Intern, Workday Accounts

Job Description

About us

WRI India provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being. We are inspired by and associated with World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organisation. Currently, over 250 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.

Our mission and values:

Our mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.

Our values are shared ideals that bind us together: Integrity, Innovation, Urgency, Independence and Respect.

Our culture:

We are committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well-being in our mission including equal opportunities in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, caste, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or protected Veteran status

Overview for Operations

WRI Operations team supports the crucial front-line work of the organization, they directly interact and work with Donors, Partners, Government agencies, Statutory bodies, Trustees, Vendors, and Consultants in fielding their inquiries, providing support at all the fronts and solving problems. So that the WRI programs can be implemented without any hurdles and the program staff and researchers can develop high quality research documents, plans and implement the programs at the field level.

WRI operations team consists of various functions such as Budget and Finance, Grants and Contracts, Legal Counsel, Human Resource, IT and Facilities management. Each role comes under the purview of operations and each function lead reports to the Director Operations and Director Operations report to the CEO of the Organization.

WRI Operations team strive for operational excellence across all functions starting with the recruitment, retention and management of WRI’s staff, our most important asset. We manage our endowment, the contributions entrusted to us, and our facilities in ways that are in line with our values and advance our mission. We maintain strict budgetary planning and financial controls to ensure that all contributions are managed in compliance with donors’ wishes.

What will you do?

• To familiarise with basic accounting principles and common accounting software features currently adopted by the company
• To understand and learn the software Workday
• To Post all entries in Workday for the past period
• To Post all the month – end reclasses and closing for the past period
• Preparing FAR, Prepaid and Accruals to understand and close.
• Generating reporting from Workday
• Analysing the current report generated from Workday vs the existing reports from CP
• Testing on various scenarios assigned
• To ensure the new accounting software is thoroughly tested and meets the defined requirements
• Developing test cases based on the requirements and specifications
• Identifying, documenting and report defects or shortcoming on the test
• Prepare and document the complete process flow and key notes of every modules.
• Working closely with Accounting, Finance team and Workday Team
• Reporting and supporting the Accounts Manager for all Workday related task assigned

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (i.e. Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting)
• Well versed with accounting and able to handle basic accounting entries singly
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to work well in a team
• Strong computer skills including high level of comfort with Excel
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Good communication skills with the ability to convey technical information clearly and concisely.
• Strong documentation skills with attention to detail and clarity in written content.
• Familiarity and appreciation for software products to translate technical workflows into clear documentation.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and cross-functional team environment.

Stipend: INR 25000 per month

Location: Mumbai, India

Duration: 3 months full- time and potentially extendable

List of Documents to be attached:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview purpose.

Applications will be received until this position is filled.