(Required Exp.)

8 - 10 years

(Job Location)

Current Delhi

(Job Code)

CMG_8247

Name of Organisation

Society For Development Alternatives

Position

Senior Manager

Qualification

Post Graduation

Domain

Corporate Management Group

Location

New Delhi

No. of Positions

1

Experience

8 - 10 years

Job Type

Regular

Job description

- Context and Role

- The Senior Manager – Finance will provide strategic and operational leadership to the Finance & Accounts function, ensuring sound financial management, strong governance, compliance, and timely and accurate reporting across the organisation.

- The position will serve as a key finance partner to senior management and programme teams, providing financial insights, analysis, and recommendations to support informed decision-making and effective resource utilisation.

- The role will also lead and strengthen the Finance & Accounts team, drive process improvements and control effectiveness, and ensure robust financial systems and practices that support DA’s growing portfolio of sustainable development programmes.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

- Financial Management, Accounting & Controls

- - Lead and oversee the Finance & Accounts function, ensuring accuracy, compliance, transparency, and timely reporting.
- Oversee AP, AR, payments, collections, employee claims, statutory liabilities, and advances.
- Review general ledger, accounting adjustments, provisions, accruals, and financial closing.
- Ensure proper accounting classification, cost allocation, documentation, and audit trails.
- Strengthen internal controls, segregation of duties, and authorization processes.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, SOPs, DoA, accounting standards, and applicable regulations.

- Treasury, Cash Management & Banking

- - Provide oversight of treasury, cash-flow, investment, and banking operations.
- Manage banking relationships, bank accounts, mandates, payments, fund transfers, and banking documentation.
- Oversee bank reconciliations and review interest income, bank charges, foreign exchange transactions, and currency gains/losses.
- Ensure strong controls over banking access, payment authorization, and fund transfers.

- Donor & Grant Financial Management

- - Oversee financial management of grants, donor funds, and restricted project funds.
- Ensure project expenditure complies with approved budgets, donor agreements, funding restrictions, and approved cost categories.
- Ensure appropriate and consistent allocation of shared, personnel, administrative, and operational costs to projects.
- Review donor financial reports, utilization statements,



expenditure reports, and other financial submissions.
- Support program teams in effective budget management and financial compliance.
- Oversee financial closure of projects, including advances, liabilities, unutilized funds, and donor balances.

- Financial Reporting & MIS

- - Lead the preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
- Ensure timely and accurate preparation of:
- Balance Sheet
- Statement of Income & Expenditure / Profit & Loss
- Cash Flow Statement
- Trial Balance
- Project-wise financial reports
- Budget vs. Actual reports
- Donor financial reports
- MIS and management dashboards

- Analyze financial performance, trends, risks, variances, and key financial indicators.
- Present significant financial matters and recommendations to senior management.
- Ensure reports are accurate, complete, consistent, and adequately supported by documentation.

- Taxation & Statutory Compliance

- - Oversee compliance with applicable direct and indirect tax laws and statutory requirements.
- Ensure timely and accurate TDS/TCS, GST, and other applicable statutory compliances.
- Review tax calculations, statutory reconciliations, payments, and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate with tax consultants and advisors on tax and statutory matters.
- Oversee responses to tax notices, assessments, enquiries, and audits.
- Monitor changes in applicable laws and advise management on their financial impact.

- Audit, Risk Management & Compliance

- - Lead and coordinate statutory, internal, donor, tax, and special audits.
- Act as the key finance contact for auditors, advisors, donors, and other external stakeholders.
- Ensure timely submission of audit schedules, reconciliations, supporting documents, and financial information.
- Review audit observations, coordinate management responses, and monitor corrective actions.
- Identify financial and operational risks and strengthen controls to mitigate them.
- Ensure compliance with procurement, payment, authorization, financial, and donor policies.

- Project Accounting & Cost Allocation

- - Establish and oversee appropriate methodologies for allocation of personnel, administrative, operational, and shared costs.
- Ensure costs are charged to the correct project,



activity, budget line, and funding source.
- Review salary and common-cost allocations for accuracy and consistency.
- Ensure allocation methodologies are properly documented and consistently applied.
- Monitor project expenditure against approved budgets and funding restrictions.

- Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management

- - Lead, supervise, mentor, and develop the Finance & Accounts team.
- Allocate responsibilities, monitor performance, review quality, and ensure timely delivery of financial activities.
- Build team capability through coaching, training, knowledge sharing, and performance management.
- Ensure effective delegation, segregation of duties, cross-training, and business continuity.
- Act as a senior finance representative with Senior Management, Program/Domain Teams, Donors, Auditors, Tax Advisors, Banks, Government Authorities, Vendors, and other stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information and recommendations clearly to finance and non-finance teams.

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Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

- - Qualification: M. Com/MBA (Finance) or equivalent.
- Experience: 8–12 years of relevant experience, preferably in the NGO/development sector.
- Experience in project/grant accounting, budgeting, donor reporting and financial management.
- Good knowledge of FCRA, taxation, statutory compliance and audit processes.
- Strong skills in financial analysis, MIS, budgeting and internal financial controls.
- Proficiency in MS Excel and accounting/ERP systems such as Tally/Zoho.
- Ability to lead, supervise and mentor a finance team and coordinate with programme and support teams.
- Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with high integrity and attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with high level of proficiency in English and the ability to work well autonomously.
- Strong focus on producing the highest quality of work and on ensuring optimum accuracy of outputs.
- Well organised and efficient, with the capacity to work under pressure.
- Fluency in English is essential with regional languages.

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How to Apply?

- Please submit your updated curriculum vitae (CV) at [email protected]. The last date to submit your application is 20 September 2026 with subject Job Application – “Senior Manager - Finance”. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Our Mission

- To create models that generate sustainable livelihoods in large numbers.

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Our Vision

- A world where every citizen can live a secure, healthy and fulfilling life, in harmony with nature.

📌 Senior Manager - Finance & Accounts (Delhi)
🏢 Development Alternatives Group
📍 Delhi