Teach For India
## Job Description: Assistant, Finance
**Company:** Teach For India
**Location:** Mumbai
**About Teach For India:**
Teach For India is a movement dedicated to ending educational inequity in India. Through a two-year Fellowship program, we recruit and develop passionate individuals from diverse backgrounds to teach in low-resource schools. Our mission is to build a movement of leaders who will work collectively and with love to transform the lives of 1 in 10 low-income children in India.
**Position Summary:**
The Finance Assistant will perform accounting operating functions associated with finance and accounts, checking reimbursement statements and clearing them as per the relevant policy, recording accounting entries in the Financial System, and carrying out ancillary functions like bank reconciliation, tax payments, and answering queries by Internal and External Stakeholders. The Finance Assistant shall report to the Senior Finance Manager.
**Responsibilities:**
* Maintaining and recording entries in the books of accounts regularly.
* Assisting in developing financial reports as per donors’ requirements and submission of the reports to donors on time.
* Maintaining appropriate files/records and supporting documents towards meeting legal and statutory requirements.
* Preparing and maintaining of Asset register for internal and external purposes.
* Processing and disbursing reimbursements/Vendor payments on time.
* Reconciling the ledgers.
* Preparing bank reconciliations.
* Complying with statutory and tax regulations and making timely tax and other payments.
* Handling the finance-related queries raised by internal and external stakeholders.
* Assisting in the finalising of books of accounts and handling audits-related concerns.
* Providing support to all verticals.
* Performing any other ancillary task as directed by the Finance Manager.
* Assisting in Secretarial matters, correspondence and filing.
**Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations:**
* Graduate in Commerce with 0-4 years of relevant experience.
* Mastery over Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
* Knowledge of Accounting Concepts and Applied Accounting.
* Working Knowledge of ERP.
* Good Communication skills.
* Strong interpersonal skills to build meaningful relationships with diverse stakeholders and ensure better collaboration.
* Commitment to excellence, accuracy, and attention to detail.
* High on integrity, accountability and drive.
**What Teach For India Can Offer You:**
* The opportunity to be part of one of the most established and visionary movements in the education sector in India, which is at a pivotal point in terms of expanding its scale and outreach across the nation and working with changemakers across the country.
* A challenging yet flexible workplace in which every individual employee’s Staff journey is tracked for excellence and leadership development.
* A work environment in which employees’ holistic well-being is a core priority, enabling people to be their best selves.
* Access to connections and resources from the global Teach For All network that includes partner organizations spanning 50+ countries across 6 continents.
* Remuneration that is competitive within the top quartile of the Indian NGO pay scales, and a benefits package that includes extensive medical insurance and maternity coverage for both parents.
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