Senior Manager – Internal Controls, Compliances & Systems

• Review financial transactions, supporting documents, approvals and accounting treatment.
• Conduct periodic transaction and exception-based reviews to identify discrepancies, unusual transactions, duplicate or unsupported expenditure and control weaknesses.
• Review reconciliations, advances, payables, receivables and other financial balances.
• Strengthen internal controls, segregation of duties and approval processes.
• Ensure corrections and adjustments are appropriately supported, approved and documented.
• Escalate significant discrepancies, control concerns or unusual transactions to the appropriate level.

• Monitor applicable statutory, taxation and financial compliance requirements, including TDS, GST and other relevant obligations.
• Maintain compliance trackers and support timely filings and documentation.
• Coordinate with statutory, internal and donor auditors and provide required schedules and supporting documents.
• Follow up on audit observations and agreed corrective actions.
• Strengthen audit trails and overall audit readiness.

• Review financial information for accuracy, completeness and consistency.
• Report on trends, financial analysis, expenditure, budget utilisation and significant variances.
• Prepare exception reports and management information as required.
• Use financial data to identify trends, risks and areas requiring management attention.
• Support management with clear and timely financial analysis.

• Support the annual organisational budgeting process and work with programme and operational teams to develop realistic budgets.
• Review budget assumptions and identify financial risks or unrealistic estimates.
• Support periodic forecasting and re-forecasting.
• Identify significant variances and work with budget holders to understand their causes.
• Provide financial inputs for organisational planning and decision-making.

• Work confidently with accounting systems and ERP.
• Understand transaction flows and their impact on financial reports.
• Review system-generated reports, ledgers, vouchers and transaction histories.
• Use Google Sheets and Excel confidently for reconciliation, analysis and reporting, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables and data validation.
• Identify opportunities to improve system controls, automate repetitive processes and reduce manual work.

• Review finance processes and identify gaps, duplication, bottlenecks and unnecessary manual work.
• Strengthen and develop SOPs, checklists, approval workflows and documentation.
• Support standardisation and digitalisation of finance processes.
• Promote processes that improve accuracy, transparency, efficiency and auditability.

• Work closely with the Finance & Accounts team and provide technical guidance on accounting, controls, compliance and systems.
• Support team development, knowledge sharing and cross-training.
• Work with programme, procurement, HR, administration and other teams on finance-related matters.
• Encourage a culture of accuracy, accountability and timely resolution of financial issues.
• Be comfortable questioning transactions or processes that appear inconsistent, unsupported or inappropriate.

• CA / CMA or equivalent qualification.
• 7–10 years of relevant experience in finance and accounting.
• Experience in financial controls, compliance, reporting and team coordination.
• Strong practical experience with accounting systems and spreadsheets.
• Experience in NGOs, development organisations, donor-funded programmes or other multi-project environments. 

• Stronger financial controls and timely identification of discrepancies.
• Improved compliance and audit readiness.
• Better quality and reliability of financial information.
• More effective use of ERP, Tally and financial data.
• Streamlined and better-documented finance processes.
• Improved capability and accountability within the Finance team.

Note: Milaan is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, and evaluate all candidates based on merit.Control .