Finance Advisor

• Coordinate the annual budgeting process with programme and support functions.

• Review programme budgets, donor budgets and organisational budgets for completeness, reasonableness and alignment with strategic priorities.

• Develop budget assumptions and costing methodologies.

• Monitor actual expenditure against approved budgets and provide variance analysis.

• Provide financial advisory support to programme teams throughout the grant/project lifecycle.

• Review donor budgets, financial terms, cost eligibility and reporting requirements.

• Monitor project-wise and donor-wise expenditure.

• Support preparation and review of donor financial reports and utilisation certificates.

• Ensure financial reporting is consistent with donor agreements and organisational accounting policies.

• Prepare and review monthly/quarterly financial MIS for management.

• Analyse expenditure trends, budget utilisation, programme cost structures and variances.

• Provide meaningful financial insights.

• Develop financial dashboards and management reports.

• Ensure financial policies, SOPs and control mechanisms.

• Evaluate adequacy of controls relating to procurement, payments, payroll, assets, advances, travel and programme expenditure.

• Identify control weaknesses and recommend corrective actions.

• Support implementation of risk-based financial controls.

• Ensure compliance with delegation of authority and approval mechanisms.

• Support governance reporting to the leadership team, Finance Committee and Board, as applicable.

• Oversee financial aspects of statutory and regulatory compliance.

• Review compliance relating to TDS, GST, PF/ESI, Income Tax and other applicable regulations.

• Provide oversight on FCRA accounting, utilisation, reporting and documentation.

• Ensure proper segregation and tracking of restricted, unrestricted and foreign contribution funds.

• Coordinate with statutory, internal and donor auditors.

• Review audit schedules, financial statements and supporting documentation.

• Analyse audit observations and recommend corrective measures.

• Monitor closure of audit findings.

• Strengthen audit readiness across the organisation.

• Provide functional inputs for ERP implementation and optimisation.

• Review finance workflows, chart of accounts, project/cost-centre structures and reporting dimensions.

• Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.

• Ensure appropriate financial controls are embedded within ERP workflows.

• Support development of finance MIS and dashboards.

• Build finance capability among programme and support teams.

• Conduct training on budgeting, financial procedures, documentation and compliance.

• Promote a culture of financial accountability across the organisation.

• Provide financial inputs for operational decisions.

• Support management in assessing financial risks associated with new initiatives.

• Timely and reliable management financial reports.

• Effective annual budgeting and periodic forecasting.

• Strong budget and grant monitoring systems.

• Improved financial controls and compliance.

• Timely and accurate donor financial reporting.

• Audit readiness and timely closure of audit observations.

• Effective ERP-enabled financial processes.

• Strong financial capability within programme teams.