Arohana Dairy
Manager Finance & Accounts
Company Website: www.arohanadariy.com
Company Background
Arohana Dairy Private Limited was set up in Aug, 2009 to tackle the problems of productivity that plague India's Dairy sector. India's dairy sector is the world's largest and is slated to almost double in size over the next 5 years. However, productivity and hygiene issues make India's dairy products unsuitable for the global market.
Arohana is seeking to create highly productive Dairy clusters by providing conveniences to the dairy farmer enabling her to:
- expand herd size,
- adapt to appropriate automation at the community level and
- de-mystify the technical and scientific aspects of dairy farming thereby significantly augmenting income
Arohana's strategy is – more milk from each cow, more cows for each farmer, more farmers in each village.
Arohana is currently working in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu in South India with a cluster of 24 villages, over 800 farmers and procures 2000 liters per day. Arohana currently operates a B2B model, catering to few, bulk customers. As Dairy farming is central to India's rural economy, the scope for impact is immense.
Arohana has been selected by the Unreasonable Institute, a US based non-profit accelerator for social enterprises, as one of the 27 ventures that can define progress in our times. More can be viewed at http://unreasonableinstitute.org/fellows-2011/
Role Description
The Manager of Finance & Accounts will manage the finance, accounts, taxation and reporting aspects of the business. The Manager-F&A will have a ringside view of the business and provide support to the CEO and other colleagues by measuring and monitoring business performance
- Partnering with peers to identify and execute growth strategies
- Implementing continuous process and business improvement
- Leading finance-related compliance programs and strengthening the internal control environment
- Meeting fiduciary and statutory requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the approval and processing of revenue, expenditure, departmental budgets, salaries, statutory payments, ledger and account maintenance and data entry
- Oversee funding requirements, liquidity managements, capital and debt raising
- Identify, develop and maintain relationships with Banks and Financial Institutions
- Negotiate insurance premiums with Insurance providers
- Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, financial reports, operational reports and information to Board of Directors, investors and other stakeholders
- Assume overall responsibility of MIS and business process engineering while maintaining the appropriate balance between control and flexibility
- Develop and direct the implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans, projects, programs, and systems
- Serve on planning and policy-making committees
- Recruit, train, supervise and evaluate department staff
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- A post-graduate degree in Management or Finance is required, CPA qualification would be an added advantage.
- Attention to detail and well organized
- Demonstrated capacity to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Ability and willingness to learn quickly, work under pressure & meet tight deadlines
- Willingness to work long hours including weekends & holidays as necessary
- Dedicated to the mission of the organization
Logistics
- This role is based out of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu in India
- A/C and internet access may not be available on a continuous basis
- Travel into villages with periods of stay will be required
