Officer - Finance

Job Description

Title: Officer - Finance

Company Name: Swisscontact Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or any other relevant discipline

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Employment start: As soon as possible.
∎ Contract duration: Initially 1 (one) year (renewable until end of the programme period).

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assist the Coordinator - Finance in ensuring all day-to-day transaction for implementation of the project's finance related tasks such as:
∎ Maintain petty cash and cash advance registers;
∎ Maintain bank book;
∎ Checks invoices with all supporting documents and prepare payments, receive and journal vouchers and posting in to accounting software;
∎ Calculate relevant VAT/taxes and deposit to government exchequer;
∎ Cash and cheque transactions with banks;
∎ Prepare monthly bank and cash reconciliation;
∎ Timely perform monthly closure of all books of accounts as per organisation's policy;
∎ Assist Finance Coordinator to prepare monthly budget vs expenditure report against donor and NGOAB budget;
∎ Assist Finance Coordinator to prepare audit report as well as enable to face group audit, NGOAB audit and Donor audit;
∎ Perform any other task assigned by the supervisor or delegated authority.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 1-year professional experience in similar role(s) preferably in NGO/INGO.
∎ Core Competencies and Requirements:
∎ Good verbal and written communication skills in English and Bangla;
∎ Excellent computer literacy in MS Office programmes (specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook);
∎ Is a team player but also has the ability to work independently with limited supervision;
∎ Should have auditors and donor facing manner;
∎ Excellent organisational skills and ability to multitask effectively under pressure;
∎ Demonstrates curiosity to learn and acquire knowledge from vastly different sources;
∎ Sound understanding of internal and external audit requirements;
∎ Results orientated and good reporting skills;
∎ Attentive to details and quality of work;
∎ Works with trustworthiness and integrity and is committed to Swisscontact's core values;
∎ Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity (including sensitivity towards people with disability);
∎ Must be willing and able to take part in field activities as/when needed, sometimes under short notice.
∎ Working Conditions and Environment: This will be applicable in accordance with the Swisscontact Operations Manual. Swisscontact offers attractive working conditions in an international and multicultural context. We see our work as a joint effort in an agile organisational culture: mutual respect, trust, and teamwork.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 17 Oct 2021

Company Information:
∎ 4 Oct 2021
∎ Swisscontact Bangladesh

Category: Accounting/Finance