Job Opportunity for Junior Associate – Analyst at WRI in Mumbai

Who we are and what we do?

WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.
We are inspired by and associated with World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organization. Currently over 250 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.    

Overview for WRI India    

WRI India team supports the crucial front line work of the organization, they directly interact and work with donors, partners, government agencies, statutory bodies, trustees, vendors, and Consultants in fielding their inquiries, providing support at all the fronts and solving problems.   So that the WRI programs can be implemented without any hurdles and the program staff and researchers can develop high quality research documents, plans and implement the programs at the field level.         

WRI India team consists of various functions such as Budget and Finance, Grants and Contracts, Legal Counsel, Human Resource, IT and Facilities management. Each role comes under the purview of India and each function lead reports to the Director India and Director India report to the CEO of the Organization.    

WRI India team strive for operational excellence across all functions starting with the recruitment, retention and management of WRI’s staff, our most important asset. We manage our endowment, the contributions entrusted to us, and our facilities in ways that are in line with our values and advance our mission. We maintain strict budgetary planning and financial controls to ensure that all contributions are managed in compliance with donors’ wishes.    

About your role:

Contracts Management (30%):  

• Process documentation for agreements, contracts, NDA’s, work orders and purchase orders.  
  Monitor performance against contract requirements.  
• Work with partners to help them understand and meet sub grant and contract requirements.  
• Maintain supporting reports throughout the duration of contracts and sub grants.  
• Process invoices and payments for partners in compliance with WRI’s policies.  
• Provide guidance to partner organizations and consultants to ensure their compliance with funder policies, while communicating with partners and consultants.  

Financial Management (30%):  

• Work with the Operations Manager to maintain the accuracy of budget forecasting and minimize variance from planned targets.  
• Collaborate with the accounting team, payments team, HR and other program teams.  
• Coordinate with the program team for completion of timesheets, expense reporting.  
• Coordinate with project teams to support their ad hoc financial expenditures for outreach, communication/engagement and delivery efforts.  
• Ensure team compliance with terms and conditions of complex grant and contract agreements.   
  Conference, Event & Travel Support (20% time)  
• Coordinate conference and event logistics for domestic and international workshops, including venue and catering, equipment/translators etc.  
• Support teams with financial management for conference and event logistics, including participant travel.  

Administration (20% time)  

• Schedule team meetings and help coordinate team’s annual planning processes.  
• Maintain new hire consultant information with operations.  
• Coordinate with partners for new consultant hires and process the consultancy engagements.  
• Manage multiple program, department, and organizational trackers.  

Qualifications & requirements we seek:  

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (i.e. Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting)  
• 0-2 years of relevant, full-time work experience, preferably in financial management, budgeting, administration, or nonprofit operations  
• Manage multiple projects with varying deadlines.  
• With regard to grant compliance and monitoring sub grant and contract relationships.  
• Process orientation to quality, timelines, and organizational systems  
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to work well in a team.  
• Budgeting experience with Excel, or other budgeting software is highly desirable.  

Salary and Benefits: INR 6,50,000   

Salary shall be commensurate with experience and skills. WRI offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package.

Location: Mumbai

Duration: 1 year (Extendable based on performance and project requirements)       

List of Documents to be attached:    

• Cover letter explaining how your academic background and skills meet the requirements of this position.
• Curriculum vitae