Total 3 job vacancies by Tara Climate Ltd.

Reporting to the Senior Finance Director with a dotted line to the Head of Finance, the Financial Controller will be responsible for maintaining the organization's day-to-day accounting activities, including, but not limited to, audit, tax filing, grantmaking accounting, internal control and procedures development, and systems maintenance.

The key responsibilities of the Financial Controller are to:

· Oversee all financial, project/program and grants accounting, ensuring that the

organisation’s financial practices are in line with statutory regulations, legislation and best

practices.

· Responsible for maintaining the day-to-day accounting, monthly, quarterly, and yearly

closes.

· Reviews and prepares general ledger, adjustments and reconciliations for accuracy and

modifies appropriate supporting documentation.

· Prepares internal and external nonprofit financial statements in accordance with Singapore

Financial Reporting Standard along with actual-budget variance analysis.

· Assists in the preparation of the annual budget.

· Prepares financial proposals and financial reports for funders when needed

· Assists in annual audits, tax filing, and any other tax filings.

· Assists and manages all payables.

· Supports the grantmaking team in the grantmaking process and coordinates grant

payments.

· Manages the expense reporting process and ensures reconciliations capture transactions

from the credit card and expense report systems.

· Assists in the development of internal controls, policies, and procedures.

· Manages organisational cash flow and forecasting

· Manages day-to-day finance administrative tasks, such as invoice and expense approvals

and disbursement

Miscellaneous:

· Promotes a culture of excellence, service orientation, high performance, and continuous

improvement

· Demonstrate Tara's Values in every action

· Actively participates in Program Team activities

· Abides by Tara’s policies, procedures and practices

As and when required other responsibilities and projects will be allocated by line management.

Skills & Experience:

· At least 15 years of relevant hands-on experience with 7 plus years of management experience

· Prior experience in an international environment and non-profit organisation is a plus

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in dealing with senior stakeholders and internal and external parties

· Strong ability to multitask and able to work in an entrepreneurial environment

· Improvements and solutions-driven, detailed-oriented and collaborative working styleß

· Strong critical and strategic thinking skills

· Able to work flexibly at a fast pace in remote settings with multi-cultural teams across time zones

· A drive to achieve results; a high level of personal energy and pro-activity, demonstrated by concrete examples of achievement and initiative taken in previous roles

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and an Asian language would be an asset

· Reliable computer skills with standard applications (e.g., Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

· Embraces Tara’s mission and identifies with and is committed to living the Tara Values Education

· Minimum of a degree in accountancy or CPA/ACCA equivalent, expert in Singapore FRS and IFRS Location requirements

· The candidate must have residency status with a legal permit to reside and work in Singapore

Education

· Minimum of a degree in accountancy or CPA/ACCA equivalent, expert in Singapore FRS and IFRS

Tara is looking to hire a Senior Officer - Strategic Partnerships & External Communications to:

1) help support and grow our current funding partners,

2) support the cultivation of strong partnerships with new donors, especially in Asia

3) develop our external branding materials including annual reports, website, and communication tools

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Senior Officer - Strategic Partnerships and External Communications will be responsible for the following:

• Cultivate and grow the funding base
• Support the Strategic Partnerships Director in the development and implementation of the funder stewardship plan
• Work with other colleagues at Tara to expand the number of high-value individual donors and philanthropic foundations that are supporting climate action in Asia, specifically in the Tara region
• Proposal Development and Grant Reporting
• Review current funding proposals, and grant reports, pulling input from other teams
• members as needed
• Identify and communicate risks or potential issues that could affect the proposal development, define potential solutions and liaise with Tara's legal and operations
• Ensure timely submission of proposals, progress reports, and any other deliverables
• External Communications support:
• Organise and coordinate key funder meetings
• Create presentations and other promotional materials for funders and other key stakeholders
• Drafts Tara annual funders report with support from the Tara program team
• Responsible for the development and ongoing updates of the Tara external media
• platforms e.g. Tara's website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook etc.
• People Management & operational responsibilities, including:
• Promote a culture of excellence, service orientation, high performance, and continuous improvement
• Provide direct supervision to the Strategic Partnerships Officer
• Mentor staff and oversee their professional development
• Demonstrate Tara's Values in every action
• Actively participates in Leadership Team activities
• Abide by Tara’s policies, procedures and practices
• As and when required other responsibilities and projects will be allocated by line management in consultation with the post holder.

In addition, the ideal candidate will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and professionalism in working with multiple stakeholders
• from diverse nationalities and backgrounds
• Experience working on energy and climate change issues is not a must, but there must be a genuine interest in the issue and the ability to learn quickly
• Superb verbal and written skills in English and other Asian languages are an asset
• Strong ability to consolidate information and data and present them in a concise and compelling manner
• Strong skills in managing and visualizing data and numbers;
• Strong presentation skills for communication with individual donors, senior executives of
• trusts, foundations, business and opinion leaders
• Proven track record of working in an environment that demands professionalism, discretion and confidentiality
• Excellent project management and coordination skills
• Skilled in creating visually compelling PowerPoint presentations.
• Able to solve problems resourcefully, efficiently and independently with a proactive, “can-do” attitude to challenges and changes
• Used to working flexibly at a fast pace in remote settings with multi-cultural teams across multiple time zones
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally as and when required
• Embraces Tara’s mission and identifies with and is committed to living the Tara Values

• Education
• Advanced degree or relevant expertise in a relevant field such as renewable energy, environmental management, business administration, economics, or sustainable development.

Job Summary:

Support the Head of Finance in developing and maintaining systems, policies, processes, and procedures to prepare proper and accurate financial and related documents promptly.

Accounting, Analysis and Operations:

• Co-handle the daily operations, e.g., answering queries and emails
• Prepare and record all transactions related to the Procure to Pay cycle and submit for approval as necessary, e.g. prepare PO, goods receipting, match credit card transactions, record bills, and make payments.
• Work with the Grants team to track and reconcile all regranting between systems and/or tracking files, ensuring accurate and timely recording and payment.
• Prepare and record all incoming receipts and reconcile them to the system
• Prepare, record and reconcile all fixed assets
• Prepare the accounting entries for payroll and claims for employees and EOR.
• Prepare the expense allocation and related accounting entries
• Perform the analytical review of the accounts and resolve any variances
• Prepare expense schedules and budget spending reports with variance explanations. Submit for review and distribute the information as needed.

Compliance:

• Enforce adherence to our internal policies, processes, and procedures e.g. approval limits, and external laws or regulations, e.g. GST Act.
• Assist in annual reporting e.g., attend to auditors and/or tax agents, financial statement preparation, consolidation (if required), and annual return.
• Prepare and submit surveys and statutory filings, working with third-party providers if required.
• Assist in “know your customer” (funder and grantee), anti-money laundering or similar due diligence checks

Ad-hoc:

• Participate in projects, if any.
• Any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Job Requirements:

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in accountancy or ACCA or equivalent.
• Minimum five years’ experience in audit and accounting.
• Experienced working in a multi-cultural, multi-language environment.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Organised, attention to detail, analytical and problem solver.
• Multitasking with a sense of urgency.
• Familiar and keeping up to date with accounting standards/practices and regulations
• Prior usage of Xero or other computerised accounting systems.