Director Finance and Admin

Job Description

Title: Director Finance and Admin

Company Name: FH Association

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance, Accounting
∎ Degree BCOM (accounting or finance) qualified CPA or ACCA

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 8 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Budgeting, Finance/ Accounts, Financial Reporting, Management, USAID Grant Project
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Job Context:
∎ This position is contingent on approval of the Accelerating Reductions in Adolescent Childbearing (ARaC) grant.
∎ Project Summary: Food for the Hungry is seeking a Director Finance and Administration for an upcoming five-year USAID-funded Accelerating Reductions in Adolescent Childbearing (ARaC) program in Bangladesh. The program will focus on four key objectives: 1) Increased Ability of Adolescents to Exercise Their Right to Delay Marriage and Early Childbearing; 2) Strengthened Social Support to Delay Marriage And Early Childbearing; 3) Strengthened Essential Services for Adolescents and Their Families; and 4) Institutionalized Effective Solutions. The program will have a duration of five years and will begin its implementation in 2023.
∎ FH Culture: All we do, and how we do it, seeks to promote God’s beauty, goodness, and truth in a broken world. As such, we are defined by our ability to make people’s lives measurably better; our ability to deliver impact is the measure of our collective success. For we know that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has already prepared in advance for us to do. At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of values called Heartbeat Values.
∎ Position Summary: The Director Finance and Administration will oversee the sound and transparent finance and administration of USAID ARaC funds by providing accounting and financial management in compliance with USAID and FH Association rules and regulations, and country and local finance, human resources, and logistical legislations. S/He will be responsible for managing financial aspects of the contracts and task order, monitoring the approved budget, and preparing any modifications/pipelines needed and will ensure compliance with financial and reporting terms of USAID. ??S/he will work closely with the Chief of Party, the Deputy Chief of Party, FH network, USAID, and other external partners.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Financial and Administrative Leadership
∎ Oversee all aspects of Project financial management, including adhering to USAID systems, budgeting, expenditure tracking, financial reporting, accounting, and cost share tracking and reporting.
∎ Develop project budgets with stakeholders and relevant support teams and monitor budget pipelines.
∎ Lead development of the project’s sub-awarding component, including development of transparent procurement processes in cooperation with FH Bangladesh procurement office; sub-awardee expenditure tracking; sub-awardee capacity-building in fund management and reporting; etc.
∎ Directs and supports the?Finance, Administration and Operations staff to?manage?all financial and operational issues of the project, to improve procedures, increase efficiency and provide the means to accomplish project goals.?
∎ Provide oversight for the day-to-day operations and logistics for the office.
∎ Monitors project spending, including quarterly analysis to identify over or under spending, bring any issues to the attention of the?Chief of Party?for action.
∎ Monitors advances to project staff and ensures timely liquidation bringing any issues to the attention of the Chief of Party for action.
∎ Ensures that finance and operations staff work smoothly with technical teams to accomplish project goals in a manner consistent with policies and procedures, and model collaboration with technical leaders.
∎ Forms a part of the senior management team along with the Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party?for?Programs.
∎ Representation and Coordination
∎ Serve as Financial area point of contact with USAID Mission, program partners, key local stakeholders, INGOs, and FH Country Office and headquarters, and maintain responsibility for appropriate communication and consultation.
∎ Organize learning and sharing opportunities between project and external stakeholders on a regular basis.
∎ Staff Management, Development, and Security
∎ Oversee the administrative aspects of hiring processes, orientation, and training of key staff to build a well-supported, motivated team.
∎ Identify and facilitate opportunities for staff professional development by providing adequate mentoring, clear orientation, feedback and learning opportunities.
∎ Prepare employee job descriptions, performance plans and performance appraisals for project staff.
∎ Ensure appropriate duty of care provisions are in place for all staff and visitors, with particular attention paid to security concerns.
∎ Provide people management expertise and bridge different ways of working and diverse working cultures within the teams.
∎ Other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 35 years
∎ Vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a Christian commitment to serving the poor and in full agreement with FH’s Christian beliefs.
∎ Demonstrated and detailed understanding of financial management and accounting principles.
∎ Experience analyzing budget trends and monitoring funding levels across multiple accounts.
∎ Demonstrated computer-operating skills, including proficiency in Google platforms, Microsoft Office products, and virtual technologies such as Skype and Zoom.
∎ Expertise with procedures required for adequate planning, monitoring, and realigning of complex budgets.
∎ Proven program leadership, adaptive management, project planning, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
∎ Advanced level MS Excel and knowledge of the financial application Sun Systems.
∎ Strong analytical, leadership and interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations.
∎ Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative management style.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Salary Review: Yearly

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 11 Apr 2023

Company Information:
∎ 6 Apr 2023
∎ FH Association
∎ Address : House # 2/B, Road # 04, Block # B, Banani, Dhaka - 1213
∎ Web : www.fh.org
∎ Business : Food for the Hungry (FH), registered as FH Association in Bangladesh, is a Christian relief & development organization working in Bangladesh since 1972. FH seeks to end ALL forms of human poverty by going to the hard places and walking with the world’s most vulnerable people. We provide life-changing resources such as clean water, medical aid, food, equal educational opportunities to girls and boys, vocational training and empowerment in the midst of unimaginable hardships. Our view of poverty is holistic and complex. We honor the people we serve by inviting them to contribute to the process. We are grateful to be invited into the communities we serve and work side-by-side with local leaders, responding to their needs with transformative solutions, which are both sustainable and implemented at the hands of the communities themselves.

FH is committed to building a diverse workforce through fair and equitable employment practices. FH encourages people of any race, color, age, sex, marital status, or political ideology, to apply for employment.

For more information, follow us on Facebook @foodforthehungrybd or visit www.fh.org


Category: NGO/Development

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