The Role The Lead, Finance is a critical senior management for Antarang. The roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Finance core responsibilities:

- Manage and control the Annual budget of the organisation to ensure that all spends are compliant as per regulations and in-line with the prescribed policy and objectives.
- Ensure periodical monitoring and reporting of spends vs budget vs funding
- Accounting and maintaining books of accounts as per applicable accounting standards and applicable laws
- Ensure payments, reimbursements etc. are processed on a timely manner and ensure tax and other applicable compliances including FCRA
- Monitor cash-flow and fund-flow periodically
- Ensure all applicable statutory documents are maintained and returns files as per the statutory timelines
- Co-ordinate internal and external audit and file reports as per timelines
- Develop and monitor the accounting and finance policies to ensure audit readiness

Budgeting and Finance MIS

- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, and monthly Finance MIS reports
- Conduct variance analysis and provide actionable insights for decision-making
- Assist in cash flow management and forecasting to ensure financial stability
- Provide financial data and insights to management for decision making.

Coordination & Process Improvement

- Liaise with internal teams on Expenses projections and provide Input to Functional Leadership
- Support the preparation of organisational budgets and location/project-specific budgets
- Provide recommendations for effective budget utilisation




- Ensure all accruals, prepaid expenses, and adjustments are accounted for.

Donor management & reporting

- Support in finalisation of MoU’s and budgets with donors.
- Plan and review the grant utilizations as per MOUs and ensure Utilisation reports/certificates are delivered to Donors / Partners as per agreed timelines.

Organisational support

- Establish and update Internal Control framework and related policies and manual and ensure compliance of internal controls.
- Build a cordial working relationship with the senior leadership team and support in capability building as necessary.
- Work closely with Programme team and implementing partners to synergise finance function with that of operations.

Profile Requirements

- Chartered Accountant or MBA in Finance.
- Minimum 10–12 years of experience in Finance, Budgeting and Accounting Operations; experience in the NGO sector is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of cost centre accounting, statutory compliance and financial reporting.
- Excellent attention to detail, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven experience in team management.

Technical Skills





- Advanced Excel skills (mandatory).
- Proficiency in Tally (mandatory) and familiarity with SAP or other ERP systems.
- Experience working with Google Sheets.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications.

Who we are

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question that conjures up possibility, hope and the joy of a future worth aspiring for. The core of Antarang’s work is to enable children between the ages of 14-18 years of age from marginalized communities to have an aspiration and experience the excitement of planning a career. Antarang envisions a world where every young adult is productively, passionately and positively engaged in a career of their choice.

Since 2013 Antarang Foundation has enabled over 500,000 adolescents to enter career pathways of choice; thus helping them see a route out of the intergenerational cycle of poverty. Through intensive career awareness and readiness programs that are offered through the school system, Antarang enables adolescents to become aware of career opportunities, have an aspiration, have the ability to reach that aspiration and also provides access to opportunities. We have set ourselves an ambitious goal of seeing 5 million adolescents enter aspirational career pathways by 2030.

For this, we realize that we need resources and the visibility to scale our impact and strengthen our credibility, and to enable this we are looking for a energetic leader to head our Finance team.

For more info, write to [email protected]

📌 Lead - Finance (Mumbai)
🏢 Antarang Foundation
📍 Mumbai