About the role:
We are seeking a highly analytical and driven Senior Associate to join our Strategic Finance & Corporate Development team in Mumbai. This is a high-visibility role that will drive critical business decisions, capital allocation, strategic special projects, long-term planning, and M&A activity. You’ll work closely with senior leaders across the company, helping shape the company’s growth trajectory and financial strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish and manage companywide OKRs, and partner with stakeholders to analyze, monitor, and improve metrics.
- Support capital allocation decisions through KPI analysis and business cases for significant investments such as sales & marketing, new product, market expansion, licenses etc.
- Identify cost efficiencies in collaboration 7with cross-functional teams and partner with them to drive execution.
- Support adhoc requests and problem-solving with a short turnaround time and supplement such requests with appropriate analysis to drive decision making.
- Strengthen M&A strategy and source and exeucte deals based on strategic business objectives e.g., license footprint, product/ market expansion, critical tech etc.
- Support on due diligence workstreams (financial, commercial, regulatory), deal negotiation, structuring, and closing.
- Contribute to board materials, investor materials, and other external materials to advise investors and other key partners on overall company financial health.
- Support financing opportunities, including assisting with due diligence and financial analyses for investors.
Requirements:
- MBA from a Tier 1 or a Chartered Accountant or a CFA with strong academic credentials would be an added advantage.
- 3-4+ years’ experience in investment banking, investing, consulting, equity research, and/or business/ corporate finance.
- Exposure to fintech, payments, or technology is a plus.
- Ability to distill complex financial data into actionable insights and effectively communicate with leadership.
- High degree of ownership, proactivity, and a bias for action.
- Advanced modeling skills, including building detailed product P&Ls and operating models.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, work independently in ambiguous environments, and deliver under tight deadlines.
- Ability to work independently with the Head of Corp Dev and CFO from time to time on specific projects.
- Excellent presentation and data synthesis skills with attention to detail and the ability to quickly absorb and interpret large datasets.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, and ability to manage multi-stakeholder environments.
- Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); familiarity with financial planning or BI tools (e.g., Tableau) is a plus.
Skills Required
- MBA from a Tier 1 or Chartered Accountant or CFA
- 3-4+ years' experience in investment banking, investing, consulting, equity research, and/or corporate finance
- Exposure to fintech, payments, or technology
- Advanced modeling skills including product P&Ls
- Proficiency in MS Office tools
- Familiarity with financial planning or BI tools like Tableau
Nium Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nium and has not been reviewed or approved by Nium.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered market-competitive in certain tech and sales roles and higher‑paying geographies, with upside evident for specific functions and seniority. Signals of strong totals in U.S. engineering/product and top‑end sales support a generally favorable footing.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials and external listings describe comprehensive health coverage and 24×7 assistance support aligned with a modern fintech package. These elements are positioned as core parts of the global offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous parental leave, standard PTO, and a company‑wide year‑end shutdown expand time‑off support beyond basics. Public career materials and job ads consistently reference these components.
Nium Insights
What We Do
Nium is an advanced payments platform redefining the way consumers and businesses send, spend, and receive funds across borders. Nium’s goal is to make the movement of money seamless through being a universal plug for financial services. The company uses agile, elegant, and modular solutions for complex business problems. Be it an Individual, new-age digital bank, or a traditional industry behemoth, Nium prides itself on creating financial infrastructure for every level of sophistication. Nium’s key solutions: • Pay-ins • Pay-outs • Card issuance • Banking-as-a-service • Crypto-as-a-service We are a global leader in B2B modern money movement • Launched the world’s first global platform for crypto-as-a-service • $280M Funding • Series D • $2B Valuation o 130+M End customers o 190+ Payout markets o 100+ Supported currencies • Named on CB Insight’s Fintech 250 List • Financial Times’ List of Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies 2021 • Fintech Employer of the Year’ at the 2021 Singapore Fintech Festival • Best B2B Payment Platform’ at the 2021 Future Digital Awards
Why Work With Us
We, at Nium, are on a mission to transform modern money movement. We are driven by our co-created values of "seek the simple", "make it better" and "win it together". These aren't just buzzwords; they're how we do business every day and owned by each and every employee at Nium. We create new rules and new possibilities for a world of open money.
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