Finance & Admin Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Finance & Admin Coordinator

Company Name: Swisscontact Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ At least a Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or equivalent

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Reports to: Team Leader
∎ Employment start: October 1, 2021
∎ Contract duration: 18 months
∎ Place of work: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Lead overall financial management of the project, financial reporting, budgeting, human resources, and procurement management.
∎ Manage and improve accounting systems (budget framework, collation and reconciliation, periodic management accounting reports, variance, and forecasts).
∎ Maintain and improve financial reporting systems (monthly, semester and annual financial reporting), ensuring compliance with Swisscontact, Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and donor requirements.
∎ Ensure financial oversight of contract implementation by project partners.
∎ Ensure internal financial controls (ensure, monitor, and report on compliance) and advise contract partners on financial systems and audit procedures.
∎ Conduct regular audits (projects as well as partners) and quarterly financial monitoring.
∎ Manage tax and legal issues ensuring compliance with local statutory requirements.
∎ Maintain the internal control systems including contract and procurement management processes and revise them as required according to requirements of donor and Swisscontact.
∎ Supervise the Finance & Admin Officer to efficiently manage administrative systems and procedures as per project manual.
∎ Manage HR systems and procedures.
∎ Review and maintain payroll structure for project personnel.
∎ Manage and improve the day-to-day administrative and financial operations of the project.
∎ Ensure proper vehicle management and general maintenance of the project premises and assets.
∎ Ensure dissemination of the Code of Conduct of Swisscontact among project staff including staff of partners.
∎ Ensure necessary IT set-up and implementation (MIS and other IT systems, IT policies).
∎ Contribute to the strategic and operational aspects of the project and advising on and steering new developments in the project.
∎ Liaise with donors and GoB as and when required regarding compliance and financial issues.
∎ Liaise with Swisscontact Bangladesh office as well as head office as and when required.
∎ Any other task assigned by the Team Leader.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 5 years of relevant and progressive professional work experience in the development sector in Finance & Admin related roles.
∎ Strong orientation and experience in financial and/or management accounting.
∎ Experience of working with and building capacity of local organizations (NGOs, private sector actors etc.) as partners.
∎ Good practical understanding of the tax and legal issues ensuring compliance with local statutory requirements.
∎ Excellent analytical and strategic skills.
∎ Strong leadership and management capacity (team and offices).
∎ Excellent negotiation, problem solving and relationship skills.
∎ Excellent IT knowledge on advance MS excel, word and power point.
∎ Strong communication skills (both English and Bangla)
∎ Willingness to travel extensively within the project locations.
∎ Understanding of gender and diversity (both in national and international context)

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 26 Aug 2021

Company Information:
∎ 22 Aug 2021
∎ Swisscontact Bangladesh
∎ Business : Swisscontact, Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation, is headquartered in Zurich and was founded in 1959 by leading figures from the Swiss private sector and Swiss universities. It is exclusively involved in international co-operation and since 1961 has carried out its own and mandated projects. In Bangladesh, Swisscontact is registered as an international non-governmental organisation (INGO) under NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of the People`s Republic of Bangladesh.

Category: Accounting/Finance

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