Larsen & Toubro Ltd, commonly known as L&T, is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, with business interests in engineering, construction, manufacturing, technology, information technology and financial services, headquartered in Mumbai. The company is counted among world's top five construction companies. The L&T Group comprises of 93 subsidiaries, 5 associate companies, 27 joint ventures and 35 jointly held operations, operating across basic and heavy engineering, construction, realty, manufacturing of capital goods, information technology, and financial services. Specialties Aerospace, Infrastructure, Shipbuilding, Construction, Defense, Finance, Forging, Hydrocarbon, Information Technology & Engineering Services, Construction Equipment, Railways, Boilers, Process Plant, Turbines, Power, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing, and Green Hydrogen. About the Department: Corporate Social Responsibility department facilitates social and community development initiatives of the L&T Group, at its establishments and project sites. The theme for CSR at L&T is Building Indias Social Infrastructure The four thrust areas are Water & Sanitation, Education, Health and Skill Building. By interweaving business and social interests, it contributes in a sustainable manner to the welfare of underprivileged and engages with communities at multiple levels. PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: CSR Budget planning and tracking across L&T group. Interaction with internal and external stakeholders Collation of CSR project data (both budgeting and programmatic) Digitization and Updating CSR MIS systems Execution of select Project Unnati location EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Masters in Social Work/Masters in Developmental Studies NO: OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 15-25 years TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION: All round knowledge of development sector, including areas such as Education, Health, Water & Sanitation and Skilling .Exposure to Urban and Rural community based activities. Managing CSR programmes. Budgeting, Monitoring & Evaluation, documentation of development projects. BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES: Excellent written and oral communication skills, good interpersonal skills, team worker and research orientation, attention to details and Capacity to Multitask. AREAS OF EXPOSURE/ WORK BACKGROUND: Corporate Experience with CSR departments or Foundations, NGO/ Development sector. Driving CSR targets and MIS systems JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES A. Budget planning process and execution for achieving 2% spend requirement on CSR; Interaction with multiple stakeholders including IC CSR coordinators, NGO partners, F&A and associated teams. 1) Preparing budget guidelines, compiling proposals, preparing slides on the proposals to the CSR Committee, notifying respective people on approval/rejection by the committee, ensuring that all projects are input into the internal tracking portal with valid supporting. Once budget is allocated to the projects, ensuring through constant follow-up that the spend projections for each quarter are to be met. Compilation of programmatic and overhead costs from all Independent Companies. Finally ensuring that the spends are booked fully against the budget allotted. 2) Organizing quarterly review meetings with CSR coordinators from all Independent Companies of L&T 3) CSR spend data compilation and analysis against past years trends 4) Compilation of costs from all Independent Companies and prepare final disclosure sheet for company's CSR spend, required for Annual L&T Board meeting as well as Annual Report of company. 5) Coordinate with Corporate Accounts team to ensure spend and booking are reflected properly. Maintain monthly expense sheets to ensure all spends are tracked, parity between data of budget tracking portal and actual bookings on portal. C. Collation of CSR project data (both budgeting and programmatic); preparing quarterly presentations to CSR Board Committee 1) Preparation of quarterly presentations to the CSR Board Committee encompassing all major aspects of CSR activities across India. Highlights, budget vs spend, any major proposals and updates about ongoing projects, audits, way forward for multi-year projects 2) Regular update presentations for internal and external stakeholders 3) Data compilation for locations, coordination with stakeholders. D. Overseeing CSR portal: Functional budget tracking portal for CSR budgeting across India, regular updates 1) Regular coordination with IT team and Accounts team for updating budget on portal and maintaining parity with SAP 2) Changes on the budget tracking portal implemented at regular intervals, enable smooth functioning for unit, Independent Company coordinators and apex team to better monitor projects spread across locations country-wide.
