Varaha - Project Integrity & Financial Strategy Role

Description:

We are seeking CA/CMA/Ex Armed forces professionals to serve as Manager Project Integrity and Finance Strategy for our Nature-Based Carbon Credit Projects, including Regenerative Agriculture, Agroforestry, Biochar, and Enhanced Rock Weathering.

The Project Finance Assurance Lead will independently oversee assigned projects and ensure:

- Strategic oversight of project finances, including P L management and investor reporting.

- Compliance of projects with registry standards and customer contracts.

- Prevention of fraud and Safeguarding of assets and Identification of cost-saving. alternatives.

- Accuracy of reporting and data integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

Field Audits On-Ground Validation:

- Travel extensively to project locations for physical verification.

- Conduct field inspections of work progress, deployed assets, and on-ground activities.

- Validate beneficiary interactions, data collected, and field-level reports.

- Identify low-cost alternative methods for efficient project execution.

- Evaluate field operations to detect risks, inefficiencies, and cost-optimization opportunities.

Process Improvement Tech Enablement:

- Collaborate with the technology team to enhance project tracking, data validation, and workflow efficiency.

- Recommend system improvements for automated payment processing and error prevention.

- Translate audit findings into actionable system improvements, process controls, and monitoring enhancements.

- Support development of dashboards, standard checklists, and digital validation mechanisms.

Financial Compliance Audit:

- Review project-related invoices, vendor bills, and payment requests.

- Validate cost claims and ensure complete documentation for expenditures.

- Conduct internal checks to prevent misreporting, financial irregularities, and fraud.

- Ensure adherence to internal financial policies and statutory requirements.

- Prepare and certify milestone documents for project progress submissions.

Reporting Stakeholder Coordination:

- Prepare detailed audit reports, progress certifications, and risk assessments.

- Collaborate with project, finance, and field teams to resolve audit observations.

- Present findings and insights to management for decision-making.

- Maintain audit independence while supporting smoother project operations.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

- CA or CMA or CIMA or Ex Armed Forces.

- Completed articleship with substantive exposure to audit functions.

- 1 - 2 years post-qualification experience in any of the following:

- Internal Audit.

- Cost Audit.

- Statutory Audit Financial controls or project audits.

Skills Competencies:

- Ability to understand customer contracts and carbon registry standards.

- Strong financial analysis, budgeting, and P L management skills.

- Comfortable with extensive travel, including rural locations.

- Strong analytical ability and fraud detection skills.

- Strong capability to identify risks, investigate discrepancies, and propose solutions.

- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, including investor. reporting for projects.