Senior leadership position in finance team

Senior Leadership Position in Finance Team - preferably having NGO experience.

Position Summary :

This Position is based in Mumbai and will independently manage the entire grant accounting and donor reporting function while supporting the Finance Manager for expense accounting and management.

The Position directly reports to the Chief Financial Officer based in Mumbai.

The incumbent will also work closely with the Lead Financial Controller to manage the Finance function productively and efficiently and will co-lead a team of seven finance professionals across Mumbai and Pune.

The Position requires close coordination with :

• Akanksha’s Donor relations team to manage donor budgets, reporting, audits and other requirements to ensure timely and seamless flow of donor information between the two functions
• HR for salary processing, though the monthly process is and will continue to be managed by the Finance manager
• IT to ensure tech integration and upgradation in the Finance function.

The Finance team at Akanksha uses Netsuite (NS) ERP for its accounting needs and an in-house developed Expense Management system for recording staff reimbursements and other purchase transactions. The NS system is also being integrated with a donor management system to meet data and reporting requirements of both team

This will entail overseeing :

○ Accurate accounting of payments and receipts including grants and donations under appropriate cost centres / donor codes

○ Generation of quarterly MIS reports on budget and grant utilizations

○ Interaction with budget heads to analyse and monitor trends of actual spends vs budgets

○ Compliance with Finance and other internal policies and procedures and

○ Timely payment of all statutory dues and adherence to related compliances

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Key Competencies :

Compensation : Competitive package that will depend on the prior work experience and profile of the candidate.