Coordinator - Finance and Administration (Start fund Bangladesh)
Job Description
Title: Coordinator - Finance and Administration (Start fund Bangladesh)
Company Name: Save the Children
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master Degree, preferably in Accounting / MBA, major in Finance/Management or relevant discipline. Chartered Accountancy Course Completed (CACC) desirable.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Save the Children invites applications for the above-mentioned position. Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Minimum requirements will be flexible for the potential female candidates.
∎ Job Type: Regular
Job Responsibilities:
∎ This position will lead the financial management of the different funds that Start Fund Bangladesh is receiving from diverse donors and disbursing to different Start Fund Bangladesh member agencies. The award management and fund disbursements are the most fast and rapid actions of the Start fund Bangladesh. Specific tasks will include financial management and reporting to donors/funders, and contract management with the awardees. The person will also be working closely with different support functions of the Host agency to support the Start Fund Bangladesh team in their logistics and administrative matters. This position needs to ensure that the fundamental principles of logistic, administrative and financial management are followed throughout, all over the Start Fund Project according to Host agency policies. This includes ensuring transparency, accountability, consistency, compliance and integrity of resource utilization. S/he will closely work with Logistics and Administration teams in connection with organizing meetings/workshops/events/field visits related to Start Fund Bangladesh operations including the preparation and preservation of necessary papers/documents according to standard operating procedures.
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∎ The position requires willingness to travel to remote locations within short notice and will be responsible for mentoring and coaching the financial focal of local member NGOs. The position will have understanding on how to prioritize the action and ready to lead actions with less supervision support. The position will act as an important point of coordination between Start Fund Bangladesh team and the Host agency in matters related to financial and administrative management.
∎ The position embodies strong financial insight, a strategic mindset and the ability to influence a variety of senior stakeholders and establish an effective systems and ways of working that is critical in setting up a robust Grants Management function that can manage several 8-9 figure grants.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years of relevant working experience, particularly in grant / financial management and internal audit.
∎ Advanced knowledge on accounting components and its inter-linkages,
∎ Thorough knowledge on accounting practices in development organization and performance management,
∎ Basic understanding on Bangladesh NGO work and sound knowledge of statutory regulation, system design with development and sound knowledge of financial transactions analysis.
∎ Applied knowledge on logistic and administrative management
∎ Excellent verbal and written communication skills to deal tactfully and sensitively with a wide range of people in a large organisation, often at a distance
∎ Excellent networking and relationship management skills
∎ Excellent analytical skills to provide guidance on qualitative and quantitative methods and to establish strong understanding of programmes
∎ Proven problem-solving skills in order to provide a range of practical solutions to operational challenges
∎ Excellent IT skills, including working with spreadsheets, word-processing, and presentation software, digital data collection tools, salesforce;
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 1 Jul 2023
Company Information:
∎ 19 Jun 2023
∎ Save the Children
∎ Business : We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Category: NGO/Development
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