Company Description
Shooting Stars Foundation (SSF) (www.shooting-stars-foundation.org) (US and India non profit) focuses on expanding access to higher education for learners who face financial and social barriers. We are seeking a highly capable skilled who brings strength in accounting/controllership while also supporting operational HR functions. As a smaller organization, SSF can benefit from a hybrid role that manages core financial operations while ensuring smooth HR processes, particularly payroll and compliance.
- Role: Head of Finance Admin and HR
- Location: Chennai
- Hybrid Opportunity: (Twice a week Work from Office)
- Type: Full Time (40 hours a week)
- Salary: Commesurate with Non Profit Head of Finance Role (Depending on experience)

Role Description

A) Finance Strategy & Governance
- Own annual budgeting process - create overall budget, department wise budget, CSR project budgets, etc.
- Set-up monthly MIS
- Cash flow planning
- Financial forecasting
- Board finance reports
- Risk management
- Financial policies - payment policy, vendor onboarding policy,



procurement policy, financial documentation, program / project approval matrix

B) Finance Operations: Design end-to-end processes for
- CSR project accounting
- Scholarship payments
- Donor accounting
- Budget tracking
- Expense management
- Vendor payments
- Final output: Every process should have SOP, Owner, Approval Matrix, Dashboard (as needed)

C) Outsourced Accountant Management: Own the accounting partner relationship like
- MOU ownership
- Defining their SLAs
- Weekly review meetings
- Escalations
- Monthly close calendar
- Data quality
- Tally accuracy
- Final output: by the end of her / his term, the vendor should be able to perform independently

D) Financial Systems: Lead implementation and integration of
- Expense management
- Budget tracking
- Payroll software
- Accounting integrations
- Financial reports
- Final output: Design org level data repository which has

E) Compliance:

📌 Head of Finance Admin and HR (Chennai)
🏢 Shooting Stars Foundation
📍 Chennai