Job Description
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Job title
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Manager – Accounting & Compliances
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Grade
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4
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Location
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Delhi
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Reporting to
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Director – Finance & IT
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No. of Positions
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1
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Contract Duration
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Three years
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About WaterAid India:
Jal Seva Charitable Foundation (JSCF) is registered in India as a not-for-profit company under Chapter 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. JSCF, is an associate member of the WaterAid federation and uses the brand name ‘WaterAid’ in India.
WaterAid India seeks to improve the quality of life of 5,000,000 households – with a special emphasis on the vulnerable by 2029 through the provision of climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services via demonstration, institution strengthening, and the effective utilization of public resources. We work in rural and urban areas and seek to deepen our presence in states we operate in and to work in small towns. Thanks to our amazing supporters, we have reached millions of people with these three essentials – clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene – enabling communities to unlock their potential to break free from the cycle of poverty and to change lives for good.
We will not stop. Not until clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene are a normal part of everyday life for everyone, everywhere.
WaterAid India’s (WAI) country office is based in New Delhi with State Offices in Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna and Raipur. We currently have a presence in ten states in the country.
WAI’s Programme focus in the next five years is on ensuring access to safe and assured drinking water in the households, as well as safely managed sanitation at both the household and habitation level. Further, we seek to ensure that anganwadi’s, schools and health care facilities have adequate and appropriate water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure. Finally, we seek to create integrated water and sanitation solutions in small towns. In all of these efforts, ensuring climate resilience of infrastructure and systems is critical. We seek to do this through demonstration and the provision of technical and knowledge support to governments at all levels who can facilitate adoption on scale. Implementation is primarily through our own field teams. Further details about WAI can be accessed at https://www.wateraid.org/in/
Roles & Responsibility: -
1. Financial Management & Planning:
Establish accounting systems and culture to ensure
- Books of accounts (Head Office and State Offices) are updated on regular and timely basis by handling all activities of the monthly and yearly closures
- Verification of payment processing for legal and accounting issues, month-end checklist, and timely closures
- Internal control systems at the Head Office and State Offices for payments, procurements, and fixed assets management
- Review and update existing financial manual through financial monitoring of the processes of State Offices.
- Ensure that all third-party accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis
- Responsible for day-to-day administration of Tally System.
Compliance & Audit:
- Ensure complete and timely compliance with requirements and filings related to The Companies Act, Income Tax, FCRA and other applicable statutory regulations.
- Independently manage the Statutory audit, IFC Audit and other regulatory audits for the organization which includes developing ToR of the audit firm, liaising with the auditors and ensuring that the audit is closed on time.
- Provide necessary support during internal audits.
- Ensure audit preparedness by
- Digitalization of finance data
- Physical archiving by handing over a list of files verification of physical data storage by the vendor
- Retrieval of data (both soft and hard data)
- Ensure payroll and statutory compliance by doing the following:
- Monitoring of timely TDS deduction and deposit & ensure timely filing of quarterly returns of TDS
- Coordination for providing the data to the vendor
- Receiving, distribution, and resolving queries related to form 16A
- Closure of queries
- Signature digitalisation
- FCRA return filling
- Ensuring timely signatures and timely submission
- Ensuring timely processing of TDS and PF submission, as per GOI timelines
- Filing of income tax returns, preparing for assessment of income tax cases and ensure compliance all Income Tax related requirements
3. Others:
- Liaise with WA UK and other federation members for settlement of their account.
- Orient the staff (both finance and non-finance) on the finance policies, systems and procedures.
- Ensure that enough liquidity is maintained at all times both at HO and state office levels
- Preparation of vendor contracts and maintain a centralized database of contracts
- Liaise with lawyers and other legal consultants
- Web banking automation and maintaining bank relationships for Head Office and State Offices
Eligibility and Qualifications:
Qualification/Experience:
- Qualified Chartered Accountant /M. Com / MBA (Finance) from reputed university/ institute
- Experience of 12-15 years of work experience with at least 7-8 years of work experience in the development sector
Skills, Aptitude and Attitude:
- Thorough knowledge of FCRA Act & Regulations and Income Tax Act. Working knowledge of The Companies Act
- IT literate and have good knowledge of Excel, Word & Power point (MS Office in general).
- Hands on operational knowledge of working on/customising accounting software’s/packages.
- Experience of developing and using monitoring and reporting systems.
- Ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment.
- Highly numerate, strong accounting knowledge, and analytical/problem solving skills.
- Ability to coach both finance and non-finance people on financial topics including budgeting & internal controls.
- Familiarity with TALLY Accounting system would be an added advantage
- Fluency in speaking, writing, reading English and Hindi.
WaterAid India (Jal Seva Charitable Foundation) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. All recruitment decisions are made purely based on merit, qualifications and alignment with the role and organizational values - without discrimination on the basis of caste, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected under Indian law.
All hiring is conducted directly by our internal team and via official communication channels, and we do not authorize any third party, individual, agency or external consultant to act on our behalf in any capacity related to recruitment. We do not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process including application, interview, selection or onboarding. Any communication claiming to offer employment with WaterAid India in exchange for money or through unauthorized channels should be considered fraudulent. WaterAid India will not be responsible for any loss or damage incurred by responding to such unofficial communication.
WaterAid India (Jal Seva Charitable Foundation) is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. WaterAid India expects all staff, volunteers, vendors and anyone representing WaterAid to share this commitment through our code of conduct and the Safeguarding policy.
If you come across any suspicious recruitment posts in our name on social media pages or WhatsApp groups or receive such emails, calls, or messages on any medium, please verify them by writing to us at waindiahr@wateraid.org. We reserve the right to initiate legal action against individuals or entities misrepresenting the organization or engaging in recruitment-related fraud.