Accounts Officer

Job Description

Title: Accounts Officer

Company Name: Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)

Vacancy: 01

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Bagerhat (Sarankhola)

Salary: Tk. 40000 - 45000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 5 years

• Master of Commerce (M Com) in Accounting/F&A or Master of Business Administration (MBA).

• CA/CC course completed will be preferred.

• At least 5 years

• Age At most 45 years

• Minimum 5 years of professional work experience in relevant sector

• Deep professional and technical understanding of Accounts, their diversification, and ways to adapt them as per the requirement of donor agencies;

• Proficient and experienced in planning, monitoring, and reporting project activities in relevant fields in multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborations.

• Demonstrated track record of establishing and managing finance and accounting Systems, overseeing and working with audits, and strong familiarity with TALLY,

• Taxes, VAT, and other related local regulations;

• Understanding of the Government of Bangladesh’s financial, accounting, and banking requirements;

• Capable of budget development, planning, coordination, monitoring results as well as financial management and accounting systems;

• Skill in financial report development independently and other reports writing in English and Bangla;

• Familiar with NGO Bureau rules & regulations;

• Working experience on FD-6, FD-7 and FC-1;

• Excellent interpersonal communication and negotiation skills;

• High level of integrity and sense of maintaining confidentiality;

*** Job Responsibilities:

Project-specific Responsibilities:

• Preparing draft financial reports for the project team and advising them accordingly;

• Monitoring and supervising expenditures by project;

• Process advance requests and arrange disbursement of the same;

• Maintain all payment documents and ensure documentation is in place;

• Monitoring and analyzing project expenditures to approve budgets and work-plans;

• Prepare and submit the monthly financial requisition to project management in alignment with the approved project budget;

• Develop monthly variance reports of the budgeted and actual expenses showing the reasons for variance;

• Provide financial analysis to management for early decision-making;

• Flag low burn rate against a line item or anticipated over-expenditure;

• Work closely with the project team to develop project budgets and ensure the appropriateness of budget figures;

• Prepare daily receipts and payment vouchers journal vouchers of project-related expenses;

• Prepare staff salary sheet of assigned projects and respective pay slips;

• Maintaining Cash book, bank book, General ledger, subsidiary ledger(S), and other required registers (s);

• Ensure that VAT and Tax are deducted, Deposited, and documented as per Government Rules;

• Maintain FIS for the project, and operate TALLY Software;

• Prepare the monthly bank reconciliation statement(s);

• Maintain the fixed assets register both for assets & stores of the project;

• Ensure all financial reports and budgets are accurate;

• Follow up observations from the auditor and donor;

• Perform periodic checks and verifies different finance and accounts-related reports, documents, and compliance requirements;

• Ensuring financial guidelines are followed and best practices maintained during the implementation of all project activities;

• Ensure Value for Money principles are adhered to throughout the project;

• Ensure that funds are spent in accordance with donor’s requirements and limits along with government rules and regulations;

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

• Adhere to CDD's Children and Adults at Risk Safeguarding policy, ensuring the safety and well-being of all project participants.

• Promote a safe and secure environment for all participants and stakeholders of the project.

• Report any safeguarding concerns promptly and follow the designated reporting procedures.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Perform any other responsibility delegated by supervisor/ management.

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*** Job Context:

• The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a non-profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with disabilities. CDD simultaneously builds technical capacities of the development stakeholders and the communities in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by strengthening their leadership and providing them with essential rehabilitation and other supports.

• CDD is one of the most renowned organizations in the field of disability-inclusive development. CDD’s work in Bangladesh is supported by international and national donor agencies/development partners. CDD offers an inclusive, amicable, and respectable work environment.

• The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asian version of the Noble prize) has been awarded to its former Executive Director in 2010. In 2018, CDD was recognized by the Government of Bangladesh as one of the best organizations working on disability and development issues.

• CDD is accepting application for the position of ‘Accounts Officer’ under a project title Resilient Inclusive Support for Education in Sharankhola (RISE) to be implemented with the supported by Sightsavers.

• The position is based in Sarankhola, Bagerhat. The duration of the project is till 31st March 2028. The selected candidate will initially be hired for a three-month probationary period. Upon successful completion of this period, his/her employment contract will be renewed on an annual basis.

• T/A,Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays

• Prorata basis festival bonus