Job Description

Title: Finance Officer

Company Name: Terre des hommes

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor Degree in finance and/or accounting

Job Context:
∎ 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.
∎ 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.
∎ Under the supervision of his/her direct superior, the Finance Officer ensures accounting, financial of the field base in Teknaf.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ TREASURY / CASH MANAGEMENT
∎ Establish a daily/weekly statement of needs for the base and prepare/send fund request to the coordination
∎ Manage the bank account (follow transfers, check balances, check authorised visas), the safe and cash (carry out withdrawals and payment of advances in accordance with established procedures, perform payments in the field, reconcile cash box on daily basis and report any discrepancies to his supervisor, replenish cash as per cash box policy)
∎ Keep the advance books and cash journal updated
∎ Manage salary payment according to payroll validated by the Finance Base Manager
∎ Ensure cash box security and confidentiality of information.
∎ ACCOUNTANCY
∎ Ensure all accounting activities (filing of documents, allocation of expenses, vouchers registration, balance checking, etc.) in compliance with internal and donors procedures
∎ Ensure that accounting documenting are translated if necessary
∎ Communicate accounts on a weekly basis to coordination, respecting SAGA procedures and deadlines and ensures the monthly closing of the base
∎ Ensure the archiving of accounting documents according to internal procedures.
∎ VAT & TAX PAYMENTS
∎ Process to payment of VAT and Taxes through Treasury Chalan
∎ Ensure compliance of 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

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 60 years
∎ Minimum 3 years similar position experience
∎ Experience with automated accounting and finance software (Saga)
∎ Proficient in skills (MS Excel, MS Word, Outlook, etc.)

Salary: Tk. 55400 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Health Insurance, Group Life Insurance

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 4 Mar 2023

Company Information:
∎ 22 Feb 2023
∎ 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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Source: bdjobs.com

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