Accounts Assistant

Job Description

Title: Accounts Assistant

Company Name: Handicap International (humanity Inclusion) in Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Graduate in Accounting / Management

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Overall objective:
∎ Ensures the effective Cash and Advance management of UKHIA Office
∎ Ensuring the compliance of HI financial procedures Tools and policies
∎ Ensure the proper filing and archiving the documents as per HI procedures
∎ Support to Finance team as per the requirement as much as possible
∎ Accounts Assistant reports directly to the Field Coordinator with the strong technical link with Finance Manager
∎ Impact of the role to the organization: Implementation and follow-up on the financial rules and procedure
∎ Key interfaces: Finance Department in Cox’s site
∎ Duration: up to December 2020

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Objective 1: Ensure the cash available and payment on time
∎ Ensure cash availability as per need as well as the requirement
∎ Ensure the cash payment on time with ensuring the compliance HI procedure;
∎ End of the day cash close and cash in hand keep in the locker as per cash book;
∎ Ensure the validity and conformity of expenditure supporting documents ( contracts, orders, invoices, delivery orders, etc.) and check accounting codes are noted on payment authorization form;
∎ Monthly cash close end of the month and make cash certificate
∎ Objective 2: Ensuring the advance payment and monitoring with log sheet
∎ Ensure the advance payment with valid PSR as per requirement
∎ Day to day monitoring the advance with the log sheet
∎ Communicate with them who will have due advance
∎ Check a third part accounts during a monthly closure and send a notification to the employees who did not comply.
∎ Objective 3: Ensure the VAT and Tax and others as per govt. rule as well as HI procedure
∎ Check and ensure VAT and Tax deduction from the invoice as per Govt. rule
∎ Ensure the travel per diem and accommodation as per HI policy and procedure
∎ Ensure VAT and Tax deposit to the bank with Govt. Challan copy and a copy sent to the authorities office as per their requirement
∎ Objective 4: Keep update the Accountancy
∎ Day to Day update the Cash and Bank ledger with Daily transaction sheet
∎ Weekly cash close with the Cash certificate and validate with the line manager
∎ Day to day update the accountancy with the accounting system
∎ Record and validate the supporting documents ( exhaustiveness, guarantee the translation of documents and their validity);
∎ Regularly encoding and registering accounting documents in the financial software;
∎ Ensure regular scanning of accounting documents as a preparation for the monthly closures;
∎ Objective 5: Documents filling and archiving as per HI procedure
∎ Day to day update the accounting documents including payments documents
∎ Ensure scanning monthly accountancy documents and send to COXB
∎ Ensure filling the Monthly accountancy documents after scanning as an archive
∎ Objective 6: Support the Finance Manager and Finance Coordinator with respect to monthly accounts closure as well as year closure for Cox’s Bazar site
∎ In Collaboration with Finance team assist for closing the monthly accounts as well as year closure to Finance Manager and/ or Finance Coordinator.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 65 years
∎ At least 2 years' experience in accounting work
∎ Excellent communications skills both in Bangla and English
∎ Computer literacy

Salary: Tk. 36000 - 39000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Hardship Allowance will be added in addition

Application Deadline: February 29, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Handicap International (humanity & Inclusion) in Bangladesh
∎ Address : House # 3/A, Road # 36, Gulshan , Dhaka-1212
∎ Business : Business: Handicap International (HI) is an international aid organization specialized in the field of disability. Non-governmental, non-religious, non-political and non-profit making, it works alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, whatever the context, offering them assistance and supporting them in their efforts to become self-reliant. Since its creation, the organisation has set up programmes in approximately 60 countries and intervened in many emergency situations. It operates as a federation made up of a network of eight associations (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA) which provide human and financial resources, manage projects and raise awareness of Handicap International`s actions and campaigns.

HI has been working in Bangladesh since 1997, with a focus on creating sustainable changes in terms of ensuring rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities in society. HI promotes an inclusive approach by focusing on access to services for all whenever possible rather than developing specific actions for persons with disabilities. HI works not only with persons with disabilities but also with their families, their communities, and the society. The main office is based in Dhaka, and presently there are 3 site offices in Sitakundo, Kurigram and in Cox’sbazar.

Presently HI Bangladesh is implementing projects on integrating disability in community based disaster risk reduction and response; economic empowerment of extreme poor persons with disabilities; mainstreaming disability in livelihood interventions; support to refugees and surrounding communities;, capacity building of professional associations; and support to Disabled People`s Organizations; among others.”

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: Interested candidates meeting the above requirements should apply with the latest CV with 3 Reference (Previous and Current Supervisors) and a Cover letter stating the interest of the position to BDjobs.com before 5:00 PM by February 29, 2020. Only short listed candidates will be notified.Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply and they will be preferred in case of equal qualifications with other candidates.Any sort of persuasion by the person, phone, email or other means in this regard will automatically disqualify the candidate. The selected employee should clearly understand that all final offers of employment are contingent upon the successful reference check, pre-employment screening will be performed for all selected applicant.