Finance Business Partner - NGO

Finance Business Partner at Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives

ABOUT Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI)

We are a 72-member team, embarking on an exciting journey that aspires to facilitate a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society through grant making. In the last 36 months, 70+ grants have been made in our areas of intervention (further broken down into specific themes) - Vulnerable Groups, Nutrition and Governance.

The Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) represents a workplace that is well entrenched in diversity, inclusion and consists of individuals who are proficient at being specialised generalists, can double and triple hat with ease with BAU as well as specific projects with an aim to transform the APPI mission.
 
OVERVIEW : 

The Finance Business Partner works on understanding, analyzing, disseminating and communicating the financial landscape of a partner. The candidate will partner with the programs team through the journey of each grant and deploy skills in financial management, budgetary analysis, systems and technology.

RESPONSIBILITIES : 

- Support the program team across all grant portfolio's during various phases of grant life cycle (initial phase of grant application, evaluation of grant budget proposal, mid phase of actual utilization reporting, renewal phase)

- Draw Scenarios, workflows (input, processes, output) with specific focus on key set of activities of Program staff:

I. Evaluation of grant budget proposal

II. Determination of what further information to solicit

III. Basic Conceptual understanding of finance management and accounts (operating expenses, Capital vs revenue, interchangeable account heads etc.)

- Be an effective and efficient business partner - Be an - engaged business partner- vis-a-vis a scorekeeper (understand the difference in need and relevance of support required by each program staff)

- Act as an expert for all aspects of financial management and accounting system framework which are critical for assessment of an applicant organization during APPI's grant-making process (policies, systems, documentation, compliance, internal controls).

- Engage with grantee organization's finance and accounts team to understand and assess their existing operating level and scope of maturing therefrom

- Develop effectiveness in APPI's core grant-making function (leveraging systems, technology to standardize processes)
 
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE : 

- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in Financial Management is strongly preferred

- Ten to twelve of work experience in the finance function is necessary

- Grant-making experience strongly preferred; desire to work in and with non-profit sector is essential

SELECTION PROCESS : 

- All applicants are required to fill-out an application form. (Please provide complete details)

- Once screened, shortlisted candidates will have a short tele-interview followed by face-to-face interviews with the leadership team.