Project Accountant

Job Description

Title: Project Accountant

Company Name: Breaking the Silence (BTS)

Vacancy: 1

Location: Satkhira

Minimum Salary: Tk. 34970 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 3 years

Published: 19 Mar 2025

Education:
∎ Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting
∎ other relevant disciplines.
∎ other relevant disciplines.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience Requirements:
∎ Working Experience: Must have at least 3 (three) years of experience Finance Officer
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Working experience in Program in a National NGO.
∎ Additional Requirements
∎ Able to work under pressure and willing to frequent travel to field of the project.
∎ Experience in Accounts keeping and Administration, Skilled in financial analysis Good writing and speaking skill in English and Bangla.
∎ Must have proficient in computer operation, particularly in MS-Excel, MS-Access, MS Word and MS-PowerPoint.
∎ Must have experience using accounting software.
∎ Experience Requirements:
∎ Working Experience: Must have at least 3 (three) years of experience Finance Officer
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Working experience in Program in a National NGO.
∎ Additional Requirements
∎ Able to work under pressure and willing to frequent travel to field of the project.
∎ Experience in Accounts keeping and Administration, Skilled in financial analysis Good writing and speaking skill in English and Bangla.
∎ Must have proficient in computer operation, particularly in MS-Excel, MS-Access, MS Word and MS-PowerPoint.
∎ Must have experience using accounting software.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Job Context:
∎ Breaking the Silence (BTS) is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 October 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. The organization is going to implement a project titled ‘Speak up! Empowering CSOs to protect children and youth's freedom of expression by capitalizing on the opportunities and addressing the challenges of the digital space in Bangladesh’ at Dhaka and Satkhira district. The project will be implemented with the support of ‘Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL).’ BTS is going to recruit the ‘Project Accountant’ for the mentioned project.
∎ Position Name : Project Accountant
∎ Organization Name : Breaking the Silence (BTS)
∎ Project Name : ‘Speak up! Empowering CSOs to protect children and youth's freedom of expression by capitalizing on the opportunities and addressing the challenges of the digital space in Bangladesh’
∎ No. of Vacancy : 1 (One)
∎ Job Description /
∎ Responsibilities :
∎  Books of Accounts & Reporting: a) Check and ensure all bill voucher and finance documentations are made available on demand, b) Maintain up-to-date books of accounts, data entry and preserve all kinds subsidiary registers, c) Ensure all receipts and follow up of settlements of advances and evidences, d) Ensure all payments are charged into approved budget line, e) Ensure fund request, financial report and relevant documents are prepared in time, f) Maintain all kinds of banking transactions and associated tasks including bank reconciliation, g) Handling petty cash, filing of all vouchers.
∎  Prepare Periodic Report and Budget Follow-up: a) Prepare periodic (Monthly/Quarterly) budget variance analysis reports, b) Prepare and revise annual budget as per need, c) Ensured the expenditure are incurred and booked in accounts respective budget line, follow up and report to Deputy Director (Finance and Admin), d) Review the budget variance (under/Overspent) in the Budget line item.
∎  Administrative: a) Introduce/execute/support organization’s administrative rules & procedures, b) Preserve and update of personnel files and related documents, c) Ensure logistics and materials as per program/admin requirements, d) Ensure mechanisms and direct support to staff for workable office environments, e) Review the expenditure of project office operation.
∎  Program support and Documentation: a) Conduct field visit to examine the financial documents verification, provide feedback and support to financial dealings at major events, b) Ensure delivery of classified financial data to program and Line Manger, c) Follow up day to day expenses/financial operation and advice to improving the lack and internal control system, d) Preserve and maintain filing of all important financial documents, legal documents, staff financial contract, MOU, third party contract, financial information served to GO body, donor agreements, approved plan & budget, project proposal, bank information and audit reports, e) Maintain liaison with head office administration, finance and human resource departments.
∎  Compliance: a) Ensure scrutiny of budget request/bills/payment requests and availability of budget, b) Ensure that all policies and procedures are in compliance with donor and funding source policies, procedures, agreement clauses, along with organization’s financial policies, c) Contribute opinion in improving internal control systems, financial discipline, transparency and accountability, d) Maintain current knowledge of government requirements and ensure compliance with tax regulations and other legal regulations, e) Review financial monitoring report and follow up the compliance
∎  Fixed Asset Management: Ensure inventory and identification of fixed assets at office and expatriate location maintaining liaison with relevant department of head office, b) Reviews periodically inventory/stock management.
∎  Assistance to Internal Financial Monitoring Team and Auditors: a) Ensure all financial documentations are made available on demand of organizational financial monitoring team and external auditors, b) Response to audit queries and observation in consultation with Finance head of the organization, c) Support to organization in executing and follow up audit recommendations
∎  Requirement of Donor: a) Prepare the financial reports / statements maintaining the reporting schedule and provide other need-based financial statement as per requirement of donor through consultation with organization’s Finance Head, b) Ensure the reimbursements are adjusted with proper account, c) Coordinating with the donor officials relating to financial matters
∎  Facilitate Tax & VAT deduction process: a) Ensure timely and properly deduction of vendor tax, VAT and personal tax, and deposit of taxes timely and preserves the all relevant documents, b) Information update on tax and VAT deduction process
∎  Others: a) Attend different project meetings and finance related meeting of donor, b) Attend capacity building training, orientation and events, c) Specific tasks assigned by organization’s Finance Manager, d) Coordinate and cooperate with project staff and finance department for smooth project financial operation, e) Any other assignments of organization management.
∎ Employment Status:
∎  Full-time
∎ Tenure of Services Contract:
∎  3 (Three) months probation period. After successful completion of the probation period, based on the performance of the staff and recommendation from the supervisor, the post may be continued till the project’s lifetime.

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ 2 days weekend
∎ Office time, Annual Leave, Increment & other facilities will be applicable as per 'Recruitment and Human Resource Management Policy' of Breaking the Silence.
∎ 2 days weekend
∎ Office time, Annual Leave, Increment & other facilities will be applicable as per 'Recruitment and Human Resource Management Policy' of Breaking the Silence.

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Satkhira

Read Before Apply:

Read Before Apply:

Only short-listed candidates will be called for an interview.

The person accused of child and women abuse and violation of safeguarding, terminated for any kind of fraud, active political activist or supporter and the peoples who are involved in militancy/terrorism in any way are requested not to apply.

Breaking the Silence reserved the authority to accept/reject any application and to add / relax the terms of the recruitment notice.

The authority reserves the right to cancel the appointment of a candidate at any time after his/her appointment if he/she has given false information or concealed the truth in any case.

Female, PWD and ethnic minority are encouraged to apply.

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Company Information:
∎ Breaking the Silence (BTS)
∎ Plot # 2/4, Lalmatia, Block-G, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207
∎ www.breakingthesilencebd.org
∎ Breaking the Silence is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 September 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. It also contributes to achieving the relevant Sustainable Development Goals. The organization has been implementing various programs to prevent child abuse and child marriage, empowering children and women, creating opportunities for children to participate in the decision-making process of local government and strengthening the social accountability process. Moreover, in response to any natural and social disaster, the development partner in collaboration with the government as a partner in the program. BTS ensures the involvement of children and women from the disabled and disadvantaged communities in all programs. The organization has been facilitated national-level advocacy initiatives to scale up the good practices and models all over the country and contribute to review or formulate new laws and policies regarding child and women rights.

Address::
∎ Plot # 2/4, Lalmatia, Block-G, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207
∎ www.breakingthesilencebd.org
∎ Breaking the Silence is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 September 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. It also contributes to achieving the relevant Sustainable Development Goals. The organization has been implementing various programs to prevent child abuse and child marriage, empowering children and women, creating opportunities for children to participate in the decision-making process of local government and strengthening the social accountability process. Moreover, in response to any natural and social disaster, the development partner in collaboration with the government as a partner in the program. BTS ensures the involvement of children and women from the disabled and disadvantaged communities in all programs. The organization has been facilitated national-level advocacy initiatives to scale up the good practices and models all over the country and contribute to review or formulate new laws and policies regarding child and women rights.

Application Deadline: 24 Mar 2025

Category: Accounting/Finance