Director of Finance & Administration

Job Description

Title: Director of Finance & Administration

Company Name: The Hunger Project-Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Age: At least 30 years

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 10 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Excellent academic background in the field of accounting with a professional degree such as ACA, FCA, FCMA or CPA.

• At least 10 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At least 30 years

• Minimum Required: 10 years of proven experience at senior managerial level in financial management, budgeting, audit, and compliance, including experience in managing donor-funded grants, subcontracts/ grants, and good understanding of the rules of donors, preferably in a nonprofit international organization or development sectors.

• Preferred: Non-profit setting with remote team structure, and experience in a fast-paced environment with a small team.

Staff Category: Core and full-time
Duty Station: THP Dhaka Office
Reports to: Country Director (Operational) and Global CFO (Functional).
Nationality:  Bangladeshi

The Hunger Project (THP) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating individual and collective action to transform the systems of inequity that create hunger and cause it to persist. We are a movement of individuals and organizations working across 22 countries to empower communities and create sustainable change. With a presence in 9,500 rural communities, THP reaches 12.5 million people across Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, fostering self-reliance and good governance through innovative, holistic programs.

The Hunger Project Bangladesh (THPBD), a branch of the Global Hunger Project (dba THP), is one of the largest volunteer-based development organizations in Bangladesh, with over 250,000 volunteers, implementing strategies of community-led development across the country since 1991 to help create a self-reliant Bangladesh that is free of hunger and poverty. The Hunger Project Bangladesh has empowered tens of thousands of women and men, youth leaders, local elected representatives, and CSOs to address hunger and poverty. THPBD’s core program approach involves the SDG Union Strategy which involves working in partnership with local governments and communities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

Position Summary

The Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) is responsible for overseeing and leading all financial, administrative & Human Resources activities, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, government regulations, THP policies and procedures and donor requirements. The Director of Finance and Administration ensure legal compliance with local laws and regulations, provides financial and technical management for grant budgeting, expense monitoring and timely preparation and submission of financial reports and manages budgets, audits, forecasting, and supporting grant management efforts.  Reporting to the Country Director, the DFA oversees a team of finance, admin and HR personnel including an Accounts Manager, a Finance, Grants and Compliance Manager, Finance and Admin officers, and an HR and Admin Officer.

This role works in close collaboration with the Director, Global Accounting and Finance, the Backbone Global Finance - Grants, Contracts, Systems & Reporting, and the Regional Financial Coach, and the Senior Director, Global Operations & Human Resources. The role regularly interfaces with the finance team in the “Partner Countries” funding programs in the country, and the Global Grants and Compliance (GGC), more generally. While the DFA is supervised within the country by the Country Director, the position is functionally accountable to the CFO based in the Global Office.

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Benefit Highlights:

• Market competitive attractive remuneration packages will be offered to the really deserving candidate. In addition, THPBD offers Provident Fund, Gratuity, Festival Bonus, Group Life Insurance coverage and medical support etc.