Finance and Operations associate

Remuneration: 4,50,000 - 7,00,000 lakhs CTC per annum

Languages: Fluency in English and Hindi is required

Location: Remote (India). Preferably in Delhi, or in North India.

Terms of employment: 1 year, renewable based on deliverables and performance

Apply by: 15th September - applications assessed on a rolling basis - apply early if possible.

About Ansh

Around 500,000 newborns die in India every year. Most are low birthweight or premature babies. Kangaroo Mother Care — skin-to-skin contact, close monitoring, exclusive breastfeeding — reduces neonatal mortality by 33–50% and carries the WHO’s strongest possible recommendation. The evidence is settled. The problem is getting it to actually happen inside government systems and communities, at scale, consistently.

Ansh is dedicated to saving newborn lives by building healthcare capacity to implement Kangaroo Care in government systems in India. Our mission is to create a scalable and cost-effective model that implements and promotes Kangaroo Mother Care and other impact focused newborn care best practices.

Founded in 2023, we now have more than 170 on-ground full-time staff, 3 implementation partners, and 10 core team members delivering our programs in 15 District Hospitals. We estimate a neonatal mortality reduction of 33-50% as a result of Ansh programs, and GiveWell estimates our work saves one life per $2500. Now we’re expanding to new states, starting with Madhya Pradesh.

The role

This is the person who keeps the money, the paperwork and the logistics moving. Every hospital we launch needs equipment ordered and delivered, every field visit needs travel booked, every vendor needs to be paid on time, and every rupee needs to be recorded properly so we can account for it to our funders and to the government.

It is a hands-on junior role. You will spend real time on vouchers, reconciliations, quotes and booking confirmations. But you will be doing it inside a small team where the work is visible, where you will see how a nonprofit's finances actually hold together, and where there is room to grow into a broader finance or operations role as we scale into new states. We are looking for someone organised and dependable, who chases things until they are closed and who is comfortable saying when something does not add up.

Key responsibilities

Accounting and Financial Records

Maintain day-to-day books, vouchers, and supporting documentation in our accounting system.
Keep audit-ready records, including documentation required for FCRA and other statutory compliance.
Coordinate with our CA firm on TDS, GST, PF and ESI filings, and provide the schedules and backup they need.

Payments, Reimbursements and Procurement

Process vendor payments, staff reimbursements, and travel advances, and track them to closure.
Raise purchase orders, collect quotations, and prepare comparative statements for approval.
Keep the procurement tracker current so the programme team knows where their orders stand.
Follow up on deliveries of programme supplies such as KMC chairs, wraps, weighing scales, and thermometers to hospital sites.

Travel and Logistics

Book flights, trains, and accommodation for core team members, field visits, and visiting funders.
Apply the travel policy consistently and keep travel spend within budget.
Handle logistics for trainings, workshops, review meetings, and team offsites.

Budget and Grant Support

Track expenditure against budget lines and flag variances to the Operations Manager.
Pull together the numbers needed for donor financial reports and internal reviews.
Support implementation partner fund transfers and utilisation tracking.

General Office and Asset Management

Maintain the asset register across our office and hospital sites.
Manage insurance, subscriptions, licences, and renewals.

Candidate profile

We are looking for someone precise, reliable, and interested in routine work done well. You do not need prior nonprofit experience, but you do need to care about getting the details right.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
1 to 3 years of experience in accounts, finance, procurement, or operations. Strong freshers with relevant internships will be considered.
Working knowledge of an accounting system such as Tally, Zoho Books, or QuickBooks
Comfortable working in Excel or Google Sheets

Key Skills and Competencies

Attention to Detail: You notice when a figure is off, and you check rather than assume.
Follow-through: You track open items until they are closed, without being reminded.
Discretion: You will handle salary, vendor, and financial information, and you treat it as confidential.
Service Orientation: You see the rest of the team as people you are unblocking, not as requests in a queue.
Organisation: You can hold many small moving pieces at once without dropping them.

Desirable

Exposure to Indian nonprofit compliance, including FCRA, 12A and 80G, or Section 8 company requirements
Experience with vendor negotiation or bulk procurement
Familiarity with travel booking platforms and expense management tools

Reasons to apply

You will join a high impact organisation which is scaling rapidly.
You’ll have real ownership over things that matter.
A high-leverage, high-autonomy position in a young, ambitious, evidence-driven organisation with room for outsized personal impact as we scale.
You'll learn a lot about what it takes to run a health program inside the Indian public system.
The core team is small, takes the mission seriously, and is honest about what's going well and what isn't.
Your work will save lives. Reliable data and tools are what let Ansh's program team catch problems early and keep care on track.
Close work with a C-suite and a team that takes both the impact and its people seriously.
Competitive nonprofit compensation, health insurance, and flexibility in how you work.

Hiring Process

If this sounds exciting, please complete this application form by 15th September to confirm your interest in the role. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and progressing candidates to the next stage

Ansh is committed to equal opportunity. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and strongly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented in this sector. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, caste, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race.