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title: 'Finance Manager at Passage'
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# Finance Manager at Passage

- **Company:** Passage
- **Location:** Gurgaon, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/passage/86ff7a5d-1a3f-4a25-b614-9b942bcfbc4b

## Job description

## Who we are

Imagine a world where your birthplace doesn’t limit your dreams. That’s what Passage is here to create. We aren’t just a bridge of financial support; we connect families all around the world to life-changing opportunities. We believe in a future where deserving students can pursue their dreams and ambitions – even if their parents don’t have money. Our mission is bold but simple: by 2030, we aim to dismantle the barriers preventing brilliant minds from accessing the opportunities they deserve. Starting with financial barriers, we’re offering loans to international students and refugees, helping them pursue better education in Canada and unlock a world of possibilities – not just for themselves, but for their families and future generations, too.

## Who you are

We’re looking for an exceptional finance professional with a CA (ICAI) or CPA designation and 3–5 years of progressive post-qualification experience in accounting and finance. You’ll work directly with the finance lead at our Canadian head office and take meaningful ownership of accounting, reporting, compliance and filings. You will own the global books, which span multiple subsidiaries and require consolidation. We need someone we can trust to run the accounting, close the month, get the numbers right, and keep the company compliant across every jurisdiction we operate in. As the business grows, you’ll be the person the finance lead relies on to make sure the financial foundation is sound. We are a small team, so you will work without much structure and build a lot of it yourself. We’re looking for someone who is careful, dependable and takes pride in accurate, timely reporting – and who wants to grow their scope as the company scales. Because you’ll be collaborating closely with the Canadian head office across a 9.5–10.5 hour time difference, extended or shifted hours are likely. Strong written communication and comfort working asynchronously are essential.

## What you will do

You’ll take full ownership of core accounting, reporting, compliance and filings, with exposure across audit, internal controls, and cross-functional initiatives that support our product and growth.

Accounting & Financial reporting

- Lead day-to-day accounting operations and month-end close
- Prepare monthly financial statements under IFRS and support external audit
- Maintain and document accounting policies, memos, and reconciliations
- Build and scale internal controls, systems, and reporting infrastructure

Compliance & Filings

- Work with the Canadian head office on statutory, tax and regulatory filings, with the expectation of leading these over time
- Maintain the compliance calendar and ensure deadlines are met across jurisdictions

Finance Operations

- Design and manage finance-related processes integrated with our product
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate manual workflows
- Run day-to-day financial operations, including payroll, vendor payments and banking across entities

Strategic Reporting & Analysis

- Partner with the finance lead on investor and board reporting
- Support strategic decision-making while preparing and maintaining critical source-of-truth datasets across accounting, operations, and lending
- Build tools and frameworks to track KPIs, unit economics, and cash flow

You’ll also be a key contributor to long-term projects like audit readiness, financial model development, and future financing events – with increasing ownership based on performance.

## Qualifications

- CA (ICAI) or CPA designation with 3–5 years of post-qualification experience, ideally starting in Big 4 audit
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting under IFRS or equivalent
- Comfort working independently in Excel and building reporting from scratch
- Strong written English and the ability to work effectively across time zones

Nice to Haves

- Experience in financial services, lending, NBFC or fintech, or structured credit
- Experience with expected credit loss (IFRS 9 or equivalent) modelling and reporting
- Exposure to Indian/Canadian tax and regulatory filings (e.g. HST, SR&ED, CRA correspondence)
- Experience reporting to a foreign parent or head office
- Exposure to FP&A, financial modelling, or investor reporting
- Experience building and/or testing internal controls
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Looker Studio)

Ready to join us? We’re on a mission to make the world a fairer place, one student at a time. If you’re excited to work hard, innovate fearlessly, and collaborate with a high-energy team striving for global impact, we’d love to meet you. Note: This role is based in Gurgaon, India, and requires a five-day-a-week in-office commitment. You will work directly with the finance lead at our Canadian head office, and extended or shifted hours are likely given the time difference. Applicants must be willing to relocate to the Delhi NCR area if they’re not already there. Let’s help shape a future where every dream can thrive – no matter where it begins.

## About Passage

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Passage is a Talent Success Platform that matches international students with PGWP-eligible Canadian programs aligned with labour-market shortages, finances tuition and living costs, and supports students through graduation and employment.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Martin Basiri (CEO), Saif Iqbal (CTO) [ca.linkedin.com](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/passagehq)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Education technology and student finance
- **Target customers**: International students from 100+ countries seeking Canadian education and post-graduation work pathways; Canadian public colleges and universities (DLIs)
- **Mission**: "A public commitment to change one million lives by the start of 2030" [passage.com](https://www.passage.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Match**: AI-guided intake platform that routes international talent into Canadian programs aligned with verified Government of Canada labour shortages, screened for PGWP eligibility [passage.com](https://www.passage.com/)
- **Finance**: Loans up to C$65,000 at 11.95% fixed APR for tuition and first-year living costs, underwritten using program, profile, and outcome signals rather than traditional credit history [passage.com](https://www.passage.com/)
- **Stay**: End-to-end support from pre-arrival study-permit guidance through on-the-ground academic and settlement help, job search, and PGWP-eligible placement [passage.com](https://www.passage.com/)
- **Afghan Program**: A dedicated initiative launched in 2024 to fund and admit up to 100 Afghan women through Canadian university and college programs [passage.com](https://www.passage.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not disclosed; team size of ~16 employees (as of early 2026) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/passage-passagecom)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in available sources
- **Growth Signals**: Launched in 2023 with first cohorts arriving in 2024; active hiring across operations, finance, and engineering globally; expansion into onshore and offshore pathways for students from Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Latin America [passage.com](https://www.passage.com/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated model**: Combines matching, financing, and post-graduation support in one platform – unlike loan-only or recruitment-only alternatives.
- **Alternative underwriting**: Uses education and outcome signals instead of cross-border credit history, enabling financing for students traditionally priced out.
- **Labour-market alignment**: Programs selected based on verified Canadian shortages, increasing employability and PGWP success.
- **AI-driven consistency**: Policy enforcement, document validation, and audit trails ensure every applicant receives the same care [passage.com](https://www.passage.com/).

## Strategic Focus
- Scale the platform to serve more international talent and expand the network of Canadian partner institutions.
- Grow the lending book while maintaining low default rates via outcome-linked financial model.
- Build technology infrastructure (data platform, engineering) to support automated intake and policy application.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven**: Direct, measurable impact on access to education and career opportunities for underserved international talent.
- **Small, ambitious team**: 16 employees in Toronto with a flat structure; roles in product, operations, finance, and law [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/passage-passagecom).
- **Work policy**: Hybrid/on-site at Toronto HQ for most roles; some remote positions available for global acquisition coordinators and growth leads in specific regions [passage.com](https://www.passage.com/).
- **Open roles**: Currently hiring for Business Operations Associate, Credit Strategy Analyst, Director of Data, Principal/Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Staff Analytics Engineer, and global growth/acquisition roles [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/passage-passagecom/jobs).
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on using AI to automate repetitive tasks so the team focuses on human-centric support; modern stack with data-driven decision-making.

## Sources
1. [passage.com](https://www.passage.com/)
2. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/passage-passagecom)
3. [ca.linkedin.com](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/passagehq)

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