Accountant — CRDF

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the quality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, presentation, and relevance of all statutory and management financial information and reports for each Centre.
  • Take overall responsibility for maintaining accounts for all centres at CRDF, including-
    • Voucher entry and bookkeeping on Tally for each centre.
    • Preparing Utilisation Certificates for grants as required.
    • Maintaining project accounts.
    • Updating the asset register for centres (monthly).
  • Ownership of
    • Management accounts for each centre
    • Balance sheet and P&L for each centre
    • Revenue and cash forecasts at the centre level
    • Cash flow for centres
  • Ensure the accuracy and quality of information relating to each Centre for internal and external statutory audits.
  • Provide regular and timely reporting of Management Accounts and generate accurate forecasts of key performance indicators (KPIs) for each centre.
  • Maintain regular discussions, interactions, and communication with senior centre members to ensure they understand the centre's finances and accounting position.
  • Be able to deputise for other team members during their absence.

Attributes

  • Master's degree in Commerce (M.Com) or any other relevant/equivalent course from a recognised university is required.
  • Manage the statutory and accounting affairs of assigned centres accurately and on time.
  • Ensure compliance with statutory laws and accounting standards, including Income Tax, GST/Service Tax, FCRA, RBI, and RoC for clients and donors.
  • Facilitate clean external and internal audits by addressing auditor observations promptly.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with the centres and foster teamwork and collaboration within the team.
  • Maintain error-free accounting records.
  • Deliver statutory and management accounts for the centres you manage on time.

Experience: Minimum three years of experience in Accountancy.

No. of Positions: 1

Job Location: Ahmedabad 

Accountable to: Finance Manager

Other Stakeholders:  Finance Team, Administrative Team, Centers, CEPT University Counterparts and CRDF Director.

Apply at: Interested candidates should email their CV to crdf.hr@cept.ac.in.

Remuneration: As per industry standards