Water.org’s
Staff Accountant
Category: Full-time
Reports to: Senior
Manager, International Accounting
Location: Chennai or
Delhi, India (Chennai strongly preferred)
About
Water.org
1
in 9 people around the world lack access to safe water and 1 in 3 people don’t
have access to a toilet. We are working every day to change this. We are
Water.org. We’re here to bring water and sanitation to the world. We want to
make it safe, accessible and cost-effective because we believe that water is
the way to empowering a bright future that we can all share in, worldwide. We
are an international nonprofit organization based in Kansas City, Missouri that
has positively transformed millions of lives around the world through access to
safe water and sanitation. Founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, we pioneer
market-driven financial solutions to the global water crisis. For more than 25
years, we’ve been providing women hope, children health and families a future.
Summary
The
Staff Accountant within the Global Finance Team is primarily responsible for
supporting and coordinating the financial and accounting activities for an
assigned portfolio of grants, Water.org global offices, and, as needed, US
operations. The Staff Accountant will collaborate with global team members to
facilitate financial reporting, analysis, and management practices within our
global offices; resulting in enhanced efficiency and compliant practices. This
accountant will also partner closely with internal team members to support the
proposal and post-award grant administration, ensuring appropriate financial
management of grant funds. More broadly, they will work in close collaboration
with cross-departmental and cross-geographical stakeholders in support of the
financial success and accuracy of Water.org’s endeavors.
The Staff
Accountant is based in Chennai or Delhi, India (Chennai strongly preferred).
Key
Responsibilities
Global
Accounting Support and Facilitation (70%)
·
Collaborate
with finance and accounting leads in assigned global offices to ensure accurate
and timely recording of financial activity into the accounting system;
including offices expenses, general ledger, and reconciliations.
·
Assist
with reviews of monthly financial activity from all global office accounts and
completes required adjustments for accounting practices required for US GAAP.
·
Review
global current wires for accuracy and support wire processing accordingly.
·
Monitor,
review, and report on the financial activity of global offices relative to
annual budget.
·
Review
and reconcile foreign bank accounts for accuracy and proper reporting
processes.
·
Prepare
or assist in the preparation of month-end, quarter-end, and annual financial
reports.
·
Ensure
financial accountability and integrity of global office operations, as well as
adherence to Global Finance policies, procedures, and standards.
·
Provide
support to global offices for required audits as required.
·
Maintain
fiscal records, reports, and data for global offices as required.
·
Advise
financial professionals in global offices on best practices regarding general
accounting practices.
·
Identify
and recommend opportunities for financial process and practice enhancements.
·
Perform
other global accounting and finance related activities as assigned.
Grants
Collaboration and Coordination (20%)
·
In
collaboration with the Sr. Accountant, Grants, serve as primary Finance point
of contact for assigned private, public, and government grants.
·
In
collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders, develop forecasts and budgets
for grant proposals and ensure accurate representation of grant-supported
activities.
·
Produce
grant-related post-award functions, including financial monitoring, expense
analysis reporting, variances identification/explanation, reconciliations,
re-budgeting, and grant closeout functions.
·
Review
journal entries applied to grant funds for allowable, reasonable, and compliant
expenses and ensure proper expense coding. Collaborate with internal team
members when expenses need to be confirmed or corrected.
·
Advise
internal team members on best practices with grant expenses and pseudo-grant
expenses.
·
Proactively
prepare and communicate accurate and timely reports on assigned grants to
internal stakeholders.
·
Communicate
monthly financial results with appropriate internal stakeholders, informing
them of financial position of the project.
·
Perform
ad-hoc financial analysis in response to requests or to provide support to
various programs. Prepare accurate and timely reports to donors as required.
·
In
collaboration with Sr. Grants Accountant, ensure compliance of grants with
Water.org policies and procedures; as well as donor regulations.
·
In
collaboration with Sr. Grants Accountant, maintain grant fiscal records and
database.
US
Accounting Support and Facilitation (10%)
·
Perform
a regular and recurring general accounting functions as required.
·
Reconcile
various balance sheet accounts and prepare entries to general ledger accounts
in assistance with month-end closing.
·
Assists
in the preparation for the annual audit; including preparing audit schedules
and producing requested documentation.
·
Compile
general financial and accounting related reports requested by external parties.
·
Assist
Donor Database Specialist with daily gift batch entry as needed.
·
Produce
ad-hoc reporting and special project analysis and reporting as assigned.
Management
Responsibility
·
Individual
contributor with no subordinates.
This description is not designed to cover or
contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that
are required. Some duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be
assigned at any time with or without notice.
Scope
Data
·
Produce
accurate and timely financial analysis, accounting, and reporting for global
offices.
