Job Description
Title: Finance and Admin Officer
Company Name: RDRS Bangladesh
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Kurigram
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master’s/MBA in Accounting/CACC
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ TROSA2: Rivers, Right and Resilience is funded by the Government of Sweden (SIDA) and implementing in Bangladesh jointly by Oxfam, and its partner organization RDRS Bangladesh and Center for Natural Resource Studies (CNRS). The program aimed to ensure that riverine communities uphold their rights, build their resilience, and participate in water resource management in the transboundary river basins of Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM). TROSA 2 will focus to strengthen resilience to climate change and environmental and natural disasters of riparian communities in the transboundary GBM river basins. The project will work on the following outcomes- i) Strengthened climate-resilient livelihoods of communities living in the transboundary GBM river basins, ii) Improved and inclusive management of transboundary river ecosystems and protection of biodiversity across the GBM river basins, iii) Strengthened leadership of civil society, especially women, Indigenous People, and youth to influence government and private sector on water governance across and between the transboundary GBM basins, and iv) Strengthened cooperation, collaboration and accountability across and between the transboundary GBM river basins.
∎ Through partnership and innovation, the program aims to contribute to progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure over all financial and administrative support for the project;
∎ Check/review of regular day to day expenditures for projects and field offices and deal with cash management;
∎ Prepare vouchers for payment and update registers accordingly;
∎ VAT & TAX payment & advances accordingly;
∎ Ensure compliance of financial policies & procedures. Maintain contact with banks and other counterparts;
∎ Prepare monthly bank reconciliation statements;
∎ Update Books of Accounts on regular basis;
∎ Preserve invoices/vouchers in safe place;
∎ Maintain financial transaction on daily basis and report to the supervisor;
∎ Supervise support staff to manage transportation and others administrable procedure;
∎ Maintenance and ensure other logistical supports for the project staff;
∎ In accordance with the organizational policies and strategies, ensure rental fee and other use of materials;
∎ Budget preparation, monitoring, and analysis;
∎ Capable to prepare monthly payroll statement with applicable calculations;
∎ Prepare different reports & need-based documents;
∎ Assist in the preparation of monthly/quarterly and annual financial reports;
∎ Preparation of fund request to Donor mentioning details of the requirement;
∎ Prepare financial report & submit timely to the management & donor agency;
∎ Prepare the event budget breakdown as per approval of the project budget head;
∎ Ensure that local purchase and expenditure are done as per the organizational finance/purchase policy;
∎ Maintain stock book, inventory, asset, and other essential register properly and timely in effective manner;
∎ Participate in the procurement of goods and services in accordance with the organizational procurement policies and procedures;
∎ Capable to prepare financial statements;
∎ Support Internal and External Audit team;
∎ Respond to audit queries;
∎ Attend trainings, meetings, and workshops to update knowledge and skills as assigned and disseminate new knowledge/ information/lessons learnt;
∎ Understanding on Gender and organizational Gender Policy and act accordingly;
∎ Willing to visit in field level & support in NGOAB related compliance while needed;
∎ Perform any other duties and responsibilities assigned by the line management.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 45 years
∎ At least 5 years’ experience in Accountant position;
∎ Experience in administrative support;
∎ Excellent computer skills in MS Word, MS Excel and Power point;
∎ Liaison capacity with donors and GO/NGOs;
∎ Committed to safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults;
∎ Age may be relaxed for deserving candidates.
Salary: Tk. 45000 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, T/A, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Other benefit as per project budget and organizational Policy.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 6 Jan 2024
Company Information:
∎ 26 Dec 2023
∎ RDRS Bangladesh
∎ Address : RDRS Bangladesh, House no.43, Road no. 10, Sector 6, Uttara, Dhaka
∎ Business : RDRS Bangladesh is a national humanitarian and development organization works for rural development by empowering the rural poor in northwest Bangladesh. RDRS was formally established as the Bangladesh field program of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation/Department for World Service (LWF/DWS) on 8 February 1972. Its development aim is to achieve sustainable increases in their living standards. With this aim, RDRS enables those who participate in its program to gain the necessary skills, understanding, confidence, institutions and services; and ensure that the rural communities have the necessary economic, social and environmental resources. RDRS employees approximate 3,700 staff and works with a further approximately 1,000 volunteers and daily paid workers. The vast majority of staff are in field positions, with specialist sectoral and support units in Rangpur and Dhaka.
Category: NGO/Development
: Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be invited for interview.RDRS believes that all people have a right to live their lives free from sexual violence and any abuse of power, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, disability, religion, ethnic origin or other status.RDRS will make every effort to create and maintain a safe environment, free from Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment (SEAH), and shall take appropriate measures for this purpose in the communities where it operates.
