Finance Officer

Job Description

Title: Finance Officer

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's Degree in Accounting and Finance

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ RI based both in the USA and UK, is urgently looking for Finance Officer to assist in financial management of its emergency response portfolio in Cox`s Bazar. Under the supervision of the Finance Coordinator, The Finance Officer is responsible for the effective financial management of the projects. The position will be contracted as above period with possibility of extension subject to funding availability. This position demands someone who has the capacity to support multiple grants/projects and work in a very fast-paced environment. Previous experience with UNHCR, USAID, UNICEF, ECHO, WFP, IOM and other emergency donors.
∎ Reports To: Finance Coordinator
∎ Duty Station: Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh (But subject to relocate as per project need)
∎ Department: Finance
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length: Up to December 31, 2020.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assist to oversee processes and procedures so they meet RI and Donor requirements.
∎ Assist to maintain smooth financial operation in coordination with Cox's Finance team
∎ To Assist the Finance Coordinator in coordinating internal compliance review and monitoring activities.
∎ Handle Cash and Bank Transaction and reconcile daily basis.
∎ Prepare General Voucher with correct GL code, Project Code, Activity Code in a timely manner and post into RI Net Suit software.
∎ Ensure financial reporting as required is prepared accurately and reviewed thoroughly.
∎ Assist to Prepare donor financial reports and ensure they are submitted in a timely manner.
∎ Ensure financial accountability by requiring all staff provide proper documentation and signatures on vouchers, PR, purchase orders, or payments of any kind.
∎ Ensure all purchases follow RI procurement and selection policies.
∎ Support Finance Team to review Monthly Payroll Income Tax on timely manner
∎ Ensure VAT reporting to VAT exempted Agencies i.e. OFDA, USAID and UN agencies on timely manner.
∎ Assist to ensure proper VAT and Tax computation of RI employees, service providers, vendors as per legal requirement and make deposit to revenue department with correct submission of VAT/TAX chalan Voucher.
∎ Oversee bank transactions, including opening, closing and reconciliation of bank accounts.Ensure proper supporting documents on financial transactions of any kind between RI and other parties or partners (accounts receivables, payables, etc.).
∎ Assist to set up tools, processes or documentation as needed or required to improve the monitoring and oversight of any financial processes described above.
∎ Assist to monitoring RI partners' books, internal control and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions (when applicable)
∎ Support to conduct frequent visit to RI partners office for financial verification, inventory/assets, surprise cash count verify journal and ledger entries such as Way Bill, GRN, Cards, GIK receipts and assets etc.
∎ On timely preparation of Cash and Bank reconciliations, ensuring that balances are adequately supported and ensure those final reconciliations and Balance sheet balances are reviewed with the FC and appropriate action taken on matters arising
∎ In consultation with FC assist to develop and implement a training for RI Partner's finance staff and subordinates to enhancing on accounting and adequate of advance excel skill

Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ At least 3 years minimum work experience with NGO/INGO/UN
∎ Experience in quality Financial accounting and book keeping
∎ Advance in MS Word, Excel, and Power point
∎ Good skill in accounting software, Quick Book and Net suit.
∎ Knowledge on Bangladesh Tax and VAT rules.
∎ Willingness to make frequent trips to hard to reach areas
∎ Ability to work under stressful conditions and work environment.
∎ Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken, in both English and Bangla

Salary:
∎ As per RI National Pay Scale Policy in Bangladesh.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Salary Review: Yearly
∎ Two festival bonuses in a year equivalent to one basic salary.
∎ Severance (8.33% of the monthly basic salary) goes with the monthly release of the salary.

Application Deadline: March 23, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: House: 451 , Road: 8 West, DOHS Baridhara, Dhaka-1206; Head Quarter: 5455 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1280 Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered 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 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.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.

Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org

Category: NGO/Development