Finance Officer

Job Description

Title: Finance Officer

Company Name: SUDOKKHO

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ A Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, or related field

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Objective :The Finance Office (FO) is part of the Finance and Operation Department and is assigned to support the Finance and Operation Lead (F&O Lead) for overall financial activities of SEP-B
∎ Period :Tentatively joining from 15 November 2019 to 31 March 2021
∎ Location: Dhaka with field work (about 20%) at countrywide locations of grantee organisations and other stakeholders of SEP-B/Sudokkho
∎ Reports to :Finance and Operations Lead
∎ Time schedule:
∎ The Finance Officer is a full-time position throughout the implementation phase of the programme. While the working hours at Palladium/Sudokkho are eight hours (excluding lunch break), staff are expected to be result-oriented and not bound by official working hours.
∎ Reporting: The Employee shall report directly to the Finance and Operation Lead (F&O Lead) of Sudokkho

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Prime responsibilities, duties and tasks of the FO relate to the following:
∎ Support the Finance and Operation Lead (F&O Lead) with overall financial management, bookkeeping, and timely payment of PTP invoices and ITCSP invoices.
∎ Manage petty cash fund of SEP-B
∎ Organize and safely archive all supporting documents for the programme.
∎ Support the management of budget variations
∎ Assist during the undertaking of SEP-B's annual audits (internal/external).
∎ Meeting all targets set by the F&O Lead for routine finance activities or for ad-hoc assignments.
∎ Maintain an up to date register/contracts tracker of all consultancy and subcontract agreements and service agreement issued by the programme
∎ Work closely with Private Training Providers and RMG and Construction interventions to support in all contractual and financial matters
∎ Maintain a tracking spreadsheet for each consultant which shows the number of days worked and the balance remaining in against each contract
∎ Ensure that consultant timesheets and invoices are submitted on a timely basis and Check and review sub/contractors, consultants' invoices, ensure adequacy of supporting documents, arrange approvals for payment processing
∎ Ensure that consultant timesheets and invoices are submitted on a timely basis and Check and review sub/contractors, consultants' invoices, ensure adequacy of supporting documents, arrange approvals for payment processing
∎ Support the finance team in the preparation of monthly and annual forecasts by providing an accurate estimate of expenditure and reasons for any variance against forecast
∎ Work closely with the Grants staff to ensure coordination of any support to grantees
∎ Other:
∎ Provide regular updates to the Finance and Operations Lead on the fund utilisation and expected spend and escalate any issues immediately as necessary
∎ Participate in the preparation of monthly fund requests, forecasts as well as annual work planning and budgeting process, supporting the programme team in costing the inputs of consultants
∎ Contribute to quarterly and annual reporting through providing a Value for Money analysis of funds used
∎ As part of the Finance and Operations team, the Finance Officer may be required to undertake other reasonable tasks, from time to time, as assigned by the Finance and Operations Lead

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience in budgeting, auditing, financial reporting
∎ Proficiency in Microsoft Office functions particularly MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint
∎ Fluency in spoken and written English and Bangla, and excellent attention to detail
∎ Strong analytical, management and organisational skill
∎ Strong attention to detail and an investigates nature
∎ A team player

Application Deadline: October 19, 2019

Company Information:
∎ SUDOKKHO

Category: NGO/Development