Tuesday 31 December 2013

INIDA HEALTH ACTION TRUST (IHAT)

INIDA HEALTH ACTION TRUST (IHAT)
The India Health Action Trust (IHAT) invites applications from qualified, competitive professionals for the following position;

Finance Manager: 1 Position, Bangalore

Qualification and Experience:
MBA Finance /M.Com with 4-6 years or a Commerce Graduate with experience of 8-10 years of experience in financial /accounting management.

Roles and responsibilities:
- Responsible for developing and implementing cash management procedures and overseeing policies and procedures related to accounts, management and financial reports, finance and financial control of organizations.
- Prepare budgets, monitor expenses, and conduct audits.
- Monitor and control organization accounting and managing information records and reports in order to ensure the security and accuracy of its financial information.
- Identify and ensure fulfillment of all statutory compliances of the organization
- Coordination with with all projects leads, and Accounts Officers for consolidation of SOEs on quarterly and annual basis.

Competencies
- Ability to independently develop budgets and financial reports, in collaboration with programming staff. This includes the ability to assess, on an on-going basis, resource utilization rates and accurately assess future utilization rates.
- A broad and comprehensive understanding of the underlying business principles and practices related to the financial and administrative function of a project, and the statutory requirements of internationally funded projects.
- Ability to communicate such principles, practices, and requirements to staff and partners, as well as build their capacity to undertake these responsibilities.
- A comprehensive understanding of the multiple functions required to successfully plan, implement, and resource a project, including the functional management of multiple teams.
- A developed conceptual thinker, who is able to integrate complex and varied information in support of problem solving,.
- Strong negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills in order to be able to manage relationships with diverse and challenging programme partners.

Salary: Salary is commensurate with qualification, experience, skill set, managerial skill and interview performance.

Reporting to:
The position holder will be reporting to the Managing Trustee, IHAT and Board of Trustees – IHAT.

IHAT provides safe working environment for all its employees; follows the principle of equal opportunity and encourages women applicants. Physically challenged with required skills /knowledge and willing to travel are also encouraged to apply.

We will be following a systematic selection process to fill this position based on experience, competency, suitability, aptitude to work with MNCH interventions and in-depth project knowledge. Only short listed candidates will be invited for interview.

How to apply:

Interested candidates please apply using the prescribed IHAT Application Format and email it to jobs@ihat.in latest by 31st December, 2013. Candidates can download the format by clicking on ‘Application Format’ or visit www.ihat.in to download the format.

Please note that completed applications in the prescribed format will help us in short listing and only shortlisted candidates will be called for the interview.


Job Email id: jobs(at)ihat.in

Thursday 12 December 2013

BBC Media Action Job Description – Finance Officer

BBC Media Action

Job Description – Finance Officer

Job Title: Finance Officer

Department: Finance & Admin

Reports to: Finance Manager with a dotted line reporting to Associate Project Director, Patna

Location: Patna, India

Duration:Until 31st Dec 2015

Grade:6

BBC Media Action
BBC Media Action is the international NGO arm of the BBC which uses media to advance development worldwide. As part of one of the world's leading media organisations, Media Action is committed to improving the quality of people's lives in developing and transitional countries through the innovative use of media. Media Action’s work aims to raise awareness among mass and opinion-former audiences, affect behaviour change, influence policy and transfer skills and knowledge.

Job Responsibilities:
• Maintenance of all records, assets issue register and fixed assets register of the State Office
• Review all vendor / staff payments to be made for appropriateness, internal authorization, company policies, statutory rules
• Data entry into Tally for the monthly transactions
• Respond to vendor and staff queries on payments.
• Budgetary controls and variance analysis for the expenditure of Patna office
• Handle petty cash requirement of the Patna Office
• Ensure periodic reconciliation of cash and bank account
• Orient new staff on finance related norms of organization
• Address queries related to finance from staff members based at district and state office
• To work closely with Program staff and support on program delivery from Finance perspective
• Track overall cycle time of vendor payments and staff payments to keep the APD and Finance Manager posted
• Coordinating with Admin officer in Patna office for any admin related issues at Patna office.
• Support Patna Office head in Finance operations of the Patna office
• Work closely with Head Office Finance team for budget and other requirements
• Maintain documents related to assets purchased, like invoices and warranty cards etc
• Support the internal and external audit teams at the time of audit for Bihar project.

Required Skills and Qualifications:
• B.Com / MBA (Fin) / CA (inter) with minimum 5 years of relevant work experience
• Working knowledge of excel
• Above average accounting skills
• Problem solving attitude
• Average English language communication skills
• Experience of working with diverse teams

The Finance Officer may also be required, from time-to-time, to take on such other duties and responsibilities as the Country Director or others in senior positions in the BBC Media Action might request.

Job Email id: jobs(at)in.bbcmediaaction.org