Author: minakshi
Company: sops

Arghyam

Position: Senior Finance Manager
Location: Bangalore

Thinking about giving back to society? Looking for an opportunity to do something meaningful and use your skills and experience to contribute to the lives of the disadvantaged? Come and join a team of like-minded individuals working together with people and groups across the country on the issue of water. 

Arghyam, a leading national charitable foundation has dedicated itself to the cause of the poorest citizens through the cause of water. Setup with a private endowment from writer and philanthropist Rohini Nilekani, Arghyam¡¦s mission is ¡§Safe, sustainable water for all¡¨. For more than 4 years now, Arghyam has been driving and supporting programs in rainwater harvesting, groundwater management, sanitation, drinking water programs, water quality etc. by working closely with NGOs in rural areas and civil society organizations. Being small and independent, Arghyam is highly flexible, with an ability to move quickly, absorb risk and support exciting, innovative ideas. Arghyam has partners in 14 states in more than 57 projects. 

As a result of our rapid growth, we are looking for a dynamic individual to join our team in Bangalore as Senior Finance Manager. 

Job Functions: 
The primary responsibility is to lead the finance/accounting function with secondary responsibility in general management overseeing HR, legal, and compliance activities with the help of consultants. This is a full time position reporting to the CEO.

The responsibilities include:

„« Budget and expenditures, variance, reporting, and recommendations.
„« Setup processes and guidelines for smooth functioning and internal control
„« Audits and statutory compliance. 
„« Financial approvals from the Board, timely highlighting financial issues to the Board
„« Perform general accounting functions, including operation of the general ledger system, journal entries, and month-end close work.
„« Support and assistance to the management for corpus fund planning including investments, monitoring, aligning with budgets, tax issues, and so on.
„« Interface with tax consultants, auditors, and financial advisors.
„« With help of external consultants, oversee HR activities and labour law compliance.
„« Assist the management with general legal/compliance issues with help of external consultants and make recommendations

Education:
A Bachelor¡¦s degree (in a related discipline is preferred) and MBA in finance/accounting is a must, preferably from a reputed University. CA or Company Secretary course is a plus.

Experience: 

Overall 10+ years of broad experience primarily in finance/accounting and secondarily in general management overseeing HR, legal, compliance, etc. Experience working for organizations in the development/non-profit sector is preferred.

Required Skills:
„« Experience handling large investments and maximizing returns
„« Strong understanding of accounting practices with experience in implementing processes and software tools
„« Track record of driving continuous productivity improvements
„« Tax accounting experience preferred
„« Some familiarity or exposure to general HR functions and labour laws
„« Experience in legal/statutory compliance functions
„« Highly detail oriented and organized
„« Ability to act and operate independently with minimal direction from management
„« Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, partner NGOs & external agencies 

Please send your resume to jobs@arghyam.org indicating the position ¡§Senior Finance Manager¡¨ in subject line.

For more information about Arghyam, visit www.arghyam.org, www.indiawaterportal.org