Finance and Admin Manager - Danish Red Cross

Job Description

Title: Finance and Admin Manager - Danish Red Cross

Company Name: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• 5 to 7 years

Professional/academic qualification at Master’s level or higher in finance / accounting/ business administration.

• 5 to 7 years

• Minimum of 5 - 7 years extensive experiences in a managerial role in finance, administration and accounting.

• Advanced experience of development and managing of financial systems and software packages.

• Advanced experience in developing and executing project and programme budgets and scrutiny of financial reporting financial planning.

• Advanced experience in delivering consolidated financial reports with expenditures in several currencies.

• Experience of working for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (RCRC), an international NGOs or other similar organization.

• Experience of managing and supporting finance and admin staff.

• Experience in capacity building of finance and non-finance staff

Duration of the contract: 12 months, with possible extension

Reporting to: Country Cluster Manager, Danish Red Cross (DRC)

The Danish Red Cross (DRC) has an enduring partnership with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), which is guided by a Country Office (CO) based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The DRC Bangladesh CO is part of a Country Cluster which also comprises a DRC Nepal CO. The Country Cluster is supervised by a Country Cluster Manager (CCM) (based in Dhaka).

The DRC Bangladesh CO support to BDRCS is guided by a Country Strategy that covers the period 2022 – 2025. The Country Strategy focuses on support to communities to prepare for, anticipate, and respond to, and recover from disasters; the delivery of community health care services (including MHPSS); support to people to adapt to the impact of population movement; as well as promoting the engagement and inclusion of the most vulnerable, and marginalized groups in society. There is also an increasing focus on supporting BDRCS respond to the humanitarian impacts of the climate crisis within their programs, projects; integrate innovation as a priority; and explore new partnership opportunities.

Job Purpose:

The Finance and Admin Manager will be based in the DRC Bangladesh CO, which is an integrated part of the IFRC in Bangladesh and located in Dhaka. He/She will work under the supervision of the Country Cluster Manager, but in liaison with other members of the COs in Bangladesh, and the International Finance Department in Copenhagen. He/She will work closely with the Finance and Admin Manager counterpart in the DRC Nepal CO to create common approaches to Finance, Logistics, and Administration across the Country Cluster. The Finance and Admin Manager will be responsible for ensuring the functioning of the DRC CO’s Support Services unit (comprising Finance, Logistics, and Administration); as well as supporting BDRCS in financial management and capacity building for the effective development of programs under the DRC/BDRCS partnership. He/She will be the reporting manager for the Senior Finance Officer (based in Dhaka) and the Finance and Admin Officer (based on Coxs Bazar). He/She will provide overall supervisory support to other staff, including the Senior Program Support Officer, Office Assistant, and Drivers.

The Finance and Admin Manager is part of the Country Cluster Management Team (CCMT) which comprises the CCM, Head of Programs, and the Finance and Admin Manager. He/She may be required to take on delegated authority in the absence of the CCM and/or Head of Programs (Bangladesh).

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• Festival Bonus

• Life & Medical Insurance

• Provident fund & Gratuity

• Medical reimbursement for staff and immediate family up to 70,000 BDT per annum.

• Transport & Mobile Allowance