RSM US India | Financial Consulting Senior Associate - Finance as a Service

Key responsibilities

• Set up and maintain awards in the client's system — award terms, period of performance, budget lines, funder codes, restriction classification and billing basis.
• Prepare funder financial reports and invoices across federal, state, local, foundation and corporate templates.
• Prepare drawdown and reimbursement requests through the applicable funder portals and reconcile them to the general ledger.
• Support subrecipient monitoring — invoice review, eligibility and exclusion checks, risk assessment documentation and the related transparency filings.
• Prepare grant-related audit schedules and supporting documentation, respond to auditor queries, and support annual regulatory and information-return filings.
• Maintain grant trackers, close checklists and desktop procedures; identify automation and standardisation opportunities; review the work of Associates and support their on-the-job training.
• Process grant-coded transactions: allocations of payroll, fringe and shared costs; grant-specific AP/AR; journal entries; cost transfers with documented justification; and monthly reconciliation of grant receivables, deferred revenue and net asset balances.
• Test costs against the allowable, allocable and reasonable standard, monitor budget versus actual by line, flag over-runs, expiring funds and unallowable costs, and track prior-approval and budget-modification triggers before they become findings.
• Audit & filing support.
• Act as the India-side point of contact for client programme managers, development and fundraising teams, HR-payroll and the US engagement team — chasing documentation, resolving coding queries, running status calls and escalating early.
• Working command of of U.S.

Requirements

• Not-for-profit experience is essential; it may have been gained with Indian or US organisations.
• Experience with grant cost allocation methodologies and time-and-effort / payroll certification requirements.
• Fund accounting proficiency in at least one platform — Sage Intacct, Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT, MIP Fund Accounting, NetSuite or Workday; advanced Excel (pivots, lookups, large-file reconciliation).
• Experience supporting US-based clients or stakeholders from an offshore or shared-services location.
• Familiarity with grants management tools and reporting/automation tools (Power BI, Alteryx, Power Query).
• Exposure to grant proposal budgeting, award close-out and carryforward analysis.

RSM US LLP

Ira B. McGladrey opened an accounting practice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1926, and the firm that grew from it, long known as McGladrey, became RSM US LLP in 2015 when it joined other firms in the RSM International network under the RSM brand. Now headquartered in Chicago, it provides assurance, tax and consulting services with a focus on middle-market companies, and since 1 January 2026 it has worked with RSM UK in a transatlantic partnership. In India the firm operates through RSM US Integrated Services India Private Limited, a subsidiary that provides services to the US firm, with offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad and Kolkata.

Work in India supports RSM's US practice. Tax roles cover US federal, state and local, international, Canada and pass-through tax, hedge funds and real estate, credits and incentives, and accounting methods. Assurance teams serve financial institutions, private equity funds and technology clients and handle review and compilation work; financial consulting spans fund services, property accounting, technical accounting and finance-as-a-service. Postings usually ask for a B.Com, BBA or accounting degree with a CA, CPA or ACCA; many tax roles also accept an Enrolled Agent, and some prefer an MBA or a master's in accounting or taxation.

• Industry: Professional services: assurance, tax and consulting for middle-market companies
• Headquarters: Chicago, United States (RSM US LLP)
• In India: RSM US Integrated Services India Private Limited, a subsidiary of RSM US LLP, with offices in Bengaluru (two sites at Embassy Manyata), Gurugram, Hyderabad and Kolkata