Grants Officer - Delhi, India - Wadhwani AI

Wadhwani AI

Verified Company

Delhi, India

1 week ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

beBee Recuiter

Description

The grants officer will be responsible to support the team in budgeting, grant management, accounting, and maintaining proper documentation.

About Wadhwani AI

The Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI) is an independent nonprofit institute developing AI-based solutions for underserved communities in developing countries.

We work with over 40 partners including key government agencies, international development organizations, NGOs, and research organizations to identify real-world challenges and create and deploy innovative AI solutions to reach intended users and beneficiaries - with the objective of creating sustainable, scalable impact.

Our projects are supported by leading philanthropies such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, and Our accolades include winning the Google AI Impact Challenge (one among 20 out of 2600 competitors globally) as well as multiple awards at the 2021 Fast Company World Changing Ideas.

Our current portfolio of initiatives spans tuberculosis, maternal, newborn & child health, Covid-19, and cotton farming.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Generate financial reports from Zoho accounting software and to prepare monthly financial tracking of each grant.
Review, liaise with the finance team, and work on various donor financial reports before finalization.
Work with finance and accounts and ensure timely closure of books of accounts.
Review monthly expense allocations in line with grants management principles.
Provide support in donor budget working and finalization.
Provide support in new proposal budget related workings and documentation.
Ensuring correct project and donor allocation in monthly staff timesheets.
Tracking monthly staff actual allocations against planned
Work on periodic projections of various projects in close coordination with Program/Project Leads
Assist in generating various analytical reports of each grant/project.
Work on monthly staff allocation planning in coordination with Project/Program Leads.
Assist in Sub award management ensuring all processes are followed, handling their closeout processes.
Preparing and reconciling monthly expenses with WIAI US books.
Work on cash flow/monthly advance fund request, ensuring availability of required fund balance incountry for carrying out project activities.
Provide assistance to the supervisor and work on various detailed reporting requirements for internal planning, management purposes, etc.
Ensure smooth and timely grant closeout processes.
Developing tools or excel based tracking for various purposes/internal reports.
Managing various external/internal/donor audits.
Maintain proper documentation of all grants agreements and other related documents.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor to ensure sound grants management in the organization.

REQUIREMENTS

Microsoft Office computer skills, proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
Detailoriented and rigorous in approach to tasks.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to handle a variety of assignments under the pressure of deadlines.
Flexible work style and ability to organize and prioritize work.
Strong interpersonal and team skills.
Ability to multitask and willingness to work flexibly on a wide range of tasks.
Willing to travel as and when required.

QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Master's degree in Commerce/Finance. Additional qualifications will be an added advantage.
Minimum 810 years of relevant experience especially working on various donor grants management, generating various excel based reports.
ZohoBooks experience would be preferred. Working knowledge of other Accounting Software would be an added advantage.
Good understanding and knowledge of various donors related grants management and financial reporting, analysis etc.
Experience working in INGOs would be preferred.