1. POSITION VACANT: Director - Finance Control & Risk Management, Mobile Creches, New Delhi

2. ORGANISATION BACKGROUND:  

Since 1969, Mobile Creches (MC) has been a pioneer in Early Childhood Development (ECD) for marginalized children across India. MC works to ensure that every child receives nurturing care during their most critical early years through safe childcare spaces, strong community engagement, and partnerships with governments and civil society organisations.

MC’s holistic approach integrates nutrition, health, early learning, responsive caregiving, and safety, enabling children to thrive while supporting working families. The organization believes childcare is not just a service, but a critical public good that drives children’s development and enables women’s participation in the workforce.

MC operates through three business verticals that are supported by six functions, with presence in eight states. Through policy advocacy, direct implementation, capacity building, research and partnerships, MC has reached over 1 million children and continues to influence systems that impact millions more.

With a presence across 17 states, MC has trained over 20,000 childcare workers and engaged more than 5 million community members, strengthening the ecosystem for sustainable childcare. By combining on-ground expertise with system-level influence, MC is addressing immediate childcare needs while shaping the future of ECD in India.

As an organization, MC adheres to a strict safeguarding policy. All employees, volunteers, interns, vendors, consultants, and partners are required to be aware of the policy, sign it, and comply with its norms.

Please visit www.mobilecreches.org to learn more about Mobile Creches.

3. JOB DESCRIPTION/ RESPONSIBILITIES:

Mobile Creches is seeking a Director - Finance Control & Risk Management, a senior finance leadership role designed to serve as a critical deputy to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), while leading the organization’s financial controllership, risk management, governance, compliance, and audit readiness agenda.

This position will support MC’s scale-up across multiple states and its expanding engagement with government systems, institutional donors, and strategic partners by ensuring strong financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and a resilient internal control environment.

The role combines strategic oversight with operational depth. It is responsible for institutionalizing future-ready, technology-enabled financial processes, embedding strong internal controls and a sound risk management framework that enables compliant growth, reliable reporting, financial discipline, and delivery against stakeholder expectations.

The role exists to strengthen MC’s financial governance and act as the CFO’s trusted second-in-command on finance control matters. It brings together financial controller responsibilities, enterprise risk oversight, internal audit coordination, and donor and government compliance management in one integrated leadership mandate.

The role comes at an important stage in Mobile Creches’ institutional growth, with expanding multi-state operations, increasing regulatory and donor scrutiny, and the need to strengthen finance systems, internal controls, and risk-management architecture.

The position is also envisaged as a key succession-planning role within the finance leadership structure. Subject to performance, organisational requirements, and demonstrated readiness, the incumbent may be considered for future progression to the CFO role.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

A. Finance Leadership and Deputy to CFO

(1) Act as a strategic deputy to the CFO on finance governance, control, and business planning matters.

(2) Support the CFO in a structured manner in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, liquidity visibility, and leadership decision-making.

(3) Represent the finance function in cross-functional reviews, management forums, and internal governance discussions, as delegated.

(4) Act as counsel to the SLT and OMG, facilitating timely decision-making on financial position, funding, cash flows, and project expenses.

(5) Drive alignment between financial systems, organizational priorities, and long-term scale ambitions.

B. Financial Controllership

(1) Lead end-to-end financial controllership across accounting, monthly close, reconciliations, management reporting, and statutory financial reporting.

(2) Ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency of books of account, schedules, and balance sheet reporting.

(3) Strengthen accounting policies, reporting structures, financial review mechanisms, documentation standards, and internal controls.

(4) Oversee financial hygiene, working capital discipline, and reporting integrity across projects and funding.

(5) Conduct statutory and internal audits of the organization, engaging with auditors, finalizing audit plans, facilitating audit exercises, seeking explanations from functional owners, and ensuring follow-up actions and closure of audit points.

C. Enterprise Risk Management

(1) Design and implement an enterprise-wide risk management framework aligned with organizational growth and operational complexity.

(2) Develop a risk taxonomy covering financial, regulatory, programmatic, and partnership risks, and establish dynamic early warning systems.

(3) Establish risk registers, leadership dashboards, and Board review mechanisms for proactive risk monitoring.

(4) Identify, assess, and mitigate risks related to multi-state operations, new partnerships, and funding.

D. Governance & Compliance

(1) Ensure compliance with all relevant statutory, regulatory, and donor requirements, including FCRA, Income Tax, CSR-related obligations and norms, and state-specific regulations.

(2) Strengthen internal policies, standard operating procedures, delegation controls, and compliance routines across finance and operations.

(3) Oversee governance frameworks across states, ensuring standardization with flexibility for local regulations.

(4) Build systems to proactively manage regulatory scrutiny and inquiries.

E. Legal Oversight

(1) Support legal and compliance oversight related to contracts, MoUs, partnerships with state governments and national institutions, donor agreements, and vendor contracts.

(2) Manage responses to legal and regulatory inquiries and audits.

(3) Coordinate with external legal counsel and ensure timely advisory support.

F. Internal Audit & Control Environment

(1) Establish and supervise robust internal audit systems across programs and geographies.

(2) Ensure audit readiness for large-scale funding, donor-funded programs, and high-value financial transactions.

(3) Drive corrective action plans based on audit observations and control gaps.

(4) Coordinate effectively with internal and external auditors to support efficient and well-documented audits.

G. Donor & Government Compliance and Programme Cost Modelling

(1) Ensure financial and audit compliance with large institutional donors and government partnerships.

(2) Support financial due diligence for donors and government partnerships.

(3) Design cost modelling (per child, centre, trainee, etc.) based on real expenditure patterns to inform budgeting plans with governments, donors, and ecosystem partners.

H. Risk in Program Scale & Partnerships

(1) Assess financial and compliance risks in expansion to new states and partnerships.

(2) Build and strengthen financial frameworks and controls for managing decentralized operations, including ensuring compliance with labour laws and contractual structures.

I. Team Leadership and Process Excellence

(1) Lead, mentor, restructure, and strengthen team capability across controllership, reporting, compliance, and risk management.

(2) Drive process standardization, digitization, and continuous improvement across finance workflows.

(3) Build scalable management routines and review cadences to support growth.

(4) Partner with program, operations, HR, and technology teams to reinforce organization-wide financial accountability.

J. Capacity Building & Systems Strengthening

(1) Build capacity of state and program teams, and set up processes on compliance and financial governance.

(2) Introduce technology-enabled compliance tracking systems.

(3) Strengthen documentation, reporting, and transparency mechanisms, and build a risk-aware organizational culture.

K. Board & Leadership Engagement

(1) Manage key stakeholders including the Board and Committee members, donors, and government authorities.

(2) Present risk reports, risk outlooks, and compliance updates to senior leadership and the Board.

(3) Help define risk appetite frameworks, balancing growth and compliance.

(4) Act as a strategic advisor to the CFO and leadership team on governance and risk

4. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND COMPETENCIES:

Qualifications

(1) Chartered Accountant (CA) strongly preferred. Candidates with an MBA/PGDM in Finance or equivalent qualification may also be considered, provided they bring strong financial controllership, NGO finance operations, FCRA/regulatory compliance, audit, and risk management experience.

(2) Additional qualifications in Risk Management shall be advantageous.

Experience

(1) Around 15 to 18 years of experience in financial management, risk, compliance, or audit.

(2) Experience in organizations with annual budgets of Rs 50 Cr or more.

(3) Proven track record of handling regulatory compliance and audits.

(4) Experience in multi-state or large-scale program operations.

(5) Prior experience in the development sector, NGOs, public systems, or donor-funded programs is preferred.

(6) Experience working with government partnerships and institutional donors is highly desirable.

(7) Strong accounting knowledge is essential.

(8) Strong hands-on exposure to FCRA compliance, donor compliance, audit readiness, and regulatory risk management in the NGO/ development sector shall be highly desirable.

Skills and Competencies

(1) Strong understanding of financial control and risk management in complex, multi-location organizations.

(2) Deep knowledge of Indian regulatory frameworks, including FCRA, CSR, NGO compliance, and labour laws.

(3) Strategic thinking, with the ability to translate risk into actionable frameworks.

(4) High integrity and ethical judgment.

(5) Relationship management across government, donors, external stakeholders, and internal teams.

(6) Ability to work in decentralized and evolving organizational structures.

(7) Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

(8) Excellent communication and influencing skills.

(9) Prior exposure to finance systems implementation, ERP transition, process automation, or technology-enabled compliance tracking will be an advantage

5. COMPENSATION OFFERED: 

 
Compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s current compensation, relevant experience, and internal and external benchmarking, with a focus on attracting and rewarding candidates with the right skills.

6. IDEAL CANDIDATE:

The ideal candidate is a seasoned finance, controllership, risk and compliance leader, preferably with experience in complex, multi-location organizations and/or donor-funded, development-sector or public-system environments.

They should bring strong accounting depth, audit readiness orientation, regulatory confidence, and the ability to translate risk and compliance priorities into practical systems, dashboards, controls, routines, and decision-support mechanisms.

Candidates who combine strong finance leadership with deep FCRA, NGO compliance, donor audit, and systems-strengthening experience shall be especially relevant, including suitably qualified MBA/PGDM Finance candidates where the overall experience is strongly aligned.

This role is best suited for a mature finance professional who can serve as a trusted second-in-command to the CFO, partner effectively with senior leadership and the Board, and strengthen financial governance while supporting Mobile Creches’ next phase of scale and future finance leadership succession.

7. NUMBER OF VACANCIES: One

8. LOCATION: Head Office, New Delhi. The position is full-time and work from office
  
9. REFERENCE: DFC-RM-MC

10. CONTACT INFORMATION:  

Team SAMS 

Strategic Alliance Management Services P Ltd. 

1/1B, Choudhary Hetram House, Bharat Nagar  

New Friends Colony, New Delhi 110 025 

Phone Nos.: 011- 4081 9900; 4081 9926

11. APPLICATION PROCESS:  

Interested candidates are requested to apply online by or before June 2, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Candidates are also requested to submit an updated resume and a cover letter of up to 300 words.

Mobile Creches is committed to safeguarding. All selected candidates shall be expected to comply with the organization’s safeguarding policy and related norms.