Senior Manager, Finance and Accounts; Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (Contractual)

Job Description

Title: Senior Manager, Finance and Accounts; Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (Contractual)

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters/ MBA in Finance/ Accounting/ Business Administration with minimum second class or equivalnet result from any recognised university.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ BRAC Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP) is the biggest non-government service provider in Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh, supporting over 1.3 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals as well as the surrounding host communities. Our services are diverse, ranging from health, food security and education to architecture, governance and access to justice. If you thrive in challenging environments, are a natural innovator and are interested in an adventure, join HCMP and stand with communities who need your skills the most. Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.
∎ JOB PURPOSE: This position will lead the Finance and Accounts department of BRAC Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP) overseeing the management of finances, reviewing budgets, ensuring donation/grants receive, ensuring external and internal audit preparedness and facilitating accordingly. This position will also be responsible for ensuring financial transparency in the organisation to ensure better decision making.
∎ SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme`s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and also encourage others to do so.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Strategic planning and guidance:
∎ Play the strategic role of preparing and drafting JRP, financial operating planning, drafting and finalising all financial guidelines etc. in coordination with the supervision and guidance from Head of Accounts.
∎ Provide supports/ guidance to HCMP Finance Team in day-to-day operations providing technical knowledge and guidelines.
∎ Provide supports to Senior Management Team in important financial decision-making by providing financial data and necessary analysis.
∎ Design and develop unit AOP (Annual Operating Plan) and Work Plan to accomplish the objectives of HCMP F&A.
∎ Operational guidelines and roll out of the guideline:
∎ Supervise the finance team members deployed for Cox's Bazar HCMP and Head Office for smoothing overall operation of HCMP.
∎ Supervise day to day finance activities and ensure proper documentations and recording in system.
∎ Supervise proper recording of actual expenses for each projects with monitoring procedures and manage expenses within approved budget.
∎ Supervise proper allocation of HCMP shared cost to all projects as per policy
∎ Develop leadership and enhance capacity of finance staff through training and guidance.
∎ Oversee the management of finance functions ensuring donor/ contract compliance.
∎ Quality and Accountability:
∎ Ensure audit preparedness and facilitate audit of ongoing projects under HCMP.
∎ Ensure that all finance and treasury work going on as per policy of BRAC and donors.
∎ Ensure proper record keeping/ accounting of HCMP operations.
∎ Ensure project balance sheet review and reconcile the receivable and payable ledger balance.
∎ Ensue the quality works of finance team in relations to payables; advance management, assets tracking, fund management and compliance.
∎ Ensure quality MIS data to awards team for donor reporting.
∎ Ensure the process of budget preparation, support to awards team for proposal submission to donors.
∎ Coordination, networking, advocacy:
∎ Liaise and coordinate with concern management and ensure full visibility of expenses incurred in comparison with project, sector and head wise budget.
∎ Maintain continuous coordination between internal and external stakeholders of HCMP.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Strong knowledge on Accounting, Auditing, financial forecasting, and budgeting principles and practices with basic management information systems applications for accounting functions.
∎ Ability to analyses complex problems, evaluate alternatives and implement creative recommendations, organise work, set priorities, meet deadlines, and complete assignments with minimal supervision.
∎ Skills to work on several assignments simultaneously, setting priorities, meeting deadlines, and working independently within established guidelines.
∎ Professional degree/ Certification i.e. CA/ACCA/ACMA or equivalent.
∎ Excellent knowledge and proficiency on MS Office applications.
∎ Excellent language skills in both English and Bangla.
∎ Minimum 05 years of relevant experience preferably in budgeting, accounting and financial management.

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance and others.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 1 Sep 2022

Company Information:
∎ 25 Aug 2022
∎ BRAC
∎ Business : BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.

Category: NGO/Development