ADVERTISEMENT FOR INVITINING CONSULTANTS TO WORK WITH ICAI ACCOUNTING RESEARCHFOUNDATION ON APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT (Chennai)
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. (TNCSC) is a Government of Tamil Nadu undertaking whose core activity is to procure, purchase, store, process, move and distribute the food grains and other essential commodities under public distribution system on behalf of Cooperation, Food and Consumer Protection department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The turnover of the Corporation is more than Rs. 8000 crores and has multi product, multi mode, multi-location operations in the State of Tamil Nadu. The operations of the corporation are managed by an in house ERP which enables a partly automated solution for managing the business of the enterprise.The co rpor at ion has engaged the services of ICAI ARF to support certain initiatives as mentioned below:
Understand and Map all existing business processes of TNSCSC
Identify key gaps and prepare a Should Be Process document
Present to management on an ideal ERP solution configuration for the above purpose
Prepare a Request for Proposal (RFP) document to enable the corporation to select a suitable vendor / consider in-house option to develop a comprehensive IT system
ICAI ARe invites applications from individual/team (for all three designations) of CA professionals,interested to be associated with it in its consultancy project to develop an Enterprise Wide Information Technology Solution for TNCSC. This project demands exposure to/in areas such as extending support in designing financial modules, developing compliance management frameworks in an ERP environment.
ICAI ARF proposes to deliver this solution through a team of professionals proposed to be engaged for this purpose.
DETAILS OF OPENINGS & PROCEDURE
The applicants are expected to hold requisite knowledge and work experience of the areas. Expected duration of the project is two to three months and the project need to be started at the earliest possible. Likely commencement is beginning of May 2018 an d expected to conclude by August 2018.For the TNCSC project, ICAI ARF hasthe following openings:
Designation Team Leader
Number of openings One
Qualification Chartered Accountant
Experience requirements 10+ years in practice or industry
Knowledge and understanding of one large ERP-SAP, Oracle Design, Process gap studies especially in Supply Chain area Large FMCG audits/operations
Total Honorarium for the project Rs. 250000
Designation Senior Team Member
Number of openings Two
Qualification Chartered Accountant
Preferred Qualification DISA/CISA
Experience requirements 5+ years in practice or industry
Knowledge and understanding of one ERP – SAP, Oracle Process gap studies, ICOFR, SOX etc.- working knowledge
Internal audits of FMCG’s/bulk commodity organisations Total Honorarium for the project Rs. 160000
Designation Team Member
Number of openings Two
Qualification Chartered Accountant
Preferred Qualification DISA/CISA
Experience requirements 3+ years of experience in practice or industry
Knowledge and understanding of one ERP – SAP, Oracle Process gap studies, ICOFR, SOX etc.- working knowledge Internal audits of FMCG’sibulk commodity organisations
Total Honorarium for the project Rs. 120000
The honorarium mentioned above is inclusive of all expenses (except GST). The project location will be at ChennaitTamil Nadu locations. Expenses in connection with travel to locations outside Chennai will be borne by ICAI ARF.
Interested candidates may please apply at [email protected]. The last date for submission of application with detailed resume is 9th April, 2018.
ABOUT ICAI ACCOUNTING RESEARCH FOUNDATION
ICAI Accounting Research Foundation (ICAI ARF) was established in January, 1999, as a Section 25 company by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), as a core research body in the areas of accounting, auditing, capital markets, fiscal policies, monetary policies and other related disciplines. Over the years, it has accelerated its work programme as an academy for imparting, spreading and promoting knowledge, learning, education and understanding in the various fields related to the profession of accountancy. ICAI ARF has undertaken and completed many projects in the past involving basic and applied research. ICAI ARF believes that proper research inputs are necessary for raising the level of corporate governance, management, accounting and financial reporting. High quality research projects based on practical experience with theoretical extrapolations also provide valuable inputs in formulation of policies and implementation thereof at macro and micro levels.