Finance Lead

About Emeritus:

Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 50 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China. Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 250,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 2,000 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai. Following its $650 million Series E funding round in August 2021, the Company is valued at $3.2 billion, and is backed by Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparation, reporting & finalization of financial statements
• Responsible for audits, controls and compliances (including tax) with regards to the legal entities
• Responsible for monthly book closing (includes BRS, invoice booking, accruals, capitalization, etc)
• Responsible for monthly MIS & Reportings
• Responsible for Budgetary planning & controls
• Cash Flow & Banking system management including Bank payments
• Coordinate & support multiple teams & stakeholders
• Support in preparation of consolidated financial statement of the Group
• Team Management and development
• Support on Process excellence, ERP & Automations

Skills and Qualification Required:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 9 to 12 years of experience post qualification, in a corporate environment, preferably with global exposure.
• Experience in start-ups which have achieved scale, working in technology enabled space is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to handle coordination with multiple internal / external teams.
• Should have worked alongside the Big 4 audit firms for closing books of accounts / statutory audits.
• Excellent working skills of MS – office (word, excel, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of ERP environment (specifically SAP, COUPA, DarwinBox), Experience of automation & transition of processes will be an added plus.

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In press:

• https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-startup-eruditus-fy23-revenue-crosses-inr-3000-cr-mark

• https://www.outlookbusiness.com/start-up/news/eruditus-secures-150-million-funding-for-ai-expansion-business-growth