Finance and Admin Manager- GO4IMPact project (Re-Advertisement)

Job Description

Title: Finance and Admin Manager- GO4IMPact project (Re-Advertisement)

Company Name: WaterAid Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 7 years

• Master’s in Accounting/ Finance/ MBA (major in Accounting/Finance); CA Course Completed/ partly or qualified CA/CMA/ACCA will be preferred

• At least 7 years

• Reportable To: Team Leader (TL) with a matrix reporting to Finance and Accounts Lead, WaterAid Bangladesh

• Workstation: WaterAid Bangladesh Country Office in Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Working Hours: 37.5

• Contract Tenure: Up to June 2027

• Travel: Willingness to travel on a regular basis to remote areas of Bangladesh which is expected to be 25-40% time, depending on necessity.

• Ways of Working: Includes but not limited to relevant colleagues of WaterAid Bangladesh, Swisscontact, Partner Organizations, Development Partners and other concerned stakeholders

About WaterAid

• WaterAid: Established in 1981, WaterAid is a leading INGO focused on increasing sustainable access to safe water, decent sanitation and good hygiene in low- and middle income countries. In Bangladesh, WaterAid has been operating since 1986, promoting greater accountability and effectiveness to deliver WASH services to the most marginalised and vulnerable people, particularly women, girls, children and those with disabilities.

• Swisscontact: Since its founding 60 years ago, Swisscontact has firmly believed in the principle that people can improve their socio-economic status, drawing on their own strength, when they participate in the local economy as producers, employees or consumers. To achieve this goal, Swisscontact has been working closely with the public and private sector actors in 40 countries. Swisscontact’s strong presence in countries like Bangladesh, where the organisation has over 20 years of presence, helped the organisation gain a deep understanding of the local environment and its opportunities and challenges related to sustainable economic, social and environmental development.

• The consortium of WaterAid and Swisscontact is looking for dynamic, passionate, and self-driven individuals with complementary skill sets and highly relevant global and in-country experiences that will help to meet the differentiated needs of GO4IMPact project.

Job Purpose

• The GO4IMPACT - a multi-year project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), is implemented by WaterAid (https://www.wateraid.org/bd/) and Swisscontact (https://www.swisscontact.org/en/countries/bangladesh) consortium in Bangladesh. The project aims to contribute to strengthening local democracy and improving equitable climate resilient basic public service provision in the water and solid waste management sectors in Bangladesh.

• This role entails overseeing the financial and administrative operations of GO4IMPact project, ensuring the compliance to statutory, Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), and WaterAid global standards. Responsibilities include supporting the Team Lead and project team in project financial matters, facilitating procurement and logistics for project execution, verifying project payments, organizing capacity building efforts for team and partner NGOs to comply with donor requirements, and monitoring partner financial performance. As a member of WaterAid`s Admin and Finance team, this role will also contribute to WaterAid`s core functions.

• To know more, please visit: www.wateraid.org/bd, https://www.swisscontact.org/en/countries/bangladesh

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• Competitive salary package with admissible benefits that include provident fund, gratuity, festival bonus, life insurance for self, combined health insurance for self, spouse and children, cell phone allowances etc. as per policy provision.