Job Description

Consultant - Projects and Grants

ICRISAT seeks applications from highly motivated and qualified professionals for the position of

Consultant - Projects and Grants to assist the Manager of Projects and Grants in Project Accounting

and Project Management. Knowledge of accounting in-depth knowledge of accounting standards

and reporting requirements including IFRS. Good interpersonal and communication skills.

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for

development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world.

Covering 6.5 million square kilometres of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has

over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners

help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded

environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight

country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions prosperous, food-secure and resilient

dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental

degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandated crops of chickpea,

pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The

Institute focuses its work on drylands and on protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are

usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping

dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please

visit - www.icrisat.org

Responsibilities:

Conceptual and Applied

Assist in Project Management and Project Accounting in lines with grant agreements Preparation of MIS reports on Projects Assist in Management of receivables and payables A thorough review of financial terms and conditions and budgets of grants agreements A thorough review of sub-grants agreements
Internal and External

Liaison with Donor, Internal and Statutory Auditors Interdepartmental liaison To maintain good rapport with location staff and have updated information on the
status of the projects

Timeliness and Quality

Stick to donor reporting timeline Provide accurate and timely information to the Manager for decision-making purposes
Experience

Master's degree in finance or Related/ CA Intern At least 1 - 5years of experience in Finance in preparation, analysis and reconciliation of
financial statements, MIS, financial forecasts and Assets Management. Expertise in

handling accounting functions.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer

Job Type: Contractual / Temporary
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: ₹11,566.87 - ₹58,394.03 per month

Benefits:

Paid time off
Work Location: In person

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