Responsible of smooth functioning of Finance dept. (Education) ensuring compliance, enhanced control and fund management
Budgeting, Financial Analysis and Reporting of Education division (187 educational projects & zonal offices)
Strategic planning for improvements in Education Finance

 Identification of audit universe in auditable units and determination of audit risks
 Prepare audit plan for 248 projects in FF including audit procedures and ensure timely performance of activities
 Prepare an audit report and present in Audit committee with a follow up on previously identified issues
 Close coordination with Management to ensure complete understanding of control environment and recommend improvements if need be
 Identify and report the Internal control weaknesses and recommending the way forward
 Identify & report the improvements in the current organizational systems
 To ensure the compliance to organizational policies, local laws and regulations and report non-compliance/irregularities

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring timely booking of expenses in compliance with AAPk financial policies with complete audit trails.
• Ensuring timely monthly reporting and consolidation including upload in SUN
• Preparation of monthly Bank reconciliation statements, receivable and payables schedules at country office level.
• Review of all reconciliations at Partner level and providing support wherever needed
• Ensuring compliance of Taxation laws at LRP and country office levels through critical review, facilitation and capacity building of other finance staff
• Ensuring compliance of all local laws & AAPk financial policies and procedures at country office regional and partner level.
• Budgeting, financial planning, monitoring & evaluation at unit level.
• Facilitation of External and Internal Audit
• Participation in New LRP partner appraisals
• Monthly payroll processing ensuring compliance with Income Tax laws
• Ensuring completeness of year end procedures such as booking of accruals, prepayments and other liabilities including gratuity calculation
• Maintenance of country control account through online recharges process. Close coordination with IS finance for clearance and posting of Probal on monthly basis.
• Preparation of quarterly and annual financial reports for Senior Management and International Head office reporting,

Responsibilities:

 Preparing, reviewing and finalizing the various types of reports and other deliverables.
 Overall assignment management and adherence of reporting deadlines.
 Analysis of periodic reports prepared by client and reporting thereon.
 Co-ordination with professionals of various fields like legal, actuarial and IT experts and decision-making for resolution of critical reportable matters.
 Development of overall audit strategy and plan in line with the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) guidelines, which involves system review, risk analysis and development of audit tests aimed at reducing audit risks.
 Ensuring compliance with the applicable statute, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Audit and Assurance Standards (ISA’s).
 Leading audit teams and directing them in accordance with professional standards.
 Delegation of job responsibilities, supervision and review of the work of audit staff and interaction with client.
 Evaluation of audit queries and satisfactory resolution thereof with the client.
 Evaluating internal control systems, identifying control weaknesses and making appropriate recommendations to the management/ donors in the form of a management letter/report.