Opportunity and Role Description

About the company:
Who : Finance enthusiasts who are excited about working with numbers, accounts, and taxes, and have a high attention to detail

What : Bring high level of control and accuracy to Kraftshala’s finance related processes and our bookkeeping ledgers

Why : If you are interested in carrying out compliances and financials for a dynamic and fast-paced startup

About us – Kraftshala is one of the fastest-growing edtech companies with a mission to help a million students launch their careers in marketing, sales, and more. We’ve already launched thousands of careers in companies like Performics, Sokrati, GroupM, Nykaa, Tata Cliq, Coursera and are growing 3X year-on-year by building pay-after-placement programs that ensure our students are trained by industry experts who are passionate about injecting care in the higher education ecosystem. Kraftshala is backed by a number of eminent investors including ex-unicorn startup founders and CXOs of global giants.

What you will be doing:
As a part of the accounts team, you’d be supporting the management of the financial aspects of the firm with the following responsibilities

Tracking of all the receipts & payments and ensuring they are accurately recorded in the accounting books.

Carrying out monthly compliances of TDS, EPF and GST and quarterly filings of TDS and GST returns.

Monitoring financial transactions, reconciling the company’s bank statements and bookkeeping ledgers.

Reconciling and reporting any discrepancies found in the records

Preparing company’s financial reports such as balance sheet and income statement

Supporting the team with research, filings and maintaining accurate and complete financial records

Must-Have Skills:
2-3 years of experience in accounts and taxation (internships included). We are not too fussed about the number of years. Experience is simply a proxy for capability, which is what we really care for.

Comfort with numbers and an attention to detail to spot trends and misses

Experience in ERP/ Accounting systems (SAP) and Microsoft Excel

Understanding of Statutory compliances including TDS, GST, ROC rules and filings

Good-To-Haves:
Graduation in Finance/Commerce specialization

Pursuing CA or experience in a CA firm

What is the recruitment process:
As a small team (~75 folks), it’s imperative that we get to know each other before taking the leap. We want to ensure you succeed in your role within our team. Each conversation (telephonic/video conference) with us will last about 30-60 minutes. Typically the whole process takes between 5 – 15 business days depending on your and our schedules. The process will occur over telephonic calls, so you don’t need to worry about travel.

Technical Exercise: This is a specific assessment designed to evaluate your fit for this role

Technical conversation : This will be a telephonic call wherein you can expect to be evaluated on your functional skills and other competencies needed for the job (mentioned below).

Culture fit conversation : A conversation with our Founder/CEO to ensure that there is a fit with the Kraftshala Kode.

Extending an offer: If all goes well, we will extend an offer mentioning the relevant details.

Compensation & Schedule:
You should expect 3.6 – 5 L INR / annum as your salary depending on your past experience and competency level with a 90-10 split between fixed and variable.

Other benefits include flexible holiday schedules, access to mentors from across the industry, and a library of books and courses to further your professional/ personal life.

Location:
Delhi (Sarita Vihar)

More about the company:
At Kraftshala, we believe that higher education in India and across the globe lacks accountability to the students they are meant to serve, in large part because the people working in the system aren’t provided meaningful incentives to improve career outcomes for students. It’s also what keeps the best industry practitioners from getting involved in training, and in turn, perpetuating a culture of mediocrity.

We are trying to change that around by building pay-after-placement programs that ensure our students are trained by industry experts who are passionate about injecting care in the higher education ecosystem.

The problem we are solving is complex but critical to solve. We’d love to meet you if you’d like to play an active part in this solution.

Also, feel free to watch what our students have to say about the program here 🙂

Funding:
Kraftshala is backed by number of eminent investors, including

Phanindra Sama and Sudhakar Pasupunuri, co-founders at Redbus and early investors in unicorns like Unacademy

Amit Kumar Agarwal, Saurabh Garg and Akhil Gupta, co-founders at Nobroker.com (the world’s largest NoBrokerage Property Site and India’s first realty startup unicorn)

Sujayathi Ali, Co-founder at ShopUp and Voonik

Doreswamy Nandkishore (Former Fortune 100 CEO, Head of Asia, Oceania, Africa for Nestlé S.A. and Professor, ISB)

Pallav Jain and Sarfaraz Khimani (co-CEOs of Performics, India’s largest SEO/ performance marketing agencies)

What do we value (the Kraftshala Kode):
Like all good companies, we value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration. Our team’s distinctiveness comes from the following:

We seek a user-centric, value-additive mindset. People who start with the user and work backward, and take every opportunity to add value to their customers/ partners fit right in.

We believe speed matters enormously in business. We value people who have a bias for action and are willing to take calculated risks in the face of uncertainty.

We value problem solving skills. We look at problems objectively, solve for root causes, make decisions for long term good instead of short term gain, and don’t let processes get in the way of value addition.

We look for learning agility. We are a team of learners who like to read, talk to experts, and seek critical feedback to be better today than we were yesterday.

We respect ambition & courage to take on large goals. Self starters who demonstrate high ownership strengthen the backbone of our team.

We expect consistency and reliability. Predictability just makes everyone’s life a lot smoother.

We like people who are real, open and direct in communication, while still being empathetic.

We are practical optimists. Our team strongly believes in a better future & we enjoy playing our part to make that future a reality.