Head of Finance

The role

The Head of Finance will lead all aspects of financial management at Karya. This role involves financial strategy, worker payments management, revenue collection, compliance, and team leadership.

What you will do

• Lead annual budgeting and financial planning processes.
• Provide leadership with visibility into cash flow, project burn rate, and funding gaps.
• Drive cost efficiency and budget adherence.
• Provide financial insight and analysis for strategic decision-making.
• Ensure transparency and accountability in use of funds.
• Own the end-to-end process of disbursing payments to field workers.
• Build scalable, tech-enabled payment systems.
• Ensure timely invoicing and revenue collection from clients and partners.
• Ensure compliance with Indian accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and statutory filings.
• Oversee day-to-day financial operations including bookkeeping, vendor payments, payroll, and audits.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience.
• CA or equivalent education background.
• Proven experience with budgeting, revenue collection, payment systems, and compliance in the Indian context.
• Deep understanding of statutory compliance including income tax, GST, PF/ESI, labor laws, etc.
• Strong knowledge of accounting systems and tools (e.g., Tally, Zoho, QuickBooks, Excel).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in a fast-growing organization.
• Prior exposure to social impact, non-profits, or mission-driven organizations.

About the company

Karya's mission is to leverage the AI revolution to create dignified earning and learning opportunities for low-income communities across the world. In India, their smartphone-based digital work platform has enabled over 120,000 people to build language datasets and evaluate AI models.