As the Head of Finance for the Joint Venture University under the India Campus business, your role will involve being the finance leader for the JV, ensuring financial discipline, operational excellence, and informed decision-making at the campus level. You will also act as a strategic partner to the JV COO and campus leadership, supporting decisions on program mix, intake planning, pricing, cost structures, and scale-up initiatives. Reporting directly to the JV COO, you will work closely with the VP Finance, India Campus Business, to ensure alignment with portfolio-level strategy and governance. This position is ideal for a finance leader with strong execution skills, commercial thinking, and the ability to thrive in a JV and matrix environment. **Key Responsibilities:**
Campus Financial Strategy & Planning
Translate campus academic and growth plans into annual budgets and medium-term financial plans. - Support intake sizing, program launches, and cohort planning through financial analysis. - Contribute to campus-level strategy discussions with clear views on sustainability, breakeven, and return on investment. 2. Budgeting, Forecasting & Performance Management
Own annual budgeting and rolling forecasts for the JV. - Monitor performance against the plan; identify risks, opportunities, and corrective actions. - Track unit economics at the program and cohort level and drive margin improvement initiatives. 3. Business Partnering & Decision Support
Act as the primary finance partner to the JV COO and leadership team. - Support decisions on pricing, scholarships, faculty and infrastructure costs, and vendor engagements. - Evaluate the financial implications of new initiatives, partnerships, and operational changes. - Balance academic priorities with financial discipline and governance. 4. Accounting, Controls & Compliance
Oversee outsourced accounting firm managing day-to-day bookkeeping and statutory compliance. - Ensure timely monthly closes, accurate MIS, and adherence to accounting standards. - Maintain strong internal controls, approval workflows, and audit readiness. - Coordinate statutory, tax, and partner-university audits. - Ensure timely and accurate management of tax, regulatory, and secretarial compliances for the JV, coordinating with advisors and central teams as required. 5. Reporting, Governance & Stakeholder Management
Prepare financial reports and dashboards for JV management, partner universities, and India Campus Finance. - Ensure compliance with finance policies, approval matrices, and reporting standards. - Act as the first level of financial review for capex proposals, contracts, and commercial commitments. 6. Cash Flow & Scale Readiness
Manage cash flow planning, working capital, and funding requirements. - Support the efficient utilization of capital in line with JV agreements. - Work with central teams to implement common finance systems, tools, and reporting formats as the campus scales. As the ideal candidate for this role, you should be a Chartered Accountant with 812 years of post-qualification experience. You should have experience in a business-unit, campus, or single-entity finance leadership role, with exposure to education, services, infrastructure, or operations-heavy businesses preferred. Comfort working with outsourced accounting models and matrix reporting is desirable. **Core Capabilities:**
Strong operational finance foundation with growing strategic acumen. - Ability to influence business decisions through data and commercial insight. - Hands-on mindset with the ability to zoom out to campus-level economics. - High ownership, structure, and stakeholder-management skills. In this role, you will have the opportunity for end-to-end ownership of finance for the university JV, direct partnership with the JV COO and campus leadership, exposure to global university partners and structured JV governance, and a clear progression path as campuses and responsibilities scale. As the Head of Finance for the Joint Venture University under the India Campus business, your role will involve being the finance leader for the JV, ensuring financial discipline, operational excellence, and informed decision-making at the campus level. You will also act as a strategic partner to the JV COO and campus leadership, supporting decisions on program mix, intake planning, pricing, cost structures, and scale-up initiatives. Reporting directly to the JV COO, you will work closely with the VP Finance, India Campus Business, to ensure alignment with portfolio-level strategy and governance. This position is ideal for a finance leader with strong execution skills, commercial thinking, and the ability to thrive in a JV and matrix environment. **Key Responsibilities:**
Campus Financial Strategy & Planning
Translate campus academic and growth plans into annual budgets and medium-term financial plans. -
