Position: Accounts Assistant

Organization: SRIJAN

Location: New Delhi

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reporting to the Regional Accountant, the Branch Accountant shall be involved in day to day operations of accounting of Delhi location.

The Accounts Assistant shall be responsible for accounting and ensuring all payments in a timely fashion. He/She will also handle all the legal compliances pertaining to an income tax deduction as per norms.

Key Responsibilities:

(1)  Centralized payment, day-to-day entries, and Ledger scrutiny in the VOLAC system.

(2)  Handling of Srijan accounts and daily bank reconciliation

(3)  Coordinate with Program Managers/Location Incharges and make timely disbursement of Indent

(4)  Manage the Tax deduction for employees and vendors and depositing the same before due date. Submission of timely TDS return to tax department as per Norms. Distribution of Form 16 and 16A

(5)  Ensure the updation of Fixed Assets Register of Head Office and Branch Offices.

(6)  Ensure quality and timely procurement of all goods and services, as per requirement and prescribed organizational SOPs and guidelines;

(7)  Ability to travel 3-4 days in a month to project locations to ensure compliance with location level accounting and procurement requirements, as well as fiduciary aspects at all levels of project implementation.

(8)  Assist in maintaining vouchers and files of the finance department.

(9)  Monitoring of accounts receivable and Payables.

(10)  Any other work assigned by the Finance Head

QUALIFICATION, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

Qualifications:

Applicants must possess a Bachelor's Degree in Accounts/ Commerce or the equivalent. Applicants with a professional qualification in accounts shall be at an advantage.

Experience:

1-3 years of experience of working with large NGOs/ Funding Agencies/ CSR Foundations. Work experience should be aligned with the above duties and responsibilities.

Skills and Competencies

(1)  Excellent communication skills and capability to represent the organization in professional forums;

(2)  Must be well versed with GST, Income Tax Act, and Rules, etc.

(3)  Experience in and understanding of the development sector;

(4)  Proficiency in accounting packages like Tally or VOLAC;

(5)  Good language proficiency in English. Knowledge of Hindi will be an added advantage.