Accounts Assistant

**Job Advertisement**: Junior Accounts Officer (Hindi Speaking Mandatory)

**Reports to**: Manager Finance

**Introduction**:
Established in 1993, YRGCARE is a premier non-government organization providing comprehensive HIV services in India. Its objective is to provide prevention, care, support, and treatment services for people living with HIV/AIDS, to prevent new infections, and to ensure that patients and their families are treated with dignity.

YRGCARE serves as a Sub-Recipient (SR) to HLFPPT under the GFATM-funded SSHAKTI CSC 2.0 program. This program is designed to provide care and support services to People Living with HIV (PLHIV) across India. The Finance Officer is critical in ensuring financial compliance, supporting program goals, managing financial operations, and reporting on this important initiative.

**Summary of Responsibilities**:
The Junior Accounts Officer will oversee financial management of project funds, disbursements to SSRs, compliance monitoring, and reporting for the CSC 2.0 program. This role involves collaboration with program managers, grants teams, and SSR partners to ensure adequate financial operations that align with donor and organisational requirements.

**Key Responsibilities**:
1. Financial Management and Disbursement:

- Oversee funding disbursement to SSRs.
- Support grant agreement processes and collaborate on budget development and financial reporting with the Program Manager.
- Manage daily accounts, including computerised financial systems and record-keeping.
- Ensure timely payments, bank reconciliations, advance settlements, and tax compliance.

2. Monitoring and Compliance:

- Conduct regular monitoring visits to SSRs to ensure compliance with GFATM and local regulations.
- Evaluate SSR financial performance and internal control systems, providing technical assistance as needed.
- Ensure financial systems and reporting align with donor protocols and organisational guidelines.

3. Collaboration and Reporting:

- Work closely with the grant’s management team on budgets, work plans, disbursements, and audits.
- Prepare and submit accurate financial reports to the Finance Lead at YRGCARE, Chennai.
- Respond to queries related to budget utilization and financial compliance.

**Additional Duties**:

- Provide technical assistance to SSRs for financial record-keeping and compliance.
- Assist in designing budgets aligned with programmatic goals.
- Ensure adherence to GFATM & PR financial guidelines, including statutory and contractual compliance.
- Undertake any additional responsibilities as assigned by the reporting manager.

**Eligibility Criteria**:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Commerce (B. Com/M. Com) with 1-3 years of accounting experience.
- Experience in the non-profit or health sector is preferred.
- Experience with GFATM financial policies and audit coordination will be an advantage

**Skills and Competencies**:

- Proficiency in computerised accounting software, particularly Tally.
- Expertise in compliance with statutory and donor requirements, especially in the non-profit sector.
- Familiarity with NGO partnerships, donor environments, and technical financial management.
- Strong ability to work with grant management teams and SSRs on budget planning and audits.
- Willingness to undertake extensive travel within the assigned state(s).
- Fluency in Hindi language is mandatory.

**Equal Opportunity Employer**:
YRGCARE is an equal-opportunity employer. At YRGCARE, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity as part of our values. We actively celebrate employees’ different abilities, sexual orientations, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Our employees are provided with equal opportunities to those who are from different races, communities, experiences, backgrounds, and sexual orientations. Our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives. Join us in creating impactful content that supports our mission to improve health outcomes through innovative virtual interventions.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Fresher

Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Health insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off

**Language**:

- Hindi (required)

Work Location: In person