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Christodan Benya
Program Finance Associate
New Delhi
Summary
Finance Associate with over 16 years of NGO accounting experience for both large and small organizations. Proven expertise in current amendments of FCRA regulations and tax laws. Implements financial best practices across departments to streamline financial reporting to donor agencies and management. Works closely with management and team to analyze and interpret complex accounting information to meet organization performance goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Program Finance Associate
Caritas India
08.2021 - Current
- Managing the donor wise grant record in tally
- Preparing donor wise financial statements
- Preparing project wise budget vs actual reports for both management & the program team
- Preparing quarterly cash flow statements as required by the management
- Processing timely project wise trench requests
- Orienting and updating program staffs and field finance persons on financial, procurement policies and amendments for better internal control and documentation
- Monitoring project expenses as per the allocated budget and sharing the variance report with the program team
- Assisting in project wise budget preparation
- Assisting the auditors in project audits and statutory audits
- Deducting TDS and consolidating monthly TDS for deposit
- Verifying the GST registration, HSN of vendors before processing payments
- Verifying PAN & Aadhar linking of vendors
- Data entry in Tally ERP
- Ensuring all the FCRA & Organizational guidelines are properly followed during vendor payment.
Consultant
Community Foundation for Children and Aging
07.2021 - 07.2021
- Verifying the bills and invoices
- Data entry in the accounting software tally and abila
- Orienting the new accountant on organizational financial policies
- Settlement of program advances
- Preparing the bank and cash reconciliation statements
- Preparing the monthly financial reports
- Consolidating the TDS, PF, Medical Insurance data
- Assisting in the statutory audits
- Assisting in IT scrutiny.
Project Accountant
Community Foundation for Children and Aging
08.2014 - 01.2021
- Preparing accounting vouchers after verification of bills and invoices
- Data entry of vouchers in tally ERP & Abila (accounting software from donor agency)
- Preparing budget vs actual statement with burn rate and updating the management and program team
- Preparing monthly financial reports for the management & donor agency
- Recording and monitoring program advances and vendor advances
- Bank reconciliation of the main FCRA & Sub FCRA accounts
- Assisting in internal statutory audits and external audits
- Assisting in IT scrutiny
- Providing accounting training to employees to ensure proper accounting procedure followed in all projects
- Maintaining fixed assets register and monitoring the life of assets regularly
- Ensuring proper procurement processes followed for purchase of assets based on the guidelines from financial manual
- Timely disbursement of grants to beneficiaries and maintaining the master sheet (for sponsored children)
- Assisting in annual Budget preparation
- Assisting and coordinating with the auditors for preparing balance sheet
- Ensuring internal control systems properly followed
- Issuing offer letters and contract letters to the newly recruited employees
- Issuing contract renewal letters of employees
- Timely renewal of office vehicle insurance, staff Mediclaim insurances, rent agreements, partner agreements etc
- Preparing monthly staff leave status and attendance for monthly staff salary
- Issuing monthly salary slips to employees
- Consolidating PF, TDS and Mediclaim policy data
- Timely deposit of PF and TDS
- Consolidating TDS data for quarterly return filing
- Timely settlement of PF & gratuity for terminated employees.
Accounts & Admin Officer
Christian AIDS/HIV National Alliance (CANA)
04.2012 - 08.2014
- Verification of bills & vouchers and processing of payments
- Making voucher entries in the accounting software Tally 9
- Reconciliation of bank and Cash
- Preparing project wise Annual Budgets and monitoring the expenses
- Preparing staff salaries (Working on increments, deductions, tax calculation etc)
- Monitoring Advances & settlements with Staffs, partners and other parties
- Preparing financial reports for the donor agencies and board members
- Deduction and deposit of TDS and filing of quarterly return
- Issuing FORM16 to the vendors and staffs
- Facilitating the Auditor in Half yearly and Annual Statutory Audits
- Timely submission of the FC-3 and the FC-6 to the Ministry of Home Affairs
- Working on Asset depreciation and write off processes
- Maintaining the office manuals: Leave Register, Stock Register, Asset Register, Salary Register, inward register, outward register
- Looking after the Asset procurement processes according to the organizational guidelines
- Processing the Quarterly TDS return filing
- Timely issuing Form 16 (TDS Certificate) to the vendors
- Calculation of payroll tax for employees and deducting TDS
- Timely submitting the board resolutions in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Senior Accountant
Evangelical Social Action Forum (ESAF)
07.2011 - 03.2012
- Processing cash and bank payments
- Verifications of bills and invoices
- Data entry of daily transactions in tally
- Keeping proper records of cheque utilization and updating bank books
- Follow up of the program advances
- Preparing project wise financial Statements
- Bank reconciliation
- Preparing Monthly trial balance with required adjustment entries
- Preparation and disbursement of staff salary.
Senior Accounts Assistant
ESAF Micro Finance & Investment Pvt. Ltd.
07.2009 - 06.2011
- Processing cash and bank payments
- Verifications of bills and invoices
- Maintaining cash book, bank book, cheque utilization books
- Processing cash and bank payments
- Preparing trial balance
- Reconciling bank books and making bank reconciliation statement
- Preparing staff salary and conveyance
- Preparing monthly financial statement
- Reconciling the branch accounts with zonal accounts
- Follow up for the program advances.
Senior Accounts Assistant
ESAF Micro Finance & Investment Pvt. Ltd.
07.2008 - 06.2009
- Auditing the branch offices
- Preparing audit report and branch performance report
- Reporting the concerned authorities about the findings
- Guiding the branch staffs regarding organizational rules
- Preparing Audit report for the audited branch.
Accounts cum Monitoring Officer
Social Education & Basic Awareness (SEBA)
01.2007 - 12.2007
- Making daily entries in Tally
- Writing books of accounts (Cash book, Bank book)
- Handling daily cash and bank transactions
- Maintaining stock register and Asset register
- Monitoring the expenses at field level
- Disbursing staff salary and conveyance.
Education
Skills
Financial Reporting (to donor & management)
Financial variance statement analysis
Tax Compliance (TDS & GST)
Provident Fund & ESI
ERP systems proficiency
Internal Controls
Microsoft Excel
Bank Reconciliation
Payroll
Team Collaboration
Interpersonal Skills
Self Motivation
Computerknowledge
Tally-9 ERP, Abila Accounting Software (Sage), Excel, Word, Power Point
Interests
Timeline
Program Finance Associate
Caritas India
08.2021 - Current
Consultant
Community Foundation for Children and Aging
07.2021 - 07.2021
Project Accountant
Community Foundation for Children and Aging
08.2014 - 01.2021
Accounts & Admin Officer
Christian AIDS/HIV National Alliance (CANA)
04.2012 - 08.2014
Senior Accountant
Evangelical Social Action Forum (ESAF)
07.2011 - 03.2012
Senior Accounts Assistant
ESAF Micro Finance & Investment Pvt. Ltd.
07.2009 - 06.2011
Senior Accounts Assistant
ESAF Micro Finance & Investment Pvt. Ltd.
07.2008 - 06.2009
Accounts cum Monitoring Officer
Social Education & Basic Awareness (SEBA)
01.2007 - 12.2007
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