DEVENDER SINGH

• Demonstrated 23 years of rich and extensive experience in development sector with international and national level organizations in Governance, Accounts Payable, Staff Payroll & Benefits, Legal Compliances, Budgeting, Partner financial Appraisals and developing risk metrics  Monitoring visit to partners and Donor Management. 
• Strong analytical skills with expertise in preparing and reviewing the financial statements and handling the internal and statutory audit. 
• Experience of working multiple donors including DFID, Mac-Arther Foundation, Sida, USAID, BMGF, Packard Foundation, Medtronic Foundation and GOI Grants.
• Competent in various accounting software like Quicken, Tally, and Information Standard Management Solutions (ISMS) a global software upto payment volume of 40 crores annually.  
• Having adequate knowledge about governance, financial Management, donor reporting and legal compliance, pre-awards assessment and partner mentoring.

Work Experience: 

Abt Associates India Pvt. Ltd.: June 2015 to Aug31,2022 – Sr Finance Officer, New Delhi.

Worked as Sr. Finance Officer with Abt Associates India Private Limited a fully holding company of Abt Associates Inc., which is implementing USAID, Gates Foundation, Packard Foundation funded health projects in India.

Abt Associates Inc. is a mission-driven, global leader in research and program implementation in the fields of health, social and environmental policy, and international development and works in more than 40 countries with headquarter in USA.

Job Profile: 

• Manage subcontracts and sub awards under different donor-supported projects in India – this includes a pre-award financial assessment, due diligence and ensuring compliance. The sub-awards /subcontracts include research agencies, advertising agencies, communication agencies and Non-Government Organizations (NGO’s). We have sub-contractor Like Avalon Information Systems Pvt. Ltd, APOCALYPSO Film works Pvt. Ltd, FCBULKA Advertising, Digitech call Systems Pvt. Ltd., Storytellers, Group M Media India Pvt. Ltd. ,Lintas India Pvt. Ltd., Tonic Media Digital Pvt. Ltd., Infinity Internet Pvt. Ltd. Development Solutions Inc. KARVY INSIGHTS LIMITED, Just4Kids Services Private Limited, Navigant Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Havas Life Sorento Pvt. Ltd. CREATE, Hindustan Thompson Associates Pvt. Ltd, Indian Society of Healthcare Professionals (ISHP) I use to review their invoices and match with their deliverable and payment schedule for their sub- contract agreement, prepare cheque request, and process payment after getting approval of COP and director F&A and pass entry in Quicken as well as tally. I was also preparing tracker of Sub contractor payment and keeping up to date for management review. 
• Point of contact with Head office (Rockville, USA) on all aspects related to finance and sub award management 
• Prepare monthly memo for cost allocation ratio for common staff cost and overhead expenses for various project running in county office. . It was based on Number of programme staff and consultants within the project.
• I was responsible for review and payment process of consultants working in various project running in the country and preparing tracker for consultants LOE and ODC expenses for management review.
• I was responsible for monthly ROV closing on or before due date provided by Home Office which includes uploading transactions and scanned copy  of      cheque request along with all supporting bills agreements/PO, approvals in Information Standard Management Solutions (ISMS) against every uploaded transactions. Also upload monthly exchange rate for ROV, Bank reconciliations for all project bank accounts, advance tracker, and quicken of the ROV month. 
• Support all finance related task for all projects in India. The role includes a range of activities from vendor payments, payroll of staff, ROV reporting, bank and expenditure reconciliation, cash flow projections, review Quicken and Tally entry and response to financial queries regarding payments on ISMS. 
• Competent in various accounting software like Quicken, Tally, and Information Standard Management Solutions (ISMS) a global software upto payment volume of 40 crores annually.
• Manage all compliance in terms on Income tax, Transfer Pricing, Goods and Services Tax (GST), The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), Provident Fund (PF), Register of Companies (ROC) filing, Board meeting minutes and other statutory requirements. 
• Prepare draft Balance Sheet and Profit &Loss account with schedules for Both format (financial year and Calendar Year) and work closely with statutory auditors to complete financial audit of Abt Associates India Private Limited in a timely manner. 
• Ensure adequate financial controls are in place at country level and partner organizations.
• Manage cash flow requirements to ensure projects are adequately financed and prepare project wise financial summary on periodical basis. 
• Support in the preparation of budgets and monitor expenditure against approved budgets.
• Maintaining tracker for Sub Contractor Payment, Consultants LOE & ODC, Vendor Payment, Staff Advance.
• Responsible for office fixed assets management, keeping fixed assets register up-to-date, maintaining  office assets movement register, providing office assets identification number and ensuring the each office assets bearing identification stickers. Conducting periodic physical verification of assets and filing report in assets file for audit purpose. Sending updated assets list to HO for taking appropriate insurance policy.

Aga Khan Foundation India: April 2012 to May 2015 -Programme Finance Manager for DFID Supported Programme on “Infant and Young Child Feeding (I.Y.C.F)”. AKF, India in collaboration with three more NGO partners implemented a health project funded by UK aid from the UK Government in three districts of Bihar namely Muzaffarpur, Samastipur and Sitamarhi with a goal to reduce infant and neonatal mortality by ensuring uptake of optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices. As IYCF is independent of provision of health services (i.e. the “supply side), the project is focusing on “demand side” interventions by developing a Behavior change communication (BCC) model that will enable women to follow the recommended practices. in this project we have worked in 20 selected blocks of aforementioned 3 districts from April 2012 to May 2015. We have reached out to almost 50 lakh population in the three districts and covered more than  400,000 mothers with category of 3rd trimester pregnant women to mother with children less than two years of age  group with a larger human resource involvement of 658 volunteers (132 Cluster Coordinator & 500 Peer Educators)

Job Profile

• Desk monitoring for implementing partners and ensuring a healthy financial management systems with implementing agencies. And Ensuring adherence of legal compliances like Income tax, FCRA, TDS , professional tax work etc. applicable for development organization.
• Conducting monthly financial technical support visit to implementing partners to verify their monthly utilization report and providing approval for next disbursement to IP.
• Responsible for centralized procurement for Major procurement under project for all implementing partner Lilke 12 Motorbike, 132 ladies bicycle, 4 honda Generator, 4 invertor. And close monitoring of all procurement made by IP and ensuring the adherence of procurement policy set for the programme. 
• Responsible for institutional setup for own intervention DPMU office and providing assistant to Implementing partner in their institutional setup. 
• Responsible for timely submission monthly financial report by implementing partners. 
• Finance Monitoring visit for implementing partners and conducting capacity building training for finance staff from implementing agencies.
• Responsible for asset management for assets under programme and ensuring a healthy assets management system with implementing partner.
• Proposal Finalization (Programme Budget) for 3 year project duration of IPs and for own intervention area.
• Finalization of annual action plan and budget of IPs on yearly basis.
• Signing of grant agreement with IPs. Maintain individuals CSO’s file at state level which contains project proposal, grant agreement , annual action plan and budget, fund request from, acknowledgement of grant receipt, quarterly progress report all other correspondences with CSO’s. 
• Responsible for state office level administrative work, arranging venue and logistic support for meeting and training, doing arrangement for transport and accommodation for field visit and responsible for all admin related issues at state level.
• To facilitate in audit of programme grant including network partners.
• Communication with implementing partners regarding additional approvals, compliances related to monitoring visit.
• Submission of monitoring visit report to National office.

Financial Management Services Foundation (FMSF) as State Finance Officer for PACS (Poorest Areas Civil Society) Programme (from 26 April 2010 to 31st March 2012 ) State Finance Officer ( Bihar ) for PACS Programme( Poorest Areas Civil Society) a DFID Programme run through Indian Forum for Inclusive Response and Social Transformation (IFIRST) consortium working as employee of Financial Management Services Foundation (FMSF) one of its consortium member. Poorest Areas Civil Society Programme (PACS) is an initiative of the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), to work with civil society in India, to help socially excluded communities and women to claim their rights and entitlements more effectively. 

Job Profile

• Participated in pre funding visit for finance appraisal of CSOs under selection process of PACS programme. During the work period with PACS I have Conducted financial pre funding appraisal visit of CSOs, in Chhattisgarh state for Rachna Manch,  Prayog Samajsevi Sanstha, and in Madhya Pradesh for Adiwasi Sanrachna Sewa Sansathan & it’s Two Network Partners, Pararth Samiti, Navrachana Samaj Sevi Sansthan, KSHITIJ – Society for Participatory Development and Research, Gramodyog Sansthan, Institute for Social Service and Rural Development, Jagriti Yuva Manch Samiti and submitted prefunding report to project selection committee.
• Participated in proposal development (Financial) for 4 year project duration of CSO’s. Actively participated in proposal development (Financial Part) and finalization of four years budget for the CSOs shortlisted in the state like YATHARTH, PRAGATI GRAMIN VIKASH SAMITI, DESHKAL SOCIETY, CENTER FOR HEALTH AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT( CHARM), NIDAN, ASSOCOATION FOR PROMOTION OF CREATIVE LEARNING (APCL), PRAYASH GRAMIN VIKASH SAMITI, DASHRA, DEEP, SSEVS, BIHAR SEWA SANTHAN, MUZAFFARPUR VIKAS MANDAL (MVM), BIHAR VIKLANG KALYAN PARISAD ( BVKP), IZAD, & CADAM.
• Finalization of annual action plan and budget of CSO’s on yearly basis.
• Collection of Bank Validation form of CSO’s for disbursal of grant in aid.
• Desk monitoring of CSOs & conducting financial training for finance staff from I.Ps
• Review and finalization of quarterly fund request form furnished by CSO’s and compiling it to send national office.
• Review and finalization of Quarterly utilization statement submitted by CSO’s and accounted for in the state level accounts books in Tally ERP 9.
• Maintaining individuals CSO’s file at state level which contains project proposal, grant agreement , annual action plan and budget, fund request from, acknowledgement of grant receipt, quarterly progress report all other correspondences with CSO’s. 
• Facilitation for half yearly audit of network partners. 
• Signing of grant agreement with CSO’s 
• Accounting for state office expenses in tally 9 ERP as well as accounting for partners grant 

MAMTA Health Institute for Mother & Child from Oct 1998 to March 2007 worked as Sr. Programme Officer (Finance).

I was responsible for:

• Over all cash and bank management.
• Tracking staff advances and ensuring the adherence of staff advance policy set in the organization.
• Salary calculation (Keeping in mind tax planning for staff), payment of staff salary through NEFT and issue of salary certificated to staff on monthly basis.
• Over all accounting entries of organization including 4 outreach offices (based at Raibareli, Bangalore, Hamirpur and Jaipur). Finalization of books and preparing receipts & Payment account, Income and Expenditure accounts and balance sheet of organization .
• Budgeting for INGO’s drafting sub grant agreement for INGO’s 
• Providing technical support to INGO’s finance person.
• TDS, deduction, depositing and return submission.
• PF deducting, depositing and return submission.
• Finalization for FC-3 return and filing it on line after auditing.
• Facilitation for funder Audit conducted by PWC.
• Desk Monitoring of INGOs and maintaining network partner file of 33 
  Network partner.
• Reporting to Funders and preparing compliance report for audit observation.
• Organizing General Body and executive committee meeting and maintaining minutes of meeting records.
• Taking care of legal compliances related to FCRA, Income tax, Resistor of Society etc.

Accountant with People for Animals (PFA) Trust New Delhi from April 2007 to Sep-2008 

• Over all cash and bank management.
• Tracking staff advances.
• Salary calculation and payment ( Keeping TDS issues)
• Over all accounting entries of organization including 4 outreach offices.
• Budgeting for INGO’s drafting sub grant agreement for INGO’s 
• Finalizations of accounts up to return submission.
• Providing technical support to INGO’s finance person.
• TDS, deduction, depositing and return submission.
• PF deducting, depositing and return submission.
• Finalization for FC-3 return and filing it on line after auditing.
• Organizing General Body and executive committee meeting and maintaining minutes of meeting records.
• Taking care of legal compliances related to FCRA, Income tax, Resistor of Society etc.

Accountant with ACTION INDIA New Delhi from October-2008 to 25 March 2010

Work Profile 

• Over all cash and bank management.
• Tracking staff advances.
• Salary calculation and payment ( Keeping TDS issues)
• Over all accounting entries of organization including 4 outreach offices.
• Budgeting for INGO’s drafting sub grant agreement for INGO’s 
• Finalizations of accounts up to return submission.
• Providing technical support to INGO’s finance person.
• TDS, deduction, depositing and return submission.
• PF deducting, depositing and return submission.
• Finalization for FC-3 return and filing it on line after auditing.
• Organizing General Body and executive committee meeting and maintaining minutes of meeting records.
• Taking care of legal compliances related to FCRA, Income tax, Resistor of Society etc.

Charnalia Bhatia & Gandhi CA Firm: 1996 to 1998 – Completed 3 Years       Articleship Training. 

Academic Qualification 

• B.com (Pass) from Allahabad University 
• ICAI New Delhi Appeared for CA Course