Finance Expert, Y - Moves Project
Job Description
Title: Finance Expert, Y - Moves Project
Company Name: Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK)
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration;
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) is currently looking for Finance Expert for the Y- Moves Project. This project is working for achieving the goal `a dynamic and inclusive civil society working towards advancing young people especially girls` rights to participation, protection and sexual reproductive health in Bangladesh` by contributing its three outcomes1: Increased agency of young people, particularly girls and young women to act as change agents on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) including prevention of SGBV Outcome 2: Civil society, including child and youth led networks, have strengthened capacity and collaboration holding the state accountable on commitments made on SRHR and SGBV at national and district level Outcome 3: Increased responsiveness and positive social norms among government duty bearers and community gatekeepers to implement policies and programs on young people`s rights to SRH and protection from SGBV at national, district and sub-district level. The project will use some strategies to achieve these changes: Strategy 1: Strengthening capacities, Strategy 2: Partnership and collaboration, Strategy 3: Evidence generation and sharing Strategy 4: Social norms change. Y- Moves project is funded by Plan International and implemented by ASK through involving two youth lead organizations named YES BD and YFC Bangladesh.
∎ Job Location: ASK office- Dhaka with extensive travels at different project districts.
∎ Reference: Minimum 2 references
∎ Reportable: Project Coordinator, Y - Moves Project/Director - Finance & Administration, ASK
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide useful financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing strategy and provide guidance and analysis to executive and operational management to improve results.
∎ Maintain system of accounts and keep books and records on all transactions and assets.
∎ Prepare and analyze accurate monthly financial and management reports, including income statement, balance sheet, budget and variance, projections and forecast, and cash flow.
∎ Maintain control of the following areas: general ledger, accounts payable, expense reports, billing, and payroll.
∎ Assist in the management of grants reporting, compliance, and reconciliation.
∎ Prepare a variety of adhoc financial scenarios as requested
∎ Ensure financial accounting is in compliance with the requirements of Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) (including donors) and local authorities such as relevant government ministry and the tax authorities;
∎ Ensure financial internal controls are in place and adhered to the internal control system of ASK.
∎ Keep financial management abreast of the partner organization's financial status and communicate critical matters and provide timely recommendations to the projects under DFA for corrective actions as and when required;
∎ Maintain systems for budget monitoring and tracking that include financial and contractual data;
∎ Analyses financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly and annual financial statements; collate and present financial reports to ASK;
∎ Lead and coordinate internal and external audit processes in line with the requirements of ASK, donors, and the local authorities; liaise with external auditors.
∎ Checking all internal and external payment requests along with payment voucher in line with ASK requirements.
∎ Monitoring cash and bank disbursements
∎ Preparation of donor reports with project management teams as and if required
∎ Check all type of vouchers, procurement requests, payment recommendation, expenses claims and overtime (office assistants & drivers)
∎ Compensation and benefit management along with the Human resource responsible.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 50 years
∎ Minimum 5 years' experience with focus in financial management and accounting in an NGO/INGO;
∎ Experience Requirements: Additional Job Requirements:
∎ Proficient in MS Excel and excellent working knowledge of computer applications such as MS Office, Outlook, etc.
∎ Sound understanding of internal and external audit requirements.
∎ Sound understanding of VAT and AIT.
∎ The applicants should have experience in the area of NGO sectors and in similar position.
∎ Ability to provide financial training to the partner organization staffs.
∎ Ability to learn quickly and work both independently and in team environment.
∎ Ability to work under pressure.
∎ Proficient user of finance software
∎ Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
∎ Able to manage, guide and lead employees to ensure appropriate financial processes are being used
∎ A solid understanding of financial statistics and accounting principles
∎ Working knowledge of all statutory legislation and regulations
∎ Willingness to frequent travel across the project districts.
Salary:
∎ Monthly gross salary BDT. 50,000.00 (Consolidated)
Application Deadline: June 15, 2020
Company Information:
∎ Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK)
∎ Business : Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a national legal aid and human rights organization, was established in 1986. Over the last thirty years ASK has evolved a comprehensive approach to the promotion and protection of legal and human rights. Its strategies promote human rights awareness and community activism; offer legal aid through mediation and litigation, while clients are given psycho-social counseling; investigations into human rights violations and their documentation are supplemented by research which together lead to media campaigns to defend human rights, and public interest litigation for law and policy reform. Being committed to attaining gender equality at every sphere of life, ASK’s activities have special focus on women but providing legal aid to victims/survivors of arbitrary arrest, preventive detention and taking stand against unlawful evictions, extra judicial killings, torture and death in custody, condition of the prisoners and interests of the religious and ethnic minorities very much are its concerns. ASK?s advocacy is carried out both at the national level and international level. ASK’s publication are an important means of disseminating information and knowledge.
For more information about ASK and what we do visit our website at www.askbd.org
Category: NGO/Development
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