The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

 The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Manager - Finance & Operations

Location                     India

Regular/Temporary  Regular

OFFICE LOCATION

New Delhi, India.

A LITTLE ABOUT US

 ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW:  A PIONEER IN CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP

This is an exciting time at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) as we are shifting our strategy for greater impact in the world—seeking to address some of the most complex challenges facing people and nature—issues such as climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more resilient and sustainable.  

 Our Mission

TNC’s mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Rather than viewing development - including economic growth - and conservation as contradictory goals, TNC works to demonstrate how nature has value for people and development and how nature can provide enormous economic benefit. TNC envision a future where people and nature can flourish together.

Our Vision: A world where the diversity of life thrives, and people act to conserve nature for its own sake and its ability to fulfil our needs and enrich our lives.

The Conservancy Team: We achieve this through the dedicated efforts of our 3,800 diverse staff, including more than 600 scientists, all of whom support conservation in 70 countries and all 50 United States. We are striving to develop a workforce as diverse as the places where we work, and we have a deep commitment to diversity.

 Organizational History:

Established in 1951, TNC is the largest conservation organisation in the world, working in all 50 states in the United States and more than 75 countries including Brazil, Kenya and Indonesia. It was incorporated as a non-profit organization in the District of Columbia on October 22. TNC is science-based and in every place it works, and partner with governments, businesses and local communities. It has $6 billion total assets and roughly $1 billion that is generated annually and allows TNC to have a meaningful impact on the greatest challenges countries may face. TNC is advancing its mission by protecting and restoring rivers, landscapes and oceans for people and their development at an unprecedented scale; it is transforming the way humanity uses the Earth’s natural resources to sustain ourselves.

 

PRANA Project:
TNC USA has been successful in securing a significant grant from the Bezos Earth Fund for the Promoting Regenerative and No-burn Agriculture (PRANA) Project in India.  The expected outcomes for the successful delivery of the project over three years are as follows:

·         At least 6 million tonnes of CO2-e mitigation through the elimination of burning on 1 million hectares of cropland (half the area currently burned)

·         At least 250,000 farmers adopt zero-burning cropping systems

·         500 billion litres of water saved from enhanced soil health and agronomy

·         A pilot financial instrument that incentivizes farmers to adopt no-burn practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

 

Position Summary

We seek  Manager- Finance & Operations who will be responsible for leading and managing initiatives across the organization to analyze, evaluate, create, and/or improve business processes and business outcomes. They will assist in setting the strategic direction, managing the project portfolio, and setting a communication plan for a team or program.  The position is based in New Delhi. S/he reports to Senior Director with a dotted line reporting to Director Operations. This is a 3-year project-based position with possibility for renewal subject to funding and project extensions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

·         Bachelor’s degree and 7 years related experience or equivalent combination, including 2 years in process management;

·         Experience developing and managing multiple cross-functional projects;

·         Experience with current and evolving technology and tools related to business process management;

Vital Strategies

 Vital Strategies

Position Description

Financial Controller

Location         India

Department    Finance

Openings        1

 

Job Brief

Financial Controller

Vital Strategies is an international public health organization. Our programs strengthen public health systems and address the world’s leading causes of illness, injury, and death. We currently work in 73 countries, supporting data-driven decision making in government, advancing evidence-based public health policies, and mounting strategic communication campaigns. Vital Strategies’ priorities are driven by the greatest potential to improve and save lives. They include non-communicable disease prevention, cardiovascular health promotion, tobacco control, road safety, obesity prevention, epidemic prevention, overdose prevention, environmental health, vital statistics systems building and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment research. Our programs are primarily concentrated in low-and middle-income countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific; The Overdose Prevention Program is our first initiative in the U.S. Please visit our website at www.vitalstrategies.org to find out more about our work.

Vital Strategies offers highly competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. Vital welcomes and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. As such, our commitment is to promote equal employment opportunities (EEO) for all applicants seeking employment.

About the Role:
 

Vital Strategies will be opening a new company office in India and this role will have responsibility for all financial and fiscal management of the local company operations. The Financial Controller will provide leadership and coordination in the business planning, finance, accounting, forecasting, budgeting, tax, and compliance efforts of the company. The Financial Controller will also be a key member of the India Senior Management team and will supervise the finance unit in India.

 

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Strategy & Leadership

·         Participate in key decisions as a member of the Sr. Management Team

·         Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic business plans with focus on financial and tax strategies; develop performance measures that support the company's strategic direction and funding

·         Maintain in-depth relations with all members of the India management team, NY SVP of Finance, International Finance Officer and CFO

·         Supervise the India finance & accounting team ensuring the department is staffed with qualified financial personnel and that there is support for the development of these team members

 

Finance, Accounting, Treasury

·         Oversee the accounting (payable, receivable, payroll, bank), compliance, legal, tax (TDS, GST, ITR), and treasury activities.

·         Oversees the general accounting function, which includes Billing/Credit/A/R, A/P, Bank accounting and operations, monthly closing, Audit, General Ledger Management, fixed assets, inter-company accounting, financial reporting, and balance sheet management

·         Manage the invoicing process with Headquarter and transfer pricing,

·         Manage reconciliation of Intercompany financial activities

·         Manage the capital request and budgeting processes

·         Prudent cash flow management, ensure timely payments, monitor cash balances and forecasts

·         Provide the Board and NY Finance team with financial reports

·         Manage any third parties to which functions have been outsourced

·         Oversee and ensure the company's transaction processing systems is compliant with Headquarter financial coding system (Program, department, …)

·         Implement operational best practices; establish a review process to continuously improve financial accounting practices, and related policies and procedures

·         Work closely with the local Operations Manager to update, implement, and provide guidance on finance-related business policies

·         Assumes principal responsibility for improving and standardizing financial consolidation and reporting processes across the company

·         Effectively communicate and present critical financial matters to the company director and Sr. Finance staff in NY

 

Financial Risk Management

·         Ensure the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements

·         Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile.

·         Develop, implement, and maintain internal control procedures to provide reasonable assurance

World Resources Institute (WRI)

 World Resources Institute (WRI)

SENIOR ASSOCIATE - FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

 Data Analysis & Technical Research  Mumbai, India

 Senior Associate - Finance & Accounting

 

Institution Overview

World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, non-profit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being. Our work focuses on building sustainable and livable cities and working towards a low carbon economy. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, World Resources Institute puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.

WRI India has the capacity to convene key stakeholders, and forge strategic partnerships with governments, business, foundations, civil society organizations, institutes and NGOs, to scale-up solutions that can bring game-changing results for the sustainable management of natural resources in India.

Overview for WRI India Operations 

WRI Operations team supports the crucial front-line work of the organization, they directly interact and work with Donors, Partners, Government agencies, Statutory bodies, Trustees, Vendors, and Consultants in fielding their inquiries, providing support at all the fronts and solving problems.   So that the WRI programs can be implemented without any hurdles and the program staff and researchers can develop high quality research documents, plans and implement the programs at the field level.     

WRI operations team consists of various functions such as Budget and Finance, Grants and Contracts, Legal Counsel, Human Resource, IT and Facilities management. Each role comes under the purview of operations and each function lead reports to the Director Operations and Director Operations report to the CEO of the Organization.

WRI Operations team strive for operational excellence across all functions starting with the recruitment, retention and management of WRI’s staff, our most important asset. We manage our endowment, the contributions entrusted to us, and our facilities in ways that are in line with our values and advance our mission. We maintain strict budgetary planning and financial controls to ensure that all contributions are managed in compliance with donors’ wishes.

Position Overview

The successful candidate will be expected to provide significant support to the Operations team in streamlining current practices and identifying innovative solutions to the India office. The job would involve analyzing financial information and prepare financial reports to determine or maintain record of assets, liabilities, balance sheet, tax liability, or other financial activities within an organization.

Responsibilities:

• Support in developing, maintaining, and analyzing budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare costs to actual costs.
• Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports

IPPF South Asia Regional Office (SARO)

  IPPF South Asia Regional Office (SARO)

Officer – Finance & Accounts

Closing date

17 January 2021

Job Description

Job Title: Officer – Finance and Accounts

Location:         New Delhi, India

Function:         Operations (Fixed Term Contract - Restricted Project)

Manager – Finance      -

1.         JOB PURPOSE

•           To assist and coordinate Finance activities/ processes in South Asia Region (SAR) for restricted and unrestricted projects, including budgeting, financial management and monitoring of Member Associations (MAs) in the Region.

•           To assist in building stronger Accounting systems, ensuring high level of accountability and transparency both at the IPPF South Asia Regional Office (SARO) and the Member Associations (MAs)

•           To ensure timely payments and maintenance of all accounting and other subsidiary books of accounts and records in order to ensure timely and accurate statutory compliance and reporting with respect to receipts and payments relating to operations of IPPF South Asia Regional Office (SARO).

2.         KEY TASKS

1.         Responsible for accounting activities and contribute to development of policies/ processes/ systems related to Financial Management and support in implement the same across the SAR, in terms of:

a.         Delivery of Services (including preparation of budgets, financial monitoring, report collation and review, and facilitating reviews/audits, as and when required);

b.         Deployment and stabilization of systems and processes;

c.         Quality;

d.         Cost; and

e.         Time

2.         These include:

A.        Project Management 

a.         Supporting in preparation, review and finalization of Annual Programme Budget of MAs in the Region.

b.         Providing needed support in preparing budgets for restricted and unrestricted grants.

c.         Coordinating for preparation, review and sign-off on Grants Agreements.

d.         Support in the process of fund allocation to the MAs.

e.         Support in monitoring utilization of unrestricted funds and restricted grant budgets by MAs.

f.          Undertaking reconciliation of MAs accounts.

g.         Provide assistance tothe MAs on financial management.

h.         Collating and reviewing half yearly and annual reports of unrestrictedand as well as financial reports for the restricted projects, submitted by the MAs, and share the same with the Manager

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII)

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII)

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) invites application for below mention post:

• DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 

• Education : CA/ MBA Finance/M. Com

• Experience & Skills :  For CA/ MBA (Finance) a total of 10 years of relevant experience.  For M. Com a total of 13 years of relevant experience  Excellent communication and presentation skills.  Command on English & Hindi.

National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP)

National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP)

National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) invites application for the post of Director (Finance and Administration)

• Designation: Director Finance & Administration
• Number of the post: 1
• PAY LEVEL: 13, 13A & 14 as per 7th Pay commission
• Period of Deputation likely for a tenure of 2 years or completion of project closure activities through NATIS or NAB, whichever is earlier.
• Essential Qualification : An officer from the Indian Audit & Accounts Service or from any organized Central Accounts Service (GP-A) under Central Government with 12 years minimum experience.
• Desirable Qualification : B.Com/ MBA/CA/ICWA/CIA in Finance & Human Resource Management with good academic record from a recognized university/ institution or equivalent.
• Age limit : Not above 52 years- The age limit would be relaxed by 3 years in exceptionally deserving cases
• Post qualification Experience : The candidate should have at least 12 years of experience and