Finance Assistant
Job Description
Title: Finance Assistant
Company Name: Relief International
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Cox's Bazar Sadar)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Finance or Accounting.
∎ Chartered Accountant (CA) course completed(CC) is highly preferred.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Under the supervision of the Finance Coordinator the Finance Assistant is responsible for the effective financial management of the projects. This position demands someone who has the capacity to support multiple grants/projects and work in a very fast-paced environment. UNHCR, UNICEF, ECHO, OFDA, USAID and other emergency donors.
∎ Duty Station: Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (With frequent travel to field offices/Camps as required)
∎ Report To: Finance Coordinator
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length: Up to 31st December, 2022 (With possibility of extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Prepare Receive, Payment and Journal Voucher to record NetSuite (NS) accounting software as daily basis.
∎ Submit Weekly/Monthly Cash and Bank Reconciliation.
∎ Process working cash advances from program officials and record the payment with proper code.
∎ Assist finance and program teams in timely settlement of working cash advance.
∎ Support the allocation / charging mechanism in line with approved budget and activity code.
∎ Arrange payments to the vendors, service providers and relevant staffs.
∎ Maintain proper supporting documentation and daily scan to be ready for Box folder.
∎ Assist supporting document are attached along with financial vouchers and file.
∎ Assist to facilitate program team, finance staff and check financial activities in place.
∎ Assist to ensure that financial records and backup documentation are ready for internal and external audits.
∎ Frequent travel to project side area to make payment and to ensure adequate financial supporting.
∎ Keep record on VAT coupon register on monthly basis, ensure availability of VAT coupon in partner NGO’s office.
∎ Ensure payroll and bonus JV with proper donor and activity code.
∎ Support fixed asset, inventory and CIK verification with supply chain team once/twice in a year.
∎ During month end assist other finance colleagues and Country Finance Manager on various task.
∎ Sometimes partner office visit with team for financial monitoring.
∎ Perform any other task assign by the supervisor.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply.
∎ 2 years progressive experience in financial management and reporting of donor funded projects with any INGO/ NGO.
∎ Basics knowledge’s on ERP accounting software.
∎ Familiarity and experience in MS Excel, MS world, PowerPoint is preferable.
∎ Good writing and verbal communication skill in English & Bangla is must.
∎ Excellent interpersonal skill.
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply
Salary:
∎ As per RI National Pay Scale Policy in Bangladesh
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Two festival bonuses in a year equivalent to one Gross salary.
∎ Severance (8.33% of the monthly Gross salary) goes with the monthly release of the salary.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 17 Jul 2022
Company Information:
∎ 7 Jul 2022
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: Apt- D2, House- 39 (Sheltech Sunshine), Road-37, Gulshan-2, Dhaka- 1212 I Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in persons project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, including a 132 bed COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Center in Ukhiya, child protection, SGBV, complimentary food and livelihoods opportunities to support social cohesion. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, WFP, USAID.RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar.
Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Category: NGO/Development
: RI Values:We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:IntegrityAdaptabilityCollaborationInclusivitySustainabilityQualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.RI Bangladesh has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards Safeguarding. All employees are expected to abide by the Code of Conduct, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) ,Child Protection Policy and Human Trafficking Policy of Relief International.
