About the Organization
Swaniti Initiative is a social enterprise that is working at the intersection of climate, governance and last mile delivery. We believe that while the willingness and resources exist, there are fundamental gaps in the execution within communities that is the biggest crisis in the climate movement. Accordingly, Swaniti works with subnational governments to conduct microplanning exercises with consultations with community and key stakeholders to understand the pathways forward, provide technical assistance to subnational governments to provide support in program implementation and support in monitoring and delivery of programs.
Swaniti has been working across multiple geographies in the global south to unlock capital. Our three core metrics include unlocking public capital, ensuring last mile communities are directly benefitted and creating systemic changes in the public service systems. While we are continuing to focus on impact, it is critical to have a lead who has a deep understanding about monitoring, evaluation and learning. Our intention is to create an institutional capabilities to measure and document the scale of our impact and look at how learning can be replicated across the institution.
Job Description
We are currently looking for an individual to support financial operations across multiple projects with a potential to influence policy-level decision-making. This role goes beyond conventional accounting responsibilities — it offers the opportunity to contribute to initiatives that drive national-level impact, particularly in the areas of sustainable development and climate action. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in accounting systems, an eye for accuracy, and the capacity to engage with cross-functional teams. The role demands a proactive problem-solver with excellent coordination and communication skills who is enthusiastic about aligning financial processes with broader project and policy goals.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with other teams.
• Responsible for Day to day accounting work including purchase and sale entries, petty cash handling,
vouchers & bill filing, bank work and other accounting related work
• Ensuring the processes and documentation are compliant with various statutory audit needs (for eg.
Income Tax, GST, TDS, 80G, 12A, FCRA, etc) and filing returns as required for compliance.
• Finalization of balance sheet, income and expenditures, receipts and payments.
• Experience of financial reporting and technical accounting experience in US GAAP.
• Daily maintenance and updating of budget MIS
• Preparing utilization statements and keeping track record of debit and credit transactions
• Maintaining documentation for expenditure verification and audits as per project and internal
requirements
• Coordinating with CA and auditors as required for project audits and external audits if any.
• Serving as the main point of contact for all financial audits
• Coordinating with implementing teams and the Board of Trustees for accounting and finance related
work
• Work allocation and management of the accounts team
• Preparing and sharing periodic updates on the finances of the organization to the Board
• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures
• Any other accounting related work assigned by the Management.