Title: Accounting and Finance Officer
Company Name: Room to Read
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Management or any other relevant subject;
∎ Preferred partly qualified Accounting Professional of recognized Accounting body (CA/CIMA/CMA)
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Project staff but based in Dhaka Country Office
∎ Initially the contract for 1 year with possibility of extension
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Review & process payment documents as per the Room to Read finance policies;
∎ Assist the Project Manager and Director- Accounting & Finance to maintain records related to bookkeeping, expenses, funds, partnership ventures;
∎ Review of expense reports & writing Cheques & Vouchers and timely disbursement to employees, partners & vendors;
∎ Approves payments, purchase authorizations and other financial transactions to ensure compliance with staff rules, financial rules and implementing instruments/authority.
∎ In close coordination with Program, maintains a system to monitor and forecast cash requirements.
∎ Constantly reviews banking arrangements to ensure timely transfer of funds and minimize exchange loses and bank charges;
∎ Assist Director- Accounting & Finance in preparing financial reports by deadlines.
∎ Prepare necessary schedules & assist internal & external audit.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 five years of relevant experience in Finance and Accounts. Experience with INGOs will be given preference
∎ Superior interpersonal abilities. Ability to get along with diverse personalities, tactful, mature, flexible
∎ Good reasoning abilities, Sound judgment
∎ Strong written and oral communication skills
∎ Good knowledge and understanding Bangladesh's education issues, economic and development of the country
∎ Experience of managing international visits
∎ Ability to solve problems quickly
∎ Strong public speaking skills for training and presentations
∎ Ability to perform multi-task
Salary:
∎ We offer competitive salary
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Provident Fund
∎ 13th Month Bonus
∎ Discretionary Performance Bonus
∎ Gratuity
∎ Health coverage including spouse and children
∎ Insurances
∎ Professional Development opportunities. The most significant benefit is the opportunity to work with one of the fastest growing international organizations, which has sole focus on education & continuously innovating efficient & effective social entrepreneurship
Application Deadline: October 31, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Room to Read
∎ Business : Room to Read is a US based international non-profit organization. We envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education, reach their full potential and contribute to their community and the world. To achieve this goal, we focus on two areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact: literacy and gender equality in education. We work in collaboration with communities and local governments and partner organizations across Asia and Africa to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the life skills they?ll need to succeed in school and beyond. Room to Read currently work in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia. To learn more about Room to Read, please visit www.roomtoread.org.
Room to Read is working in Bangladesh since 2008.
Category: Accounting/Finance
Source: bdjobs.com