Finance Assistant

Job Description

Title: Finance Assistant

Company Name: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Chattogram

Salary: Tk. 85500 (Monthly)

Experience:

Published: 2025-12-03

Application Deadline: 2025-12-13

Education:

Requirements:

Skills Required:

Additional Requirements:

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Desirable: A Master’s degree in a similar discipline or any professional finance/accounting course or certification.

• Essential : Rrevious working experience of at least two years in relevant jobs.

• Desirable : Experience in MSF or other NGOs in developing countries.

• Essential : English and Bangla Language

• Desirable : Chittagongian Dialect

• Essential : Computer literacy (word, excel, internet)

• Desirable : Knowledge in accounting software?ERPs (preferable Unifield)

• Implementing cash management procedures in order to ensure the highest control and security, assisting the Project Fin Manager in the prevision of monthly treasury and planning in order to en-sure the coverage of daily needs, advances on salaries, payroll, etc.

• Processing the payment to suppliers and keep strict on all documentation involved, informing the administra-tion manager of any sort of disparity

• Carrying out all accounting tasks and activities, classifying, preparing and filing of all accounting pieces in ac-counting software, in order to ensure strict control of all expenditures and the reliability of statements and do-cumentation.

• Following up of all expiring rental contract dates and inform the Administration Manager in order to leave enough time to arrange a renewal or look for some other alternative.

• Making all administrative information available to the staff (posting, meetings, etc.), supporting the Project Fi-nance Manager in translating documents into local language and assisting in meetings upon request.

• Support out team in the nhospital with administration at the hospital and any other administrative task dele-gated by the Project Finance Manager.

• Ensuring the availability and validity of invoices/receipts, purchase orders/lists reception reports, contracts, quotations, comparative bid analysis (CBA) and other applicable supporting documents following the organization authorization table, policy and procedure.

• Prepare, control and monitor cheque payments and bank transfers, and record transactions in the accounting system, ensuring all documentation and authorizations required to support entries are provided.

• Assisting with the preparation of salary payments as required LRS & CBTM.

• Calculate relevant taxes (e.g., VAT and AIT) on payments made by cheque/bank and record payables in an accurate manner in the accounting system.

• Perform monthly reconciliations before closing the monthly accounts; manage bank reconciliations and monthly bank statements if applicable.

• Prepare the monthly bookkeeping to Coordination by checking the completion, accuracy and organization of documents.

• Assist with the food pot calculation process, including the booking of entries for expat subaccount contributions.

• Supports in performing duties when the Project Finance Manager is on leave.

• Preparing monthly money request in collaboration of project finance manager and submit to coordination.

• Posting e-TDS and VAT extracted amount from the payments to the government portal to prepare the challan monthly basis and clearing the liability of organization by executing payments to government revenue account.

• Reporting on local compliances to IST audit team including challans (VAT, TDS, and PIT), Mushak 6.6 monthly basis.

• Internal reporting on LRS medical reimbursement, mid-month/monthly UF full reports, contract tracker and bring correction if needeed.

• Managining contract/agreement by printing on legal paper, archiving and sending to IST audit team in collabration of coordination.

• Support the Finance manager in budgeting and budget follow up

• Support the hospital team in finance administration tasks

• Performing additional finance tasks on a required basis when assigned by the line manager.

Temporary Contract (3 Month). Salary according to level Six (6) of the internal MSF salary grid (BDT85500). Salary is not negotiable. Income tax deduction from salary based on current income tax rule. 2 annual leave days per month worked. Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on Health Care Policy- Locally Recruited Staff.

There is no provisions for relocation. 2 Festival Bonuses after completion of one year of uninterrupted continuous service.