Finance Operations Executive

JD Executive, FinOps (Schools)

Open positions: 3

Role snapshot

The FinOps Executive does the day-to-day accounting and tracking work for our schools. The Manager FinOps reviews and signs off on it.

Detail

**Title:**Executive FinOps (Schools)

Function:Growth / Finance

Reports to:Manager FinOps (Schools)

Experience:13 years in accounts, audit or finance operations

Qualification:CA Inter, or B.Com / M.Com with relevant experience

Location:Banglore

Role purpose

Keep every schools books clean and current. You will reconcile accounts, track collections, payments and liabilities, and check expenses before they are paid, so that the Manager and management always have accurate numbers.

Key responsibilities

1. Accounts reconciliation

• Do monthly bank, fee-collection and payment-gateway reconciliations for each school.
• Reconcile vendor and landlord ledgers, advances and security deposits.
• Follow up on open items with school teams and banks until closed.

2. Collections tracking

• Update the fee collection tracker by school, grade and instalment.
• Share overdue lists with school admin teams every week and track follow-ups.
• Match fee receipts in the school system with bank credits.

3. Payments and liabilities tracking

• Maintain the payables calendar: rent/lease, MSA payments, salaries, vendors and statutory dues (GST, TDS, PF, ESI).
• Prepare payment files and supporting papers for the Manager’s approval.
• Keep the liability register updated for each school, including takeover-related dues.

4. Expense checks

• Check bills and expense claims against policy, budget and purchase approvals before they go for payment.
• Flag duplicate bills, missing documents and out-of-policy spends.
• Track petty cash at each school.

5. Support to the Manager

• Collect and organise documents for due diligence on target schools: financials, bank statements, fee registers, loan papers.
• Prepare budget-vs-actual data for each school every month.
• Support statutory, internal and trust audits with schedules and documents.

How success is measured

Area,KPI

**Reconciliation:**All bank and fee reconciliations submitted by the 7th of the following month

**Collections:**Collection tracker updated weekly; overdue list shared with every school each week

**Payments:**Zero missed or late statutory payments; payment files ready 2 days before due date

Expenses:No bill paid without complete documents and approval

Accuracy:Few or no corrections needed on review by the Manager

Who we are looking for

Must have

• CA Inter, or B.Com / M.Com with 1–3 years in accounts, audit or finance operations.
• Hands-on with Tally/ERP and bank reconciliations.
• Good Excel: pivots, lookups, clean trackers.
• Working knowledge of GST, TDS, PF and ESI.

Good to have

• Articleship or work experience at a CA firm.
• Experience in schools, multi-branch retail or any multi-location business.

Personal attributes

• Accurate and organised; follows through on open items without reminders.
• Comfortable working with school admin teams and travelling to schools.
• Raises issues early instead of fixing numbers quietly.