MicroEnergy Credits - VP - Finance

Role: VP Finance

Dated: January 24, 2014

Reports to: CEO

Location: Mumbai, India

About MicroEnergy Credits

MicroEnergy Credits is a social enterprise that enables greater access to clean energy for poor people around the world by tapping the carbon market to expand access to capital. By helping microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide microloans for clean energy technologies, those in the greatest need can purchase solar lighting for their home or business, and smoke-free stoves for their kitchens. With microfinance, clean energy technologies become more affordable than wood or fossil fuels while offering a cleaner, safer and more efficient energy source. More than 200,000 households have already adopted clean energy as a result of MEC's financing program in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Opportunity:

- MicroEnergy Credits offers a rare opportunity to work in a lean fast growing, early stage company in the social enterprise space

- As the VP of Finance you will report to the CEO

- You will be responsible for managing the MEC business plan and investment mobilization process

- You will play a key role in establishing and maintaining highest standard of corporate governance practices

- You will manage legal, human resources and bookkeeping functions

- You will work with program managers to support excellent financial modeling of business opportunities

- You will manage a professional and client oriented interaction with key external stakeholders, including current and potential investors, counsel, auditors, banks and accountants

- You will manage a reliable and efficient payroll, expense and budgeting operation serving global team members

Responsibilities:

- Manage capitalization for global organization, ensure that finances do not interfere with operations

- Manage the business plan, update with actuals

- Develop financial reports for investors

- Respond to due diligence requests and conduct sensitivity analyses

- Manage investor financial reporting requirements

- Manage bookkeeping in QuickBooks for multiple projects

- Manage external audit process

- Report to Board on corporate governance

- Manage payroll and expenses

- Manage office logistics

- Manage banking relationships and bank accounts

- Manage budgeting and planning

Qualifications:

- Quickbooks

- Financial modeling in Excel, conducting sensitivity analysis

- Investor communications skills

- 3+ years corporate finance experience for startup companies

- Familiarity with both US and Indian business regulations and tax environment, Experience with East African business environment a plus.

- CPA a plus

- Management consulting experience a plus

- Legal experience a plus

- Bachelor’s degree in finance or business or MBA

- Familiarity with investment arena, social investment arena preferred.

- Familiarity with clean energy, microfinance and the carbon markets preferred

- Superior written and oral communication skills and attention to detail, combined with highly organized and professional work style

- A professional and resourceful style with the ability to work independently and as a team player, to take initiative, manage multiple projects simultaneously

- Comfortable working in a small, rapidly-growing organization

- Committed to social mission

Compensation:

- As a rapidly growing startup, MEC is committed to providing a reasonable cash compensation, commensurate with experience, complemented by generous equity and performance bonus.