Deputy Director-Finance
Evidence Action, India
Job Description
Evidence Action- India Program
Position Overview
Job Title: Deputy Director-Finance
Employment Status: Regular Full Time
Position Location: New Delhi, India
Grade: 6
Number of positions: 1 (One)
Apply by: April 8, 2023
About Evidence Action
Evidence Action aims to be a world leader in scaling evidence-based and cost-effective programs to reduce the burden of poverty for hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places. Last year Deworm the World reached 280 million people with deworming medications, partnering with governments to launch, scale, and sustain mass school-based deworming programs, including in India. Meanwhile, Dispensers for Safe Water provided 4M people across rural Africa with clean water, saving thousands of young lives. The approach relies on an innovative and human-centric design to deliver clean water at the source. These serve as just two examples of the work Evidence Action is undertaking.
In addition to running these scaled programs, Evidence Action leverages its unique Accelerator to develop the next generation of programs. These programs are rigorously tested to ensure exceptional scale, cost-effectiveness, and clear evidence of impact. In 2019 we launched an ambitious new strategy, intending to double our impact over the next five years, with much of that impact coming from new programs identified and scaled through the Accelerator.
Evidence Action has a presence across 7 countries, with major offices in Nairobi, Kenya; Delhi, India; and Washington, D.C. Evidence Action’s programs have been recognized by GiveWell, the Skoll Foundation, the Life You Can Save, Giving What We Can, and covered in the Economist, NPR, and the New York Times.
In India, Evidence Action’s technical partner EAII Advisors provides technical assistance to select state government’s ministries of health, education, and women and child development to implement the school and Anganwadi based National Deworming Day program and Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation program to improve children’s health, education, and long-term development. In the long term EAII Advisors aims to expand to provide technical support to more state governments and on other public health amp; nutrition issues too.
The India program invites applications for the position of Deputy Director-Finance to be based at the New Delhi Office of EAII Advisors.
About the Position
The Deputy Director-Finance will have primary responsibility for implementing and maintaining internal systems related to Finance amp; Accounts and will lead accounting practices for India Program, including overseeing all day-to-day aspects of financial management. The Deputy Director-Finance will be responsible for ensuring all accounting transactions are correctly recorded, the books are closed monthly, ensure allocation of indirect costs, preparation of complete financial statements, statutory and legal compliance, and the supervision and managing of team as identified. He will coordinate with the leadership team to manage/monitor the company’s financial management system, reporting to stakeholders and ensuring robust internal financial control system.
The Deputy Director-Finance as part of the finance team at Delhi, will work with other team at the Delhi Office and state office. The Deputy Director-Finance must share organization’s values, demonstrate commitment to its mission, and be passionate about achieving organizational goals. The Deputy Director Finance will be required to travel to state programs for about 10% of time.
The Deputy Director-Finance will report to the Director-Finance amp; Operations. He will work closely with other teams for appropriate functions.
Responsibilities:
Financial Management and Accounting
- Ensure that adequate financial systems, budgets and procedures are in place at all India offices that provide accurate reporting and allocating of all funds and expenditures.
- Develop and maintain polices and controls for financial functions in India. Ensure adequate financial controls are installed and that substantiating documentation and approvals are available such that all financial transactions may pass Statutory, independent and government audits.
- Implement continuous financial audit and internal control systems to monitor performance, flow of funds, and adherence to expenditures within allocated budgets in coordination with the Operations and Grants Manager
- Develop and maintain systems of internal controls to safeguard financial, physical and intangible assets of the organization.
- Lead and coordinate in various audit activities ensuring all re