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Immediate Openings in India
FreeBalance is making a difference in the world. Software solutions from FreeBalance help governments around the world achieve new levels of accountability and transparency to accelerate country growth.
We're looking for people who want to drive the bus, not ride the bus. We're looking for strategic thinkers and overachievers who absorb customer problems and articulate thoughtful creative solutions. And, FreeBalance is growing in the exciting Government Resource Planning (GRP) market. Apply your skills on the world stage and do well by doing good.
About FreeBalance
FreeBalance helps governments around the world leverage robust Government Resource Planning (GRP) technology to accelerate country growth. FreeBalance software solutions for public financial and human resource management support reform and modernization to improve governance, transparency and accountability. Good governance is required to improve development results.
Make a difference in this world and join FreeBalance!
Project Manager
As Project Manager, you will have the opportunity to contribute to our on-going success by providing effective project management leadership for on-going Public Financial Management reform for countries around the world. You will be responsible for managing the entire customer lifecycle for the implementation of FreeBalance Government Accountability Software using solid project management principles and methodology. Project goals will be achieved by engaging and effectively communicating with stakeholders at all levels of government, as well as our partners, subcontractors and senior management. You will provide effective leadership and oversight to our project team comprised of business and technology subject matter experts, to deliver quality and timely solutions and achieve customer satisfaction. You will draw upon your business matter knowledge and experience of implementing ERP product solutions to design, configure, implement, test and deploy the FreeBalance Government Resource Planning solution. You will work with the Sales team to provide insight and guidance to customer account management, including identifying and qualifying opportunities, assisting with proposal preparation, and serve as a subject matter expert for meetings and demonstrations, related to the areas of project management, public financial management, and our FreeBalance product offering.
Main Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the project management of projects of FreeBalance Accountability Suite by applying effective project management leadership skills to direct all phases of projects from inception through project completion
- Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project, including meeting the project schedules, defining and directing resource plans, and ensuring that accurate, timely and quality deliverables are submitted
- Ensure that projects are executed in compliance with our Project Management and Implementation Methodology, in accordance with contractual commitments
- Direct project activities, manage change control and risk mitigation processes, and report regularly to senior management on project progress and financial status
- Define resource plans, track actuals vs budget, forecast cost to completion and support the process for project profitability, revenue, margins, charge rates and utilization. Manage projects to achieve target scope, schedule and cost
- Manage day-to-day customer interactions, including setting and managing customer expectations, facilitating effective customer meetings and reviews, and issuing regular Progress Reports
- Hold regular status meetings with our project team, fostering a results-oriented team environment
- Provide mentoring for project team members on project management best practices and PFM solution delivery, inspiring them to attain project goals and pursue excellence
- Utilize your intimate understanding of the government structure, financial budget and controls, government reporting requirements and overall objectives related to financial management reform
- Use your experience in government business practices and processes, utilizing recognized accounting and donor standards to form the basis of the proposed FreeBalance solution
- Provide government domain expertise in public financial reform including chart of accounts design and reporting, purchasing, revenues, treasury management, assets/inventory, HR/payroll, government portals
- Provide hands on expertise and general understanding of the FreeBalance software solution to meet the customer’s business practices/needs
- Direct all phases of the implementation from planning, requirements gathering and gap analysis, configuration of software and data migration, user acceptance testing, training and capacity building, go live in production and post-implementation support
- Possess thorough understanding of our FreeBalance Government Accountability Software capabilities in order to demonstrate the features and benefits to customers and stakeholders
- Identify business development and marketing advantages for specific project, country or region
- Identify and nurture add-on sales opportunities or new opportunities as they relate to a specific project, country or region
- Leads proposal preparation including completing scope/statement of work, project schedule and level of effort (LOE) assessments
- Works with the Sales VP/Manager and other parties during the contract negotiations and award period
- Maintain strong and positive relationship with government representatives and government officials that foster customer trust and referenceability
Education and Experience:
- University Degree in Business Administration, Financial Management, Public Accounting, Economics or equivalent
- Professional designation in Project Management, Public Management, or Financial Management
- Ideal candidate will have General Experience of at least 7-10 years in Public Management or consulting to government
- Must have solid understanding of project management methodologies and techniques, with over 7 years proven project management experience in the implementation of ERPs
- Must have implemented 2 ERP projects in the public sector, at the national, state and/or municipal levels
- Must have strong leadership qualities and organizational skills, with the ability to control changes in priorities, assignments and provide accurate status updates
- Strong business acumen, solid analytical and problem solving skills, and ability to think strategically and execute tactically
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Travel and/or relocation are essential to this position
This is a full-time position.
Location: Various Asia Region locations
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Software Development Team Leader
Under the general direction of VP of Research and Development, the hands-on Software Development Team Leader coordinates the assigned development team and interacts with product management, quality assurance, professional services and customer support. This individual uses leadership skills to supervise and mentor the development team and to provide complete and timely follow-up to development issues.
Main Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and oversight to motivate the development team to achieve results utilizing their potential
- Coordinate development team’s activities to optimize to deliver releases on time and on budget and actively participate in all phases of the development process
- Understand the business and technical requirements of the product to be able to provide estimates on levels of effort, project plans and schedules
- Facilitate discussions between stakeholders from product management, quality assurance, customer support and professional services, to determine scope and timelines, including conducting design reviews
- Interact with Product Management to interpret functional requirements and develop detail design specifications
- Develop software using the available tools to meet the needs of the product release, and adhere to applicable coding standards
- Work with Customer Support team to provide analysis and debug code to solve customer issues
- Work closely with Quality Assurance team to fix defects and ensure a high quality product
- Play a key role in upholding and providing continuous improvement to our ISO9001/2000 certification
- Build subject matter expertise within the development team
- Provide and communicate project status and issue resolution
- Participate in technology forums and industry user groups
Education and Experience:
- Minimum University degree in Computer Science or related fields
- 3 - 5 years’ experience in a software development leadership role
- 5 -10 years’ experience in software development environment
- Experienced in the use of Eclipse, Java, Java Server Faces (JSF), Hibernate, Spring, Jasper Reports and Maven
- Desirable previous experience working with Financial Management Software
- Strong database background with proven abilities for database modeling
- Experience using MySQL, SQL Server and/or Oracle beneficial
- Ability to multi-task
- Strong analytical skills and proven ability to identify and resolve problems
- Experience working with customers resulting in a positive on ongoing relationship
- Strong and effective communication skills
- Written and oral communication skills in English
- Availability for traveling
This is a full-time position based in Kolkata, India.
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Public Financial Management (PFM) Trainer
As a Public Financial Management (PFM) Trainer at FreeBalance you will be responsible for designing, preparing and delivering high quality PFM certification training to FreeBalance customers around the world. The PFM training is part of the certification program aimed at supporting the professionalization of the global PFM community. The PFM Trainer will work with certification bodies to support activities such as preparing, administering assessments, providing constructive feedback to students and developing regional and country-specific PFM training material.
Main Responsibilities:
- Plan and prepare high quality PFM course material and deliver course sessions to international students
- Review the outcome of the delivery of courses, take action to rectify any weaknesses identified, and update the course material, if required
- Prepare high quality assessments including tests and assignments, where appropriate
- Support the development of regional and country-specific PFM training material
- Mark assessments providing students with detailed constructive feedback on performance, ensuring the key learning points for students are clearly communicated for successful certification
- Maintain a register of student attendance, and assist with course administration procedures such as proctoring exams, where needed
- Perform other duties as required
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Accounting or Finance and have a professional accounting designation (ICAI/ICWAI)
- Minimum 6+ years of senior level accounting experience / financial reporting, preferably in software industry
- Experience delivering financially related training programs will be considered an asset
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent English oral and written communication skills
- Strong focus on processes and procedures
- Excellent organizational skills - ability to prioritize and organize tasks to meet reporting deadlines
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment across multiple time zones
- Strong understanding of business, financial reporting, accounting methodologies and principles
- International Travel Required
- Extended periods of travel is required
This a full time position based in India.
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Accounting Manager
As the Accounting Manager at FreeBalance, you will manage, from a corporate accounting and reporting perspective, multiple complex projects. The Accounting Manager is responsible for all areas relating to accounting functions and financial reporting. The Accounting Manager is also expected to make recommendations to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Director of Finance & Controller (DFC) for developing and maintaining accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting. The Accounting Manager works closely with the DFC to supervise the FreeBalance accounting staff and is indirectly responsible for oversight of the A/P and A/R and general accounting functions. This position must meet tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation and financial reporting.
Main Reponsibilities and Duties:
- Be responsible for the monthly preparation of consolidated financial statements to meet reporting deadlines to management, banks, Board and other stakeholders
- Apply a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure
- Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close
- Ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information
- Contribute or be responsible for producing accurate semi-monthly cashflow projections
- Monitor and analyze department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy
- Interface with other departments to verify transaction reporting data and issues
- Advise staff regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions
- Respond to inquiries from the CFO and DFC regarding financial results and special reporting requests
- Work with the DFC and external auditors to ensure a clean and timely year end audit
- Ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met
- Assist the CFO and DFC in development and implementation of new processes and procedures to enhance the workflow of the department
- Provide training to new and existing staff as required
- Work with CFO and DFC to establish performance goals and objectives for accounting staff for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff
Education and Experience:
- Must hold Bachelor’s or higher degree in Accounting or Finance and have a professional accounting designation (CA/CGA/CMA – or equivalent)
- Minimum 6+ years of senior level accounting experience / financial reporting, preferably in software industry
- Experience managing the day to day activities and priorities of an accounting team
- Experience with Great Plains Dynamics Accounting system an asset
- Advanced spreadsheet skills using Microsoft Excel
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent English oral and written communication skills
- Strong focus on processes and procedures
- Excellent organizational skills - ability to prioritize and organize tasks to meet reporting deadlines
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment across multiple time zones
- Strong understanding of business, financial reporting, accounting methodologies and principles
This is a full-time permanent position based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Reports to the Director of Finance & Controller (DFC) based in Ottawa, Canada
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Professional Services Consultant
As a Professional Services Consultant at FreeBalance you will have the opportunity to contribute to our on-going success by delivering quality and timely professional services during the roll out of our products and solutions to our customers and partners for all project deployments. Drawing upon your product/solutions expertise and knowledge, you will also provide support to the Support Services, Product Management, and Sales teams, to serve as a subject matter expert for functional analysis, specification development and support for bid submissions.
Main Responsibilities:
- Support the implementation of FreeBalance Government Accountability Software.
- Conduct business requirements reviews, prepare configuration design, and develop acceptance test plans
- Train and mentor clients on the use of FreeBalance software in order to ensure self-sufficiency and sustainability
- Build confidence in FreeBalance reputation in the market
Education and Experience:
- The ideal candidate will be a graduate from a university commerce/business administration program specializing in accounting or finance.
- Demonstrate experience with establishing financial/accounting policies and procedures, and knowledge of Human Resource Management processes.
- Previous experience in implementing or using ERP systems and/or financial software (SAP, GP Dynamics, Oracle Financials, among others).
- Ability to travel internationally as required.
- Demonstrated experience working with customers resulting in a positive and ongoing relationship.
- Demonstrate skills in working with public sector accounting concepts and procedures (cash, modified accrual, accrual and budgeting).
- Ability to deliver effective training programs.
- Possess a strong sense of global citizenship and willingness to engage in global initiatives at FreeBalance
This is a full-time position.
Location: Pakistan, India
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Product Consultant
As a Product Consultant, you will have the opportunity to contribute to our on-going success by delivering quality and timely implementation support and services for on-going Public Financial Management reform for countries around the world. During the implementation of our FreeBalance Accountability Suite with our customers you will draw upon your business and government expertise of implementation of ERP solutions to design, develop, implement, test and deploy the FreeBalance Government Resource Planning solution. You will be well versed in accounting principles and standards such as IFRS, IPSAS, Government-wide accounting policies and best practices, with extensive ERP product knowledge, and applying technology to transform government business operations. Key to this position is the ability to transfer knowledge and skills to government staff to enable capacity building and in assisting government organizations with change management best practices in transitioning their Public Financial Management practise. You will also work with multiple stakeholders within the government ministries and agencies including the central bank to enable automation of key business processes.
Main Responsibilities:
- Provide expertise and knowledge of multiple functional areas of expertise, with hands-on experience with the FreeBalance Accountability Suite and its solutions
- Manage customer expectations and advocate FreeBalance product solutions
- Understand proposed solution and provide business expertise in executing same using the FreeBalance Accountability Suite configuration options
- Review and assemble government financial management system legislation, policies operations and reporting requirements, all of which are necessary input to the business review and reengineering stage
- Conduct business requirements review with the client and prepare requirements analyses and system/configuration design related to required government functions and processes
- Configure and demonstrate the FreeBalance software/solution to the client, illustrating the mapping between the process to the technology
- Develop acceptance test plans and conduct acceptance testing of the configured FreeBalance software/system with the client
- Develop training material and deliver required product and user training courses, including 'Train the Trainer', to meet the client's and partner needs
- Transfer knowledge to the client related to project management, change management and correct use of the FreeBalance products/solution as a 'Super User'
- Manage your day-to-day operations aspects of a project and scope, including meeting the project schedules and WBS tasks, and submitting quality deliverables
- Demonstrate strong project management skills including developing project plans and work effort estimates, establishing/meeting financial budgets, utilizing resources effectively, establishing/tracking project progress and accomplishments, and timely project reporting in accordance with established FreeBalance standards
- Evaluate and prepare RFP's and proposals for conformance with sound accounting, reporting and financial management practices, and provide level of effort and definition of the work for bid submissions
- Use effective leadership skills to complete all phases of projects from inception through completion
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently on projects
- Provide input to product management on functional matters and future product requirements based on feedback from the client
- Report progress on all assigned activity and deliverables to the Project Manager
- Work with the Project Manager and team to achieve all milestones in a timely manner and on budget
Education and Experience:
- Minimum University degree in Accounting or a related field such as Commerce, Business Administration, Financial Administration. A candidate with a designation such as a CMA or CGA is considered a strength
- 5+ years in a customer facing role in the finance, public sector or professional services industry, and/or 3+ years’ experience in public sector organizations; and 2+ years of financial software implementation experience
- Solid understanding of accounting processes and procedures. Exposure to the processes used in the public sector (government) would be considered an asset
- Demonstrated experience in implementing and deploying software applications, gathering and documenting client's requirements, particularly for the development and implementation of software applications
- Strong project management skills and ability to multi-task
- Strong analytical skills and proven ability to identify and resolve problems
- Previous experience with ERP Systems
- Demonstrated experience working with customers resulting in a positive and ongoing relationship
- Professional demeanor to customer and colleagues
- Proven ability to deliver effective training programs
- The successful candidate MUST be willing to re-locate to Project Locations within the region on a long term basis
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English; Lao communication skills will be considered a very strong asset and will be highlighted in the candidate review process. Hindi/Vietnamese and/or French communication skills would be considered an asset
This is a full-time permanent position.
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Technical Services Consultant
As a Technical Services Consultant, you will have the opportunity to contribute to our on-going success by delivering quality and timely technical implementation support and services for on-going Public Financial Management reform for countries around the world. During the implementation of our FreeBalance Accountability Suite with our customers you will draw upon your technical expertise of implementation of ERP solutions to design, develop, implement, test and deploy the FreeBalance Government Resource Planning solution. You will also work with multiple stakeholders within the government ministries and agencies including the central bank to build interfaces for data exchanges and server as a Technical advisor to the In Country Project Team. You will work with the existing Sales and Pre-Sales Teams by providing technical solutions to existing customer projects and assist with preparing responses to RFPs, and serve as a subject matter expert for technical analysis and specification efforts.
Main Responsibilities:
- Design complete suite of Technical architecture using the FreeBalance Government Resource Planning Suite for Implementation of Public Financial Reform projects
- Design networks with the appropriate levels of security to enable end user access to the FreeBalance Accountability Suite
- Specify and Deploy both Hardware and Network products for Government Data Centres
- Understand proposed solution and provide technical expertise in executing same using tools and techniques that are open source based
- Perform performance, load, and stress using open source tools during deployment of FreeBalance Accountability Suite
- Analyze business requirements and develop technical requirement specifications
- Learn and understand clients’ current technical environment and recommend possible modifications to ensure optimum integration with the FreeBalance
- Act as primary technical contact for the client during deployment and post-implementation
- Complete technical product installations and upgrades, including database and software installs and system tuning
- Collaboratively develop and deliver technical training to clients
- Provide technical input to proposals, and feedback to Sales and Product Management
- Perform IT and systems assessment at customer locations around the world
Education and Experience:
- University degree in Computer, Systems Engineering or Software Programming
- 10+ years of experience in implementing enterprise software systems, preferably in the government sector and global 2000 companies
- 5+ years of proven ability to write ANSI SQL scripts with a solid understanding of relational databases such as Oracle 11G and/or MS SQL 2008, My SQL. Experience setting up Grid and Clustering of databases
- 5+ years of development experience with Jaspersoft iReport and Crystal Reports in building custom reports by using the FreeBalance data model
- 2+ years of solid understanding of J2EE Application and Web Servers such as JBoss, WebSphere, Tomcat/Apache
- Some experience using .NET, Eclipse to develop utilities to provide interfaces and use CRM tools to resolve customer issues
- Excellent client management and organizational skills
- The successful candidate MUST be willing to travel in the region and re-locate to Vientiane, Laos for the duration of the project and MUST read, write and speak English fluently
This is a full-time permanent position.
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