Finance Business Partner

7 months ago


New Delhi, India Quicksand Full time

**Job Information**:
Industry
- Design & Research

Work Experience
- 5+ years

City
- New Delhi

State/Province
- Delhi

Country
- India

Zip/Postal Code
- 110047

**About us**:
**Quicksand**

Quicksand is a design strategy & innovation practice headquartered in India, and working in emerging markets. Our entrepreneurial journey started in 2004 with our New Delhi studio. In 2007, we opened in Bengaluru, and then in Goa in 2017. We have satellite studio presence in Mumbai and London.

We are a multi-disciplinary team of over thirty full-time practitioners across strategy, research, design, art and technology. The team represents a wide range of educational and professional backgrounds.

Quicksand works on innovation mandates across a range of sectors - financial inclusion, public health, education, humanitarian aid, water and sanitation, environment, technology, consumer goods, retail, culture, food and beverage amongst others.

We work with **global corporations to envisage new business opportunities**.

We work with **international development** **partners to drive social impact through innovation**.

We explore and **incubate new social, business and cultural ventures**.

As on date Quicksand has worked in over 30 countries across the globe with several hundred clients.

**You should consider this role if you are**:
***- Excited about being part of a young, creative and entrepreneurial team - we are not a corporate setup but a highly creative and innovative firm that values initiative and ownership.
- Looking for a role that challenges you and are willing to commit the next few years to achieve the goals that the company has set for itself. You would like to see yourself as an integral part of that journey.
- Comfortable communicating and working with business managers and team members who would engage with you critically on how finance needs to support their needs.
- Not shy of rolling up your sleeves and getting into the day-to-day of finance while also working with the board and our vCFO on strategic initiatives.

**What the role entails**
- Work closely with Quicksand's vCFO in preparing and anchoring periodic reviews with the board of directors and senior management.
- Take the lead in managing contracts and client communication w.r.t. receivables, contractual modifications, financial planning and reporting.
- Lead internal communication with middle management on project profitability, headcount planning and any other matter of business that has a direct impact on financials.
- Own the entire financial statements, working capital management and cash flow, and drive to achieve and improve the targets planned (EBITDA and working capital) - act as a running source of truth for key financial metrics and performance drivers.
- Monthly reporting of accruals, maintaining budget vs. actual spends tracker
- Work with project teams and drive financial discipline and implement processes.
- Publish the right financial picture at regular intervals to both the middle and senior management teams.
- Ensure cash & fund flow is forecasted accurately and take the right treasury management decisions.
- Oversee the existing finance team on tax compliance and proper maintenance of books of accounts as per accounting standards.
- Ensuring the monthly closing process is carried out properly, and annual audits are completed on time.
- Develop and implement financial and operational frameworks and controls as required by the company.

**What is the eligibility?**

**Soft Skills**
- Strong ethics and ability to uphold the company's values and code of conduct in all engagements - both external and internal
- Should be able to seamlessly coordinate with different teams and work with them effectively to drive the business agenda
- Strong communication, analytical, collaborative and interpersonal skills
- Empathetic to how finance needs to solve problems and not be hostage to rigid, inflexible rules and regulations

**Technical Skills**
- Experience of working in consulting services as well as for-profit and not-for-profit financial management
- Sound knowledge of financial statements and taxation principles
- Knowledge of both for-profit and non-profit accounting principles and standards
- MBA or CA/CWA and related-field experience of 6+ years
- Excellent presentation skills, proficient in MS Office, MS Excel
- Strong understanding and experience in data analytics, using data to drive decision making
- Knowledge and experience of business intelligence tools like Power BI, Tableau
- Comfort with accounting and book-keeping tools like Tally (and other cloud-based tools like Zoho) to be able to provide oversight to the accounting team



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