Job Title: Finance Officer / Senior Finance Officer
Number of positions: 1
Location: Patna
Grade: C
Salary Range: Competitive salary commensurate with experience
Type: Project Based (Till March 2026)

Qualification required:

An MBA (Finance) from a reputed institute or postgraduate in commerce or CA (Inter). Working knowledge of IT would be an added advantage.

Experience required:
• Minimum 2 to 5 years working experience in accounts and finance function.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (ERP)
• Working knowledge of FCRA, Income tax and other applicable laws.
• Liaison with auditor and statutory authorities.
• Hands on experience of financial reporting to donors.
• Analytical, verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong sense of professional commitment and maturity.
• Attention to details and ability to multi-task.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Knowledge of computers especially MS Office, Advanced Excel.

Application closure date: 17th March 2025

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Sustainability and Strategic Financial Management Systems

• Support providing a dashboard to the management highlighting costs and ratios thereby advising on productivity metrics and cost inefficiencies.
• Execute accounting systems to ensure.
• Preparing all monthly finance reports, bank reconciliation statement,
• Books of accounts are updated on regular and timely basis by handling all activities of the monthly and yearly closures.
• Monthly Reconciliation of Vendors and Employees payables/advances.
• Verification of payment processing for legal and accounting issues, month-end checklist, and timely closures.
• Internal control systems for payments, procurements, and fixed assets management.
• Review and updation of existing financial manual through financial monitoring of the processes.
• Web banking automation and maintaining bank relationships.

2. Compliance, legal & Audit

• Assisting in physical verification of Assets & Stock
• Ensure audit preparedness by -:
 Digitalisation of finance data
 Physical archiving by handing over of list of files verification of physical data storage by the vendor
 Retrieval of data (both soft and hard data)
• Ensure payroll and statutory compliance by doing the following:
 Monitoring of timely TDS deduction and deposit & ensure timely filing of quarterly returns of TDS
 Coordination for providing the data to the vendor
 Receiving, distribution, and resolving queries related to form 16A
 Closure of queries
 Signature digitalization
 FCRA return filling
 Ensuring timely signatures and timely submission of returns
 Ensuring timely processing of TDS and PF submission, as per GOI timelines

3. Team Building

• Provide support to Line Manager in framing policies, defining/re-defining systems and processes.
• Work closely with all stakeholders with a service orientation and problem solving approach

Reporting to:- : Manager- Finance

What can you expect in PCI
• A warm, inclusive and happy work environment.
• Performance driven reward mechanism.
• Best of class benefits with competitive remunerations.
• Health Insurance coverage for self, spouse & Children.
• Group Terms Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance for Self.
• All other statutory benefits.
• Regular Recognition of performance and PCI Value display in work
• An empowering organisation structure which values individual’s skills, competencies and potential.
• Opportunities to operate in cross functional role.
• Higher responsibilities and larger roles are merit based.
• Young Talent Programs for developing future leaders.
• Leadership roles for women is encouraged and given preference in selection and training.

Recruitment Process
1. Applications will be shortlisted based on the specified criteria mentioned in the Job Description.
2. The process could also include presentation of the assignment.
3. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend one or more rounds of panel interview/s.
The complete process usually takes 2 to 3 weeks. Those moving to the final round of interviews will be hearing from the People & Culture team. We prefer in person meetings but in case of location distances, we are happy to meet you virtually.
After the final round, if you are not selected for the position advertised, we will inform you over a mail. However, we invite you to apply to other open positions. We always look forward to engaging with talent that add value to our endeavours in various capacities.

PCI is committed to prevent any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct.