ICRISAT seeks applications for Senior Executive – Finance Analyst for CIMMYT who will conduct a proper record of all financial transactions while ensuring direct and indirect tax compliance (including GST) as per the duties and responsibilities described in detail below.

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit – www.icrisat.org

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct a proper record of all related transactions.
• Receive and keep track of all accounts payable journals and ensures all accounting records affect the correct ledger accounts and categories depending on the type of expense.
• Perform a monthly update of accounts payable balances including cancellation of outstanding transactions.
• Assisting month and year-end closing procedures.
• Communicate and report any financial irregularities to the line manager.
• Prepare Bank Reconciliation Statements and other reconciliation monthly.
• Assisting in the timely closing of books and submission of closing documents.
• Perform detailed checking of supplier invoices to ensure that all requirements are fulfilled according to Indian tax law.
• Direct and Indirect Tax compliance (Including GST).
• Process payment proposals and expense journals received from the programs in accordance with the payments schedule.
• Perform close follow-up to payment requests and purchase orders that may be incomplete or with some inconsistency to clarify and achieve the payment of all liabilities.
• Handling and updating of monthly cash book.
• Confirm payment details to suppliers.
• Perform follow-up to prepayments to suppliers and review supporting documentation for closing them.
• Update a database that contains all the information of the existing documentation inside the file room and archiving the same.
• Provide support and submit the requested information for audits.
• To review the asset register prepared by the operational assistant with the books of account on monthly basis.
• Represent finance as a member of the purchase committee for all site-based procurements of various goods and services.
• Bank relationship management.
• To review the Labour records/ other supporting documents verified by the admin assistant before sending the same to the Delhi office for processing the payments.
• To provide monthly fixed asset ledger/register for physical verification and insurance with the admin.
• Prepare insurance tracker in a timely manner.
• Participate in other related tasks as assigned by his/her supervisor.
• Travel as per needs of the job

Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (or an equivalent degree in finance) with at least 5 years of experience preferably with NGO accounts.
• Knowledge of Indian regulatory compliances and basic accounting Well versed with Quick Books, MS Office packages, and other accounting software packages.
• Ability to learn quickly and flexibility to adapt to changing needs.
• The selected candidate must exhibit the following competencies: Customer Orientation, Proactivity, Relationship Management, Problem-Solving, Communication, Teamwork and Achievement Orientation.
• Ability to work independently, has a sense of responsibility and initiative.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work. 

General:

This is a contractual role for a period of 36 months (3 years).

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 26 April 2023, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer