Chief Financial Officer - CSR Sector - CA/CS/ICWA

Chief Financial Officer - CSR Sector

Note: Candidates with CA, CS or ICWA degree should only apply.

Key Role & Responsibilities:

General Role:

- Support and work closely with the CEO and the team on all activities of the Foundation

- Good command of English and capable of vetting and preparing legal and other documents.

Financial and Operational Management:

- Oversee the financial and reporting systems, ensuring compliance with appropriate regulatory requirements. Maintain internal control safeguards and coordinate all audit activities.

- Oversee the audit processes of the Foundation

- Oversee budgeting and the implementation of budgets so as to monitor progress and present financial metrics both internally and externally.

- Make investment decisions as per the prudential norms and ensure appropriate cash flow.

- Undertake annual budget and sectoral allocation exercise in alignment with the approved strategy plan

- Track the annual commitment and expenditure

- Knowledge of project accounting for large infrastructure projects

Legal, Secretarial and Compliance:

- Oversee all legal documentation including but not limited to grant agreements with non-profit partners, vendor contracts, MOUs, mapping with processes etc.

- Ensure compliance with Income Tax laws relevant to charitable institutions

- A large part of the job will undertake negotiation on costs for activities in projects and review of all financial reports received from audit agencies on programmes

- Ensure internal process and SoP revisions periodically

- Initiate changes to strengthen the governance framework

- Ensure all internal processes are aligned as per the defined process frameworks

- Ensure compliances under statutory laws as applicable to charitable organizations including disclosure requirements. Develop and update policies relating to organization governance and regulatory affairs.

- Responsible for the preparation of all financial reports, fund utilization certificates etc. are prepared order

- Oversee the due diligence and other requirements while onboarding partner agencies

- Knowledge of the social sector and the legal framework that governs the sector

- Oversee the procurement and other vendor related processes

- Build organization capacity for better financial governance and performance.