Assistant Manager, Program (NGO) Finance Jobs at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Full Time

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Are you ready to use your finance and accounting acumen to restore vision for millions of people in India? Would you like to work for an organization that is a pioneer in social impact practices?

VisionSpring is seeking a highly motivated, dynamic, and self-driven candidate who would like to have a challenging and meaningful career path in the field of finance, accounts, and social sector. Finance and Accounts are key focus areas at VisionSpring and require a proactive and dynamic approach. The candidate should be dedicated and sincere towards her/his work and should always be open to learning new things. The candidate should have in-depth subject matter knowledge, expertise, and experience. Timely and high-quality delivery of tasks would be essential and will be a key performance measurement criterion. S/he will be based out of Delhi NCR (Noida), India.

About You

• You value precision and easily keep track of the smallest details. Numbers are prepared on time, and you strive for accuracy. You create clarity for external parties – investors/donors, auditors, and vendors.
• You are analytical. You have project financing and grant management skills. You can read and understand budgets and financial statements, and you are quick to notice when line items do not add up.
• Your world needs to be predictable, so you make it so. Instinctively you adhere to routines and timelines, and help others appreciate the need for structure and repeatable processes. You are always looking for a better way to get recording and reporting done more efficiently.
• You can roll with punches. You recognize and expect that some weeks will be more intense than others. You are ready to deliver at the highest level to close the books every month, complete audits, and file taxes and compliances on time.
• You have a critical eye and are not afraid to be the first person to speak up if anything looks amiss. For you, organizational accountability is personal.
• Friends would describe you as trustworthy and structured, smart with low ego, resilient, and highly ethical.

About Us

• We are creating access to eyeglasses for low-income people. Clear vision creates opportunities for increased learning, work, safety, civic participation, and quality of life.
• As a social organisation, social change motivates us first. Our focus is on advancing our mission objectives – to increase functioning, productivity, and income earning potential for our low-income people by correcting impaired vision with eyeglasses.
• We are working to transform the systemic dysfunction which has failed to deliver eyeglasses – a 700-year-old technology – to approximately 55 Crore people in India in need of vision correction.
• We serve low-income people who are more than beneficiaries for us. Our beneficiaries expect high-quality eye-screenings and eyeglasses.
• To efficiently scale, we must deliver each new unit with less cost.
• We run our operations on metrics and social impact measures. We leverage a range of organizational forms and practices to get the work done.
• We believe in scaling our impact, not our organization. We are a lean team of doers.

What You’ll Do

• Work on project and activity-based accounting and grant management.
• Analyse financial data for purposes of timely monitoring of progress/performance, tracking project expenses, financial outlook, and forecasting.
• Support active financial management and donor reporting.
• Prepare monthly and year-end financial reports, including balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and profit and loss statements.
• Manage the financial recording of all grants and ensure the accurate coding of expenses assigned to such grants.
• Ensure proper expense control, inventory management, and document/bill verification.
• Ensure grant requests and grant utilisation certificates are sent as per timelines.
• Ensure timely completion of internal and statutory (external) audits.
• Ensure all statutory compliances are followed.
• Ensure Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and its associated compliances are strictly followed.
• Be responsible for accounting of multiple projects with varying degree of complexity.
• Conduct regular meetings with program teams to discuss variance reports.
• Prepare budgets, cash flows, MOUs/Agreements, and financial proposals.
• Issuing and monitoring project advances and keeping a tab of project spends.
• Conceive and write organisational policies and manuals and oversee their strict implementation and compliance.
• Prepare MIS and dashboards.

Requirements

• 8 to 12 years of work experience.
• Educational qualification: CA and/or MBA in Finance.
• Sound knowledge and experience in managing projects in the development/social sector.
• Sound knowledge of and experience in FCRA and NGO accounting is preferred.
• Experience working on SAP and/or any other similar ERP system.
• Flexibility to attend regular calls with international donors outside normal office hours.
• Willingness to travel as and when required.
• Should be self-motivated.
• Should have good communication skills.

Compensation And Benefits

• Salary based on experience and education.
• Competitive benefits, including health insurance and generous vacation time.

To Apply

• Please submit a complete application, including a thoughtful cover letter and resume/CV, to: [email protected]. Include your name and “Assistant Manager, Program Finance” in the subject line.
• Only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.
• VisionSpring is an Equal Opportunity Employer.