Job Description

COVID-19 has disproportionately affected menstruators (adult and adolescents) health, hygiene, mobility and economic independence. After validating the needs for this vulnerable population at the onset of the pandemic, Uninhibited found that menstruators were posed at a higher risk of reduced menstrual and sexual and reproductive health because of the decreased access to these services. 

Building on the findings, we have developed Hello Saathi, free telemedicine and informational helpline for menstruators and non-menstruators wherein they can access teleconsultations for their MHH/SRH issues and/or subscribe to receive IVR based MHH/SRH content for a month. We have also started our work with highly marginalized communities like sex workers and LGBTQIA+ people. 

We are seeking a Finance Manager to support our finance, accounting and administrative activities across our operational regions. The Finance Manager will be responsible for supporting the team with daily accounting, timely reconciliations,statutory filings and specific administrative tasks of Uninhibited. The role will require a certain amount of collaboration with external auditor, third parties for tax filings and completion of audits and team members internally. This is a role for someone who is collaborative by nature but is also extremely comfortable in driving outputs by themselves. It has an operational and administrative aspect but can also have a strategic dimension.  It is an extremely key role as it will be responsible for streamlining and enforcing processes in a young organization. 

What you’ll do as a Finance Manager :

• Ensures compliance and consistency with the organization’s policies and procedures, as well as compliance with the terms and conditions of the agreements with Uninhibited governing the work in the office.
• Streamlining and building processes where they don’t exist. Enforcing the same in a uniform manner across the organization.
• Records and accounts for daily transactions, ensuring accuracy and completeness of required files and supporting documentation serving as evidence of transactions.
• Ensures sound cash management of local bank accounts and maintains a petty cash fund.
• Processes cash disbursements in accordance with financial management policies and established approval levels.
• Processes payroll, remits tax and other government contributions and reports to local agencies.
• Responsible for full accounts payable function from procurement through payment of invoices.
• Process employee expense reimbursements.
• Ensures timely payment to all organization’s payees and maintains sufficient and complete payee files.
• Prepares monthly financial reports for the organization and internal management reports for the Head of Staff or leadership team containing budget to actual expenditure information.
• Performs month-end closing and year-end duties such as reconciliations, VAT reimbursements, inventory lists, etc.
• Responsible for procurement activities in accordance with the organization’s procurement policy.
• Prepares and submits reports and filings in compliance with local government laws.
• Liaising with the external auditor to close year end audits and other compliance matters.
• Liaising with external legal professionals in order to ensure compliance with statutory requirements at all times.

Who you are:

• Passionate about gender equity, women empowerment and menstrual health
• Fluent in the use of excel and/or other tools and systems for processing large volumes of data
• Have a background in accounting, finance and statutory compliance.
• Have at least 2-4 years of experience working with finance and accounting. Experience in the sector is an added advantage.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills and be able to confidently provide communications-related guidance to organizational executives and volunteers
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• Possesses analytical skills (will be involved in preparing forward looking budgets, MIS and analysing incorrect projections), a drive to learn new tools(accounting, MIS and payroll processing) and ability to collaborate beyond the organisation
• Ability to multi-task as it involves juggling aspects of finance, compliance and administrative matters.
• Experience in executing closing the financial books of small organizations, timely statutory filings and basic accounting.
• Low ego, collaborative team member; motivated to work with other verticals to improve the quality of interventions but also good at working by yourself for the execution of tasks
• Highly organized and resourceful, with an ability to drive focus, clarity and prioritization
• Able to commit to the position for a minimum of 2 years
• Empathetic, respectful and grounded
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Hindi.

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What we offer:

• A comprehensive full-time position 
• Growth and development opportunities 
• Access to a flourishing network within the social development sector
• Annual salary range: Rs 3,00,000 - 5,00,000

Eligibility Criteria

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Organization Details

• Organization Name:Uninhibited
• About Organization:Uninhibited has de-stigmatised menstrual, sexual and reproductive health for 200,000+ marginalised menstruators in 10 states across India. We’ve seen menstruators seek healthcare and support, reclaim spaces at school, workplaces and communities, eventually leading to reduced gender inequity and better health and wellbeing. Support our journey to reach 2.5 million menstruators, men and boys by 2025. Co-founded by Dilip Kumar Pattubala & Sahana P Bhat with a vision to make menstruation a non-issue. We started out solely as a period product distributor, selling pads at scale, until we noticed that we were only reaching marginalised menstruators who were already using sanitary pads.
  
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