Associate, Accounting and Administration

World Change Starts with Educated Children 2025 is our 25th Anniversary Join Us in Celebrating 25 Years of Progress.IMPORTANT: All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located. Room to Read is not able to provide sponsorship.Position Overview:
 

The Associate, Accounting and administration will assist and report to State Head or INCO (India Country Office). Handles finance and admin activities, including payments, and procurement. Supports program and state teams in fund tracking, reports, and documentation. Manages vendor coordination, Support in logistics, and ensures timely processing of bills and procurement as per organizational guidelines. The Primary responsible for assisting in maintaining all aspects of the organization's finances and accounting and administrative initiatives at district level.

Responsibilities:Accounting Role:

• Overall responsibility of ensuring the proper and effective implementation of finance and admin related policies and guidelines at field level.

• Support and guidance to admin assistants in procurement, logistics and other admin related work.

• Budget tracking and provide timely alerts to program team on utilization and under spending of budget.

• Will be fully responsible to prepare program/project related annual budget with support from program team.

• Verification and Finalization of bills\vouchers for payment and enter in Software on day-to-day basis.

• Prepare Indirect Budget and Travel Budget independently.

• Assist state finance team in preparation of Fund Projection and Fund Request for operation and programs with support from program team.

• Assist state finance team in Monthly Closing of Accounts and submission to CO (Country Office).

• Assist state finance team in preparation of TDS Details (FC and Non-FC).

• Preparation of Financial Statement of Expenditure against Fund Received of all programs and operations and shared with teams on monthly and quarterly basis.

• Any other assignment given from time to time as per organizational requirement by the supervisor.

Administration Role:

• Preparing Procurement Plan (Quarterly and Monthly) in coordination with the Program Team and weekly update on the progress in meetings and on designated trackers.

• Managing end-to-end Procurement of Goods and Services which includes processing PRs, vendor exploration, selection, collection of quotations, preparing comparative statements ,sending it to procurement committee, and submission for Admin Review at country office, onboarding, Contracts, Preparing and Issuing Purchase Orders, as per other organizational policy and process, maintaining procurement registers and trackers as per requirement.

• Procurement documentation as per organizational templates and timelines.

• Maintain all procurement-related trackers as per timelines and share necessary information with country office as per the requirements.

• To ensure quality of material and delivery on time.

• Distribution or dispatch of program related material to destinations and regular follow up with vendors for safe delivery of material.

• Material verifications with support of program team make.

• Review of documents as per payment process sheet (for payment of procurement bills).

Qualifications:Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce or related field.

• A minimum of three (03) years of experience in NGO Accounting field and managing administration.

• Adopt at using Microsoft Office applications – word, excel.

• Working experience in Tally 7.2 or 9.

• Verbal and written communication skills in English & Hindi.

• Should have knowledge of Marathi Language.

Preferred:

• Advanced degree in finance related field/ similar field.

• Accounting and Administration experience in an NGO/International NGO.

• Flexible attitude towards changing priorities and ability to multi-task with an eye for detail.

• Strong initiative skill.

• Team player.

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. Benefits include thirteenth month bonus, health insurance and a retirement plan. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, and rapidly growing organization that is changing transforming the lives of millions of children in developing countries on literacy and gender equality in education.

Room to Read is a child-safe organization.

Child Protection Principles

• Room to Read is committed to the education and welfare of children and protecting them from abuse and exploitation
• Room to Read has zero tolerance for child abuse and exploitation.
• All children have the right to be free from abuse and exploitation, including neglect, maltreatment, and physical, mental or sexual violence, injury or abuse.
• All children should be treated with respect and dignity.
• The well-being of the child is Room to Read's first priority when dealing with all identified or suspected cases of child abuse.
• Room to Read shall integrate child protection into all its organizational strategies, structures and work practices.

Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Principles

• Room to Read Representatives must create and maintain an environment that prevents sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.
• Room to Read has zero tolerance for adult sexual exploitation and abuse. 
• Sexual exploitation and abuse are serious violations of fundamental human rights and will not be accepted or tolerated.
• All adults should be treated with respect and dignity.
• Room to Read implements a survivor-centered approach, putting the survivor's rights and dignity at the forefront.
• Survivors referred to available professional assistance (e.g. mental health counselling), upon consent.

Room to Read is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. Read is a child-safe organization; all personnel must adhere to Room to Read's Child Protection Policy, Child Protection Code of Conduct and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy.

About Room to Read:   

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children, Room to Read envisions a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality, where all children have room to read, learn and grow – creating lasting change. Through our Literacy Portfolio, we train and coach teachers of the early grades in literacy instruction; create and publish quality books and curricular materials in local languages; and establish children's libraries filled with diverse children's books that can be enjoyed at school and home. Our Gender Equality Portfolio supports adolescents, particularly girls, in developing life skills that promote gender equality, helping them to pursue lifelong learning and make informed decisions.

We support young people of all genders to overcome gender biases and build the knowledge and skills to create a gender-equal world. Room to Read collaborates with local communities, partner organizations, publishers, and governments to test and implement innovative models that can be integrated into the education system to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale. To date, Room to Read has benefited more than 50 million children in 28 countries.

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