Finance Managers
Social Alpha is hiring two Finance Managers specializing in FCRA Compliance & Assurance for Bangalore/Delhi. This crucial role ensures meticulous financial integrity and regulatory adherence for foreign-funded initiatives, verifying every rupee spent. Ideal for CAs with 7+ years in non-profit FCRA, this position safeguards trust and enables impactful innovation. Apply by August 2, 2025.
7/4/20253 min read
Social Alpha Seeks FCRA Compliance & Assurance Experts to Uphold Financial Integrity in Impact Innovation
Bangalore/Delhi, India – Social Alpha, a leading innovation and venture development platform, is actively seeking highly skilled Finance Managers specializing in FCRA Compliance & Assurance. This critical opportunity is for dedicated Chartered Accountants with extensive expertise in the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), passionate about ensuring the utmost financial integrity and regulatory adherence for all foreign-funded initiatives that fuel Social Alpha's mission.
About Social Alpha: Cultivating Solutions for Global Challenges
Established in 2016, Social Alpha stands at the forefront of impact-driven innovation, identifying, nurturing, and scaling solutions designed to tackle pressing social, economic, and environmental issues. As a non-profit entity, it provides an end-to-end support system for innovators, guiding their groundbreaking concepts from initial lab development through market introduction and ultimate integration within communities. Through strategic collaborations and deep community engagement, Social Alpha has effectively demonstrated how impactful innovations can be responsibly developed, de-risked, and deployed within the social sector by harmonizing the objectives of communities, markets, and the state.
The Opportunity: Anchoring Trust and Regulatory Soundness
Social Alpha is looking to onboard two highly principled and compliance-focused Finance Managers to serve as the foundational assurance and control pillars for all foreign-funded operations. This unique role deviates from standard transactional accounting duties. Instead, its core function is to meticulously verify, certify, and assure that every single rupee allocated from FCRA funds is accurate, fully compliant, justifiably spent, and comprehensively documented. This position is paramount in safeguarding regulatory adherence, fostering unwavering trust with program partners, and enabling the seamless execution of Social Alpha's mission-aligned endeavors.
Key Accountabilities: A Commitment to Rigor and Oversight
The chosen candidates will play an indispensable role by:
Ensuring FCRA Assurance & Fund Utilization: Independently validating that all expenditures from FCRA funds are programmatically justified, financially precise, supported by appropriate documentation, align with funding agreements and budgets, and strictly adhere to FCRA definitions and regulations. This includes the crucial task of reviewing and approving Utilization Certificates (UCs).
Strengthening Documentation & Audit Readiness: Developing and maintaining robust assurance checklists and verification protocols for every transaction, thereby creating comprehensive audit trails essential for FCRA inspections, statutory audits, and program partner reviews. They will also be responsible for validating statutory filings, such as Form FC-4, against fully reconciled documentation.
Implementing Internal Controls & Capacity Building: Crafting and implementing internal control processes in strict alignment with FCRA guidelines, conducting regular internal audits and reviews of fund usage, and educating internal teams on FCRA compliance prerequisites and documentation best practices.
Facilitating Governance & Reporting: Providing essential support to the CFO for compliance-related reporting to the board, statutory authorities, and program partners, and assisting with governance reviews and data preparation for key meetings and audits.
Candidate Profile: Qualifications & Essential Attributes
Social Alpha is seeking Chartered Accountants with profound and up-to-date knowledge of the FCRA Act 2010 and Rules 2011 (and subsequent amendments). Applicants should possess a minimum of 7 years of experience in non-profit financial management, with a significant emphasis on FCRA compliance and fund assurance.
Critical attributes for this role include:
Uncompromising integrity and an unwavering commitment to full compliance.
A highly analytical approach with meticulous attention to detail.
Sound judgment in navigating complex programmatic and financial considerations.
Exceptional interpersonal and cross-functional communication abilities.
Why Join Social Alpha? Be a Catalyst for Change
This opportunity offers a chance to:
Become an integral part of a mission-driven organization that is actively enabling transformative impact through cutting-edge innovation.
Thrive in a dynamic, values-led environment alongside a team of passionate and dedicated individuals.
Contribute significantly to shaping and upholding regulatory and financial best practices within the vital social sector.
Application Process
Social Alpha offers competitive remuneration that aligns with Indian philanthropy and social sector benchmarks, determined by experience and qualifications.
To apply: Please email your résumé to careers@socialalpha.org with the subject line: "Application for Finance Manager – FCRA Compliance & Assurance"
Location: The preferred candidates can be based in either Bangalore or Delhi.
Application Deadline: August 2, 2025
Social Alpha is dedicated to fostering a diverse team that mirrors the breadth of challenges it aims to address. If you are a compliance expert driven by the desire to create meaningful social impact, Social Alpha encourages your application.