense allocation with the external Fund)
- Build internal controls, the delegation matrix and the Audit Committee cycle
- Manage banking,



cash flow, working capital and the reserve policy
- Line-manage the Legal Associate; ensure contracts / MoUs / IP are timely and compliant
- Own the financial vendor stack - accounting (Zoho Books / Tally Prime), expense (Zoho / Fyle), banking and treasury tools
- Anchor the quarterly Audit Committee meeting; lead the annual external audit
- Build the Year-1 institutional finance posture - accounting policy, capitalisation thresholds, asset register, MSME-spend disclosure

Qualification:

- Qualified Chartered Accountant/ MBA Finance/ CFA
- 5-7 years in finance / compliance for a foundation, incubation center, AIF, NGO, Section 8 company, or PSU finance function
- Direct experience with grant accounting, FCRA, Section 8 / Trust statutory cycle
- Comfortable interfacing with PSU finance functions and audit teams
- Robust on internal controls, audit, enterprise risk
- Prior experience as senior-most finance person in an institution (no CFO above)
- Working knowledge of AIF Cat-I treasury interface (since the affiliated Fund is a separate entity)

📌 Finance Manager- Startups Incubation Center (Delhi)
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