Head of Finance, BRAC Myanmar

Job Description

Title: Head of Finance, BRAC Myanmar

Company Name: BRAC International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Myanmar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's/ MBA degree from reputed universities in Finance/Accounting
∎ Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) / Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 6 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Oversee accounts and finance management for all operations in BRAC Myanmar Operation including consolidation, ensure maximum cost recovery budgets are prepared.
∎ Lead the Finance & Accounts team and work closely with other departments specially IT (Information Technology) and Audit,
∎ Apply analytical procedure and ratio analysis for easy and timely decision making.
∎ Ensure compliance with Local regulatory issues and timely submission of tax.
∎ Conduct audit (internal and external) and ensure compliance with organizational policies and internal controls.
∎ Manage country treasury in an effective and efficient manner, analyse country scenario and manage investments, prepare a sustainable business plan for MF operation.
∎ Liaison with Banks, Financial Institutions and other investors to facilitate debt and equity funding.
∎ Advise and suggest Country Representative on accounting concept and treatment; responsible for producing budget variance for every program for all programs.
∎ Maintain liaison with donors and work with external/ internal auditors to ensure clean reporting.
∎ Transmission of monthly accounts to BRAC International, Head Office; dealing with payroll related issue, donor reporting.
∎ Coordinate with Manager-IT BRAC International to ensure the efficient and timely service on IT related issues.
∎ Improve the quality of Country Finance personnel and work on the capacity of development of field accountants.
∎ Work closely with Director Finance, BRAC International on Finance & Accounting related issues.
∎ Lead the country risk analysis work in cooperation with Country risk management committee.
∎ Special projects by Director Finance, BRAC International.
∎ Establish a safeguarding culture across all level of the programme by implementing the safeguarding policy. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Responsible to ensure team members are appropriately trained, supported and have access to resources regarding issues that are identified and actioned in accordance with the safeguarding policy and procedure.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Required Competencies
∎ Financial Reporting
∎ Forecasting & Analysis
∎ Payroll Management
∎ Account reconciliation
∎ Microsoft office
∎ Donor reporting
∎ Advance Management
∎ Value for Money(VFM) analysis
∎ Team Management
∎ External/internal audit
∎ Budgeting and variance analysis
∎ IFRS,GAAP, SOX
∎ Multicurrency reporting
∎ Tax Management
∎ Legal and IT issues
∎ Internal controls
∎ FoRex Management
∎ Treasury Management
∎ Hedging foreign loans
∎ Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 6 years of international practical experience in a senior financial management position.
∎ A proven experience in managing large budgets
∎ A strong experience in working with national partners, local/government authorities
∎ A working experience possibly with a wide number of major institutional Donors.
∎ Supervisory skills

Application Deadline: January 4, 2020

Company Information:
∎ BRAC International
∎ Business : BRAC is a development success story, born in Bangladesh and expanding into 10 other developing countries in Asia and Africa. It spreads anti-poverty solutions making it a global leader in providing opportunities for the world’s poor.

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, and is today one of the top leaders in developing cost-effective, evidence-based poverty innovations in extremely poor, fragile and post-disaster settings. BRAC started its first programme outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002 through its Dutch registered Stichting BRAC International. BRAC International is currently reaching over 19 million people beyond Bangladesh and creating opportunities to break the cycle of poverty.

With a holistic approach that uses a wide array of interventions including microfinance, education, healthcare, legal services and more, BRAC invests in communities’ own human and material resources, catalyzing lasting change and creating an ecosystem in which the poor have the chance to seize control of their own lives. Of the world’s top development and humanitarian relief organisations, BRAC is one of the few based in the global south. In February 2019, BRAC was ranked as the number one NGO in the world for the fourth consecutive year by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, an independent media organisation committed to highlighting innovation, impact and governance in the non-profit sector.

Category: Accounting/Finance