Upazila Accounts Officer

Job Description

Title: Upazila Accounts Officer

Company Name: Tahzingdong

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Bandarban

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Graduate in Commerce from any reputed university.
∎ At least 03 years of professional experience in maintaining financial activities of development project.
∎ Candidates of Bandarban, Chattogram and Cox's Bazar district having proficiency in local language will be given preference.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Location of posting: Baishari Union, Naikhyongchari Upazila, Bandarban Hill District.
∎ Contract Duration: One (01) YearandSix (6) Month
∎ Job Summary:
∎ TAHZINDONG an environmental and socio-economic development organization has been responding to implement project in the host community of Baishari union under Nakhyongchari Upazila in Bandarban Hill District from December 2019. Since May 2019 Caritas Bangladesh implementing "SOKKHOMOTA`` Collaborate, Prepare and Resilient to Natural and Human Induced disasters Project Funded by USAID/OFDA and CRS. This project will make targeted communities less vulnerable to future shocks/hazards through a community-led process to build local capacity and resilience to future shocks/hazards.The project will work directly with highly vulnerable households to build their awareness and capacity to prepare for and respond to shocks/hazards. The project will also strengthen the local DRR structures, including Disaster Management Committees, working with Bangladesh Red Crescent Societies and Cyclone Preparedness volunteers. Engagement of local government, traditional and religious leaders to enhance community participation and collaboration will play a central role in the project to tenable communities to address needs to improve collective resilience.
∎ Reporting:
∎ Upazila Accounts Officer will report to Finance Manager and Upazila Coordinator of Tahzingdong. S/he has to maintain functional relationship with his/her peers, project teams and organization`s other management teams. S/He must be able to communicate with other teams and units both program and operational of the organization.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Lead Upazila level finance & admin related processes.
∎ Work directly under Upazila Coordinator to support project upazila and field team to follow all applicable policies, procedure and regulations of the Caritas and as stipulated in the project agreement.
∎ Liaise closely with Caritas and other partners in implementing accounts and financial systems and processes.
∎ Maintain books of accounts and lead accounts and record keeping at upazila level.
∎ Document and preserve all the valuable and necessary documents of the project at upazila level.
∎ Be always prepared to face internal and external audit by up-dating information (accounting) and book keeping, as per accepted principals of Project Memorandum, agreement and rules of Caritas Bangladesh
∎ Maintain inventory at the upazila office.
∎ Prepare monthly and periodical financial statements, fund requisition and cheque correspondence with the respective banks.
∎ Prepare Budget Monitoring Review and Analysis report to assess the burn rate and share it with the Finance manager and Upazila coordinator.
∎ Ensure the budgetary control. Remind the concerned project personnel to keep the expenditure within the budget limit.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Technical Skills:
∎ Proficient with MS office suite especially Microsoft excel

Salary:
∎ Monthly Gross Salary will be Thirty thousand (30,000.00BDT) with other admissible benefits such as festival bonus according to project and organizational policy.

Application Deadline: December 31, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Tahzingdong
∎ Address : Old Rajbari Road,Uzani Para, Bandarban Hill District.
∎ Business : The TAHZINGDONG-Organization for Environmental and Socio-economic Development –began its journey in 2001 with it headquarter in Bandarban Hill District.

Category: NGO/Development