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Assistant Manager – Finance & Accounts

  • Company

    Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation (BRLF))

  • Location

    New Delhi, Delhi

  • Employment Type

    Full-Time

  • Functional Category

    Finance & Operations

  • Experience

    6 - 10 years

  • Date Posted

    17-Feb-2026

About Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation (BRLF))

Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation (BRLF) was set up by the Government of India as an independent society under the Ministry of Rural Development, to scale up civil society action in partnership with the central and state governments. The Union Cabinet decided to form Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation (BRLF) through a cabinet decision on 3rd September 2013 to ensure better implementation and outreach of the government schemes and programmes in partnership with civil society organizations. It came into existence as an independent society on 10th December 2013 with an initial sanctioned amount of INR 500 crore to be allocated in two installments to create the corpus of this new society.

Overview of the Role

Reporting to Director Finance and Administration, BRLF, the Assistant Manager – Finance will be part of the Finance team of BRLF in strengthening financial management systems, grant and partner financial oversight, compliance and reporting / documentation mechanisms.

Job Description

• The incumbent will perform the following functions including but not limited to
End to end donor reporting including CSR donors, Maintenance/dissemination of monthly MIS and financial dashboards.
• Support Director Finance in designing and delivering NPO compliance and governance live trainings and course dissemination to build capacities of the CSO’s
• Coordinate with the Manager – Finance & Accounts on operational matters, where relevant and necessary, Keep each other updated, while independently managing responsibilities and priorities under the overall direction of the Director – Finance & Administration.
• Be an important and collaborative team player.
• Prepare and maintains excel/software based CSO reporting / tracking and the MIS at organisation level for the review of the Director Finance and SMT.
• Grant and CSO financial management as per the BRLF Grant Management policy.
• Support Director Finance in budgeting, financial planning and fund flow monitoring.
• Support preparation of financial statements, utilisation reports and year end closing.
• Coordinate and support different audits such as Internal, statutory, CAG, MoRD, and donor audits/DD.
• Support compliances such as FCRA, Income Tax, Society and MoRD.
• Coordination with the state finance team members, programme teams and CSO partners.
• Working closely with HR department on salary disbursements and related compliances.
• Process and review vendor advance, staff travel advance and other regular payments and tracking of loans and advances, travel settlement, petty expenses and reimbursements as per policy.
• Follow up with staff/consultants and partners for timely settlement of advances and financial reporting.
• Recording and review of transactions in accounting systems as per budget heads and generate vouchers.
• Work closely with Administration and Procurement team members.
• Ensure expenditure and payment vouchers are properly supported in accordance with relevant financial rules, regulations and procedures including BRLF guidelines.
• Ensure adherence to GFR and financial procedures followed by BRLF.
• Monthly Bank Reconciliation and payment tracking system review.
• Support strengthening of finance processes, SOPs and internal controls.
• Support capacity building and finance compliance orientation for CSO partners and programme teams.
• Any other assignments by the Director Finance and Administration.
• Support the team as leave backup to others for proper functioning of the BRLF finance department.

Required & Preferred Qualifications

Skill

• Experience of working with Foundations, Grant making institutions or Government created missions and societies.
• Strong exposure to grant financial management, donor compliance , MIS and audit processes.
• Well versed with financial and accounting software preferably online applications.
• Knowledge and experience with Government created societies would be desirable.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office especially advanced Excel and can create / own financial MIS of BRLF.
• Well versed with statutory compliances i.e., TDS, PF, Income Tax, FCRA etc.
• Excellent inter-personal skills; ability to work independently and with teams.
• Knowledge and experience of GoI accounting requirements and prudent procurement procedures would be desirable.
• A team player, with the ability to work in a collaborative and consultative manner.

Experience

• Post Graduate degree in Finance/Accounting and/or CA/ICWA Inter with a minimum experience of 6–10 years in a similar position. • Experience in development sector, grant making institutions, CSO management, Capacity Building of CSO’s and foundations or Government created societies would be preferred.