Sr Consultant, Finance (Khelo India)

Preferred -

Candidates who can join immediately/Serving notice/ 15-20 Days

Candidates worked with government stakeholders

Role & responsibilities

• Lead preparation, review, and monitoring of Budget Estimates (BE), Revised Estimates (RE), annual budgets, and financial forecasts.
• Coordinate PFMS operations and support fund flow management and financial reporting.
• Review and approve sanction orders, fund release proposals, and financial submissions.
• Lead implementation and monitoring of DBT, SNA, and grant management frameworks.
• Establish and monitor financial control mechanisms to ensure compliance and accountability.
• Coordinate with relevant agencies for settlement of outstanding advances, submission of UCs.
• Support DBT Compliance Management
• Support monitoring of budget utilization, expenditure trends, and financial risks, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with GFR, government guidelines, and financial management frameworks.
• Coordinate Internal Audit, Statutory Audit, and CAG Audit engagements and closure of audit observations.
• Coordinate with implementing agencies, PAOs, DDOs, banks, and other stakeholders on financial matters.
• Provide financial oversight for procurement, tender evaluation, contracts, and vendor payments.
• Coordinate in preparation of audit responses and compliance reports.
• Prepare financial notes, policy briefs, concept notes, cabinet notes, and presentations for competent authorities and other relevant stakeholders.
• Conduct financial due diligence, risk assessment, and process improvement exercises.

Coordinate with Ministries, State Governments, Autonomous Bodies, Funding Agencies, and other key stakeholders

Preferred candidate profile

• Strong knowledge of Government financial management, budgeting, financial planning, fund management, grant management, accounting principles, financial analysis, and expenditure monitoring.
• Experience in PFMS, DBT, SNA, Budget Estimates (BE), Revised Estimates (RE), utilization certificates (UCs), financial reporting, audit coordination, and financial compliance.
• Sound understanding of General Financial Rules (GFR), Delegation of Financial Powers (DFPR), Government Accounting Rules, Treasury Rules, procurement regulations, and applicable financial guidelines.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), financial MIS, ERP/accounting systems, and dashboard/reporting tools.

Experience in preparing financial statements, budget proposals, sanction orders, audit responses, policy notes, concept papers, management reports, and presentations.