Manager, Admin and Finance

Job Description

Title: Manager, Admin and Finance

Company Name: Education and Development Foundation-Educo

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ University Degree with specialization in Accounting, Business Administration or Finance, a Chartered Accountant Qualified will be preferred or any other advanced degree preferred.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Department/Unit : Admin and Finance
∎ Accountability : Director- Program Support
∎ Tenure of Services Contract : 2 years (extension based on satisfactory performance)
∎ Working Conditions : Most of the time will be in office.
∎ Level : BG-9
∎ Purpose: AnalyzeApply professional accounting concepts to the audit of account and/or budget performance for operational and programmatic accounts.
∎ Engagement : Collaborate
∎ Provide substantive input to the development of forecasts, costing of activities, and budgets.Advise programme staff on the development of project budgets and financial proposals ensuring that these comply with Educo and Donor requirements.
∎ Delivery: Manage the Project CycleAnalytical work is effectively organized and delivered within the organization`s established accounting procedures and professionally aligned to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
∎ Job Summary:
∎ The Admin & Finance Manager, under the supervision of the Director, Program Support is responsible for all aspects of financial management of the country programs, analyze the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other comprehensive accounting systems and procedures and optimally aligns it with Educo accounting standards, donor regulations, local laws, generally acceptable regulatory standards to ensure risk management, control and donors accountability.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Analyze and ensures that Country Office accounting systems, policies and procedures are align with the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), audit standards, local laws, generally acceptable regulatory standards and compliance to donor regulations, ensuring accuracy and integrity of all financial transactions, processes, and reports through the implementation of appropriate and adequate internal control mechanisms.
∎ Sustain consistency in the preparation and submission of budgets/ proposals and related Risk Management strategy/financial reports/forecasts, ensuring compliance with Educo and donor regulations/requirements.
∎ Provides oversight functions and advise budget holders in the submission, consolidation and preparation of timely monthly and quarterly budget requests, budget modification as needed and submits the same to the Director-Program Support, Country Director, Head Office and to external funding donor.
∎ Identify and inform budget holders and Educo local partners on financial and accounting related challenges and sustain consistent support in building the program team and partners capacity to understand and operationalize financial related policies, procedures and report including grant financial management and compliance.
∎ Conduct analysis and deliver the periodic review of financial execution of various units in the organization to ensure coherence with Head Office and external funding donor approved budget and regulations; monitors (including periodic field trips) and evaluates issues and concerns, new opportunities related to financial policies, systems and procedures to support quality implementation of the program and optimal service delivery; and recommends appropriate courses of actions to address the same.
∎ Ensure timely completion of Audit of Core funded and Donor funded projects.
∎ Ensure timely submission of FD-6 , Audit report , activity report to meet the statutory compliance that facilitate the Fund Release order in due time and oversee the work permit related tasks of expatriate staff .
∎ Endure accurate deduction of TAX and VAT and timely submission to the govt treasury to ensure compliance.
∎ Manage team members of different operation areas and facilitate, guide and develop team in carrying out daily task (cash disbursement, receiving cash, maintaining bank book, payment through banking channel, fund transfer to other operational account, periodic financial report for donors, documentation, NGO A related work to ensure team accountability and smooth team function

Additional Requirements:
∎ Values & Competencies
∎ Core Values
∎ Social Justice
∎ Equity
∎ Respect
∎ Core Principles
∎ Participation
∎ Non-Discrimination
∎ Transparency
∎ Dynamic Spirit
∎ At least 5 + years for Manager of comprehensive financial management experience, including supervisory experience required.
∎ At least 3 or 5 years' experience in grants management as well as an understanding of specific donor regulations required.
∎ At least 3 years' international experience required; international NGO Country office experience is preferred.
∎ Demonstrated experience in analyzing organizational risks and processes and providing strategic advice and recommendations to senior management on organizational efficiency and effectiveness; working with risk assessment and corporate risk management framework
∎ Applying professional judgment appropriately in the context of a small to medium size enterprise or organization
∎ Strong skills on managing human and financial resources including consultants within a multi-disciplinary project environment
∎ Demonstrated experience and skill with budget preparation and analysis, financial reporting preparation and presentation and the proven ability to translate technical financial data into informative reports.
∎ Language: Position requires language skills in both English and Bangla at an advanced level.
∎ Knowledge:
∎ Knowledge on project management and contract management principles and practices
∎ Knowledge on the requirements of external & Internal Audit standards
∎ Knowledge of Sphere standards and other training in humanitarian response preferred
∎ Advanced computer skills in MS Office programs, particularly Excel.
∎ Advance knowledge on Accounting Software.

Salary:
∎ BDT165,455 ( one lac sixty five thousand four hundred and fifty five taka) monthly salary (subject to deduction of Tax at source) based on salary history and experience.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ According to organizational Human Resource Policy.

Application Deadline: May 6, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Education and Development Foundation-Educo
∎ Business : Educo is a global development NGO with over 25 years of experience acting in favor of children and in defense of their rights. It has been working in Bangladesh since 1999. It gives emphasis on the quality education of the children with integration of health, livelihood and protection initiatives. We currently have geographical presence in 14 thanas/upazilas in 5 districts of the Dhaka Division: Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur in Dhaka division, Mymensingh in Mymensingh Division and Moulvibazar in Sylhet division. Through our programs we reach 17,000 children, 16,000 families/ households, 21 local government institutions and 34,000 community people.

Category: NGO/Development