Elevation jobs in Mumbai, Maharashtra

Introduction

$11 trillion of money flows every year between companies in India. It typically takes avg. 70 days for a business to get paid, and it’s increasing 5% every year. Formal funding options are limited, and cover < 5% of the addressable market.

We are building India’s largest B2B Payments Platform that transforms how businesses pay and get paid. The platform already processes INR 20,000+ Crores of invoices every month, across 300,000 MSMEs and 1200+ corporates; with 30+ lenders plugged in for credit. Globally, companies in this space, like Coupa, Bill.com, Melio, C2FO, Tipalti, have witnessed tremendous success over the past decade doing $ Billion+ disbursements weekly and cumulatively valued over $50 Billion.

You will join our core team that currently consists of ex-BCG and ISB / IIM alumni with a team of industry veterans serving on the advisory board. We are backed by Elevation Capital (one of the most successful VCs in India) and General Catalyst ($15 Billion+ global fund, and early investors in Stripe, Airbnb etc.). We share our lineage with HCS, a 25 year old investment bank and a registered NBFC. We are a team of passionate problem solvers and we’re building a technology company with a strong product innovation mindset.

We are looking for someone who loves a challenge, is ambitious, super tenacious and persistent. S/he is a self-starter, thrives in a dynamic, small start-up environment, has a knack for understanding customer needs, and is result-oriented. If you check these boxes - we want to talk to you!

The opportunity:

• Solve a complex $100+ billion problem at the cutting edge of Fintech innovation, and make a tangible difference to the small business landscape in India
• Join a high performance, dynamic and collaborative work environment that throws new challenges on a daily basis
• Build a business ground-up - be part of the founder’s office, work directly with them for driving company’s success

• Grow into a business leader role within the organisation

Key Role and Responsibilities:

• Undertake key capability building and growth initiatives for the company from time to time depending on business priorities - execute select initiatives end-to-end
• Work with different functions from time to time to help them setup best-in-class processes
• Inform company’s business strategy – Continually evaluate market opportunities, business models, competing product propositions, key go – no-go decisions
• Provide decision support on new initiatives through data gathering and analysis, and presenting considerations to relevant stakeholders

• Over time, grow into a leadership role in the company

Skills/ Qualities Required:

• Entrepreneurial bent of mind: Someone who is looking to build a company ground up and is passionate about the SME lending space
• A First-principles thinker: Has ability to structure complex problems, analyse and synthesize available data and come up with practical and quality answers
• A “Figure things out” kind of person: If you are looking for a well-defined, structured role with fixed responsibilities we are probably not the right fit. We will expect you to come figure stuff out with us!
• Gets things done: Has the knack for getting the job done – A combination of grit, hustle and problem-solving skills to deliver results
• An Infinite Learner: Willing and able to rapidly learn new skills and adapt to new roles as and when required by the business. If you are not hungry to learn, we won't be a good fit. We want to be able to learn from you as well, so we'll love it if you come with some deep knowledge or domain expertise from a previous job

• An eternal optimist with a big imagination: Finally, we want someone who can imagine what the future would look like, and then push the boundaries of what’s possible to get there, not someone who finds a 100 ways of why it cannot be done

Preferred qualifications

• Graduate/Post Graduate degree from a Tier 1 institute, with 0 -1 years of execution experience in operational role and/or management consulting role
• Experience in program management and customer success
• Experience in leading initiatives and delivering results in time-bound manner

• Prior exposure to Financial services a plus