Finance Assistant (Teknaf Base)
Job Description
Title: Finance Assistant (Teknaf Base)
Company Name: Terre des hommes
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in Finance or Accounting
Job Context:
∎ About Terre des hommes:
∎ Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss INGO focusing on child rights. It is active in more than 30 countries with development and emergency projects. Tdh interventions are focused on the three programs: Health, Migration and Access to Justice particularly for vulnerable children. Tdh Foundation has a transversal approach towards Child Protection programming and it cuts across all the thematic areas while also has been considered as one of the key value propositions in its business model. The Child Protection expertise within Tdh Foundation aims to develop high quality, evidence-based knowledge and know-how adapted to fragile contexts, conflict zones, and development to improve the protection of children`s rights and their right to protection from all forms of violence (art 19, 34 CRC) in collaboration with and in support of the three core programs. The Tdh Foundation global strategy 2021-2024 specifies that the will have demonstrated that rights-based participation, empowerment, and active involvement of children and communities in defining and implementing responses are essential to improve child protection.
∎ Context:
∎ Tdh is working in Bangladesh since 1974, with operations in Kurigram district, Dhaka district and Cox Bazaar district. Currently, Tdh is implementing programs on Health, Access to Justice (social cohesion and conflict resolution) and Migration, integrated by the transversal expertise WASH and Child protection. Tdh interventions in Bangladesh are both in development and emergency context.
∎ Following the massive displacement of more than 800,000 people into Bangladesh since the end of August 2017, Tdh has put in place an important emergency response plan to provide relief to the Rohingya refugees, notably on Health, WASH, Child Protection and Social cohesion. Alongside, Tdh is implementing the CLARISSA project in Dhaka slums aiming to build a strong evidence base and generate innovative solutions to the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) and will explore how to take these solutions to scale.
∎ Tdh in Bangladesh has started the process of integration of emergency and development approaches and aims to capitalize its institutional learning for further programme expansion and to create critical pathways for evidence-based advocacy.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ CASH MANAGEMENT
∎ Establish a daily/weekly statement of needs for the mission
∎ Carry out withdrawals and payment of advances in accordance with established procedures
∎ Keep the advance books and cash journal updated
∎ Perform payments in the field
∎ Reconcile cash box on daily basis and report any discrepancies to her/his supervisor
∎ Replenish Cash as per cash box policy
∎ Manage salary payment according to payroll validated by the HR and Finance Managers
∎ Ensure cash box security and confidentiality of information.
∎ ACCOUNTANCY
∎ Ensure that supporting documents are in compliance with internal and donors procedures
∎ Ensure that accounting documents are translated if necessary
∎ Record all entries according to the internal procedures
∎ Operating bank reconciliations and editing paper version
∎ Proper filing of monthly bank statements
∎ Provide support for the monthly closing
∎ Ensure the voucherisation and the archiving of accounting documents according to internal procedures
∎ VAT & TAX PAYMENTS
∎ Process to payment of VAT and Taxes through Treasury Chalan
∎ Ensure compliance with VAT and Tax policy before booking.
∎ Control the effectiveness of VAT and Tax payments deposit into bank
∎ Keep separate files for VAT & Tax payment records
∎ REPORTING
∎ Ensure the creation of reports requested by her/his Supervisor
∎ Take part in the weekly finance meeting
∎ OTHER
∎ Cooperate with other departments and ensure support to them
∎ Liaison with the bank(s) and develop a good working relationship.
∎ Undertake any other responsibility as provided by her/his Supervisor.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Excellent computer skills with MS Excel and MS Word [compulsory]
∎ Working experience in Accountancy [compulsory]
∎ Freshers are also encouraged to apply
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply
Salary: Tk. 39750 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 18 Dec 2021
Company Information:
∎ 9 Dec 2021
∎ Terre des hommes
∎ Business : Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is an International Non-Profit Private Organization operating in Bangladesh since 1974 in the fields of Child Protection, Healthcare, Nutrition, Emergency Relief, Water/Sanitation and Hygiene.
Category: NGO/Development
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