Accountant, Finance Operations

Accountant, Finance Operations

Location: India, Remote

Employment Status: Regular, Full-Time

Reports To: team Lead

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Salary Range: 13,00,000 to 15,00,000 per annum

About RAP

The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) is an independent, mission-driven global organization working to advance a clean, reliable, and equitable energy future. Our teams work across the United States, Europe, China, India, and other markets, bringing together policy, technical, and regional expertise to address complex energy challenges.

RAP is entering an important period of organizational growth and evolution. As our global operations become increasingly interconnected, we are strengthening the systems, processes, and shared capabilities that support our work. Our Finance team plays an important role in this evolution, helping ensure strong financial stewardship while building more integrated, efficient, and scalable ways of working across our global organization.

Job Summary

The Accountant, Finance Operations is a key member of RAP's global accounting team and is responsible for the accurate and timely execution of day-to-day accounting operations supporting RAP's United States and global activities.

The position has primary responsibility for accounts payable, accounts receivable, employee expenses, payroll accounting support, transaction processing, routine general ledger activities, and account reconciliations. The Accountant will also participate in monthly close, audit preparation, grants accounting, and global reconciliation activities.

This position offers an opportunity for an accounting professional in India to develop deeper expertise in United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, nonprofit accounting, international finance, and multi-entity operations while working directly with colleagues in the United States and across RAP's global organization.

The successful candidate will be someone who does more than process transactions. We are looking for an accountant who asks questions, investigates discrepancies, understands how individual transactions affect the general ledger, and takes ownership of producing accurate financial information.

Essential Functions

Accounting and General Ledger

Prepare routine journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and accounting adjustments.

Perform assigned bank, credit card, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, prepaid expense, and other balance-sheet reconciliations.

Maintain recurring general ledger schedules.

Review transactions for appropriate account, department, project, grant, and other financial classifications.

Investigate reconciliation differences and resolve routine discrepancies.

Escalate complex or unresolved reconciling items.

Maintain complete supporting documentation and audit trails.

Support multi-currency and cross-entity reconciliations as assigned.

Accounts Payable and Vendor Accounting

Review vendor and contractor invoices for completeness, accuracy, approvals, and supporting documentation.

Confirm invoices align with applicable contract terms, approved rates, milestones, payment schedules, and maximum values.

Verify appropriate financial coding.

Process approved accounts payable transactions.

Maintain accurate vendor records.

Reconcile vendor statements and investigate discrepancies.

Support payment processing and maintain appropriate payment documentation.

Monitor outstanding accounts payable balances.

Identify duplicate, unusual, incorrectly coded, or potentially noncompliant transactions.

Respond to routine vendor and contractor payment inquiries.

Accounts Receivable

Prepare invoices and supporting billing documentation.

Record accounts receivable transactions.

Monitor outstanding receivables and aging.

Apply and reconcile incoming payments.

Support collection follow-up.

Investigate billing and payment discrepancies.

Maintain appropriate billing and receivable documentation.

Contract Administration

Maintain RAP's centralized register of vendor and contractor agreements.

Maintain complete executed agreements, amendments, extensions, approvals, and related financial documentation within designated systems.

Track contract start and end dates, renewal dates, maximum values, payment terms, milestones, and other key administrative requirements.

Monitor cumulative expenditures against approved contract values and flag agreements approaching financial ceilings.

Track upcoming expirations and renewal deadlines and notify responsible business owners sufficiently in advance.

Coordinate administrative processing of contract amendments, extensions, and renewals through established approval workflows.

Confirm required approvals and documentation are complete before contracts move to execution or payment.

Support collection and maintenance of required .