ABOUT THE ROLE
Haiyya is looking to hire a Senior Manager - Finance & Operations as part of our Internal
Operations & Development pillar, who is passionate to offer your skills and expertise to build
and expand value driven non-profit operations in India and have sound knowledge to do so. The
purpose of this role is to ensure smooth structuring, running and management of financial,
administrative and operational functions at Haiyya. Your leadership in the organization is to
build and manage effective and streamlined administrative/financial systems, including
financial, accounting, legal, information technology (IT), human resource (HR), culture and
policies, physical infrastructure, funder management other organizational development &
growth work.
You will play a lead role in the development and implementation of initiatives geared towards
improving the effectiveness, optimisation, systematic organizing, compliance, and
decentralization of our financial operations.
This is a full-time position and we want the person to be based in Delhi. We are looking for
joining date around 3rd or 4th week of May, 2021
UNIQUE CORE RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES
1. To envision, shape and design the growing finance and operations team and work of
Haiyya systems, legalities, culture, bookkeeping, practices and policies with strong
quality and values control, keeping Haiyya’s sustainability as the goal
2. To build a strong, skilled and values-driven finance and operations team including
Haiyya staff, key vendors and experts
3. To oversee and manage overall financial flow, accounting, bookkeeping for the
organization including income, expenses, payroll functions, inventory, assets and
banking
4. To create and streamline systems to manage all grant and funding budgets, funder
financial information, compliances and reporting
5. To oversee, streamline and manage overall Haiyya’s compliances, legal charter of
duties & regulations and documentation of the same
6. To lead the strengthening of legal, digital and physical safety infrastructure work of
Haiyya’s work, it’s team and community
7. Oversee the annual audit, in full compliance with generally accepted accounting
principles and funder requirements
8. Facilitate and develop a clear financial plan that is consistent with the organization’s
strategic programs, goals and initiatives - yearly and long-term
9. Provide monthly, quarterly and half-yearly financial reporting and analysis of financial
statements, budgets, source/use of funds to the CEO and Board (as required)
10. To be part of fundraising and business development work from financial projection,
budget development and proposal building lens
11. To look after office management (physical and remote functions), team needs, staff
benefits, insurance and team cultural needs
12. To lead all staff hirings and deliver results by working closely with SLT, operations and
other team members
13. To coordinate and ensure new policies, culture, team ritual and team development
spaces in the organization to make Haiyya a progressive organization to work in
14. To oversee and manage all board and governance compliances, process and timelines
in the organization to ensure the organizational leadership is liasoning well with board
accountability and work
DIRECT COACHING AND SCOPE OF WORK
● You will report to the Founder & CEO of Haiyya, who will be responsible for coaching
and supervising you
● You will manage and coach upto two staff members from Manager, Senior Associate
and/or Associate band
● You will work with Haiyya staff members across other departments to decentralise
and streamline financial and operational systems and practices
● You will build, manage relationships and liaison with all vendors, experts and
stakeholders important to Haiyya’s finance and operations work (CA, lawyers, board,
funders, experts etc)
● You will be responsible for leading all projects and assignments that fall under finance
& operations work by closely working with operations team under you, the CEO,
Senior Leadership Team and Haiyya board
WHAT SKILLS, BEHAVIOUR AND QUALITIES WE ARE LOOKING FOR?
● You’re passionate, mission and values driven to lead Haiyya’s finance and operational
work
● You have 5-10 years of educational and work experience in finance and operations
work, out of which you have proven track record of working with nonprofits
● You’re flexible, strategic, creative and entrepreneurial when approaching your role
and day to day job
● You are looking at dedicating the next phase of your career journey to serve the social
impact sector
● You know Indian financial and legal landscape from your gut and are well-versed in
NGO laws, compliances and requirements
● You know how to build systems, structures and processes from the ground up and can
come up with new and innovative ideas to reshape work
● You’re an adaptive leader who’s capable of inspiring, convening, managing and
motivating teams
● You have strong organisational management, planning and work organizing skills
● You have excellent people skills, with experience collaborating in a multidisciplinary,
diverse, and dynamic young team
● You are able to analyse, multitask, prioritize and given attention to details
● You are technologically savvy and well versed with working on MS-office, tech based
interfaces and platforms for operations requirements
● You keep all organizational information confidential and respect non-disclosure areas
of the organisation
● You are able to anticipate needs/gaps/opportunities, and make thoughtful decisions
on what is important and what is urgent and adapt your work accordingly
● You are able to work under pressure and urgent deadlines governed by external
factors
COMPENSATION
This will be a full-time role and salary is commensurate with qualifications and experiences you
have in alignment with Haiyya’s competitive and equitable wage policy, which will fall in the
range of 70,000 to 95,000 INR per month.
WHY SHOULD YOU WORK WITH HAIYYA?
● Haiyya is a youth-led feminist organization with a passionate, committed and talented
team of young people who are building the ecosystem of new age organizing in India
● You join a team that is bold, ambitious, compassionate and fun loving. We stick together
to celebrate our achievements, successes and learn from our mistakes and failures
● You join a workplace that is committed to invest in your leadership, learning and growth
journey as a social change professional
● You get to experience what collective care, well-being, dreaming, ideation and authentic
relational investment look like in a work environment
● We will encourage you to pause, reflect, rest, take leaves and vacations -- that’s part of
the culture!
● We listen! And we listen carefully when you tell us your needs, your questions, your
discontent, your ideas and then act on them to build an effective organization
● You get to build this vision and change-story with us!
INSPIRED TO WORK WITH US? HERE’S HOW TO APPLY!
Haiyya is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome people from all sex, sexual
orientations, gender identities, caste, ethnicities, faith and religion and people with disabilities.
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