MPOWER Financing

THE COMPANY

MPOWER’s borderless loans enable students from around the world to realize their full academic & career potential by attending top universities in the U.S and Canada. 

As a mission-oriented FinTech / EdTech company, we move extremely fast and leverage the latest technologies, global best practices, and heavy analytics to tackle one of the biggest challenges in financial inclusion. We’re backed by over $150 million in equity capital from top global investors, which enables our fast-growth and provides our company with financial stability and a clear path to an IPO over the coming years.

Our global team is composed of ex-management consultants, financial services and technology professionals, and other experts in their respective fields. We work hard, have fun, and believe greatly in our cause. For us, MPOWER’s mission of making this mission is personal.

As a member of our team, you’ll be challenged to think quickly, act autonomously, and constantly grow, creatively in an environment where fast change and exponential growth is the norm. ideation and implementation happens very quickly. We value feedback and emphasize personal and professional development by providing the resources you need to further your skills and grow with the company. MPOWER is committed to cultivating your strengths and curiosity and helping you make an immediate impact.

MPOWER has been named one of the best fintechs to work for by American Banker for the past 5 years in a row. We are honored to be nominated by multiple agencies and publications for our leadership in Tech, diversity and social impact. We pride ourselves on being a “growth company for grown-ups,” where there are no pool tables but rather great health, education, and maternity/paternity benefits instead. Our team diversity has been recognized as well; we’re one of the most diverse workforces in the world in terms of nationality, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, and educational background.

THIS IS A FULL-TIME POSITION, BASED IN OUR BENGALURU OFFICE 

THE ROLE 

You will be supporting the continued development of MPOWER’s values-centered culture and recruiting practice at our Bengaluru office. You will support the strategic and daily HR functions and activities, including Talent support for the global team. The successful candidate will have in-depth experience as a generalist in a fast-paced, results-driven growth stage company. Your responsibility will include but not limited to: 

• Serving as the advocate for all team members on HR and culture matters
• Suggesting and implementing initiatives to continually improve the efficiency of the Talent team and the organization, including developing Talent reporting and analytics initiatives
• Owning the end-to-end process of administering benefits, compensation/payroll, and performance management initiatives, 
• Collaborating with function leaders and team leads company-wide to encourage adherence to company-norms and practices to support growth of MPOWER’s values-based company culture 
• Ensuring legal compliance with applicable employment laws, updating guidelines and procedures as required

THE QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience as a Generalist role in a high-paced, fast-growth entrepreneurial and global environment
• Must have knowledge of statutory compliance – POSH/ EPFO/Bonus Act and S&E Act, FnF process, and others to ensure 100% audit adherence
• Able to work independently and utilize sound judgment and problem-solving skills
• Must have strong verbal, written, analytical, and interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to deal with confidential information and sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
• Must be detail-oriented, with excellent administrative and organizational skills

A passion for financial inclusion and access to higher education is a must, as well as comfort working with a global team across multiple time zones and locations!

In addition, you should be comfortable working in a fast growth environment, meaning a small agile team, fast-evolving roles and responsibilities, variable workload, tight deadlines, a high degree of autonomy, and 80-20 everything.