ActionAid Bangladesh is looking for suitable candidate for the following position:

Associate Officer – Finance & CBT

Project                                 :               Communication with Communities (CwC), Funded by WFP

Location of posting             :               Cox’s bazar

Types of contract                 :               Fixed term contract

Duration of Contract           :               Up to 31 December 2022 (if not extended)

Number of Position             :               1

Salary and benefits             :              Monthly Gross Salary will be BDT. 50,463 with other admissible benefits such as mobile & internet allowance, medical benefit, group life

insurance etc

Job Summary 

The position is to support the management of the finances for the WFP Funded Project, this involves collecting funding from multiple sources, internal to ActionAid and external to ActionAid. It will involve drawing up budgets and reporting to the donor against different perspective assignments.

Key responsibilities include (not limited to) 

Processing of Payments

• Check all payment requests of Vendor, Third Party and Staff in line with AAB, Donor policy, and GOB policies and procedure of county law.
• Adequate support to provide entry in the SUN System through ERP/Excel System by ensuring appropriate analysis code, ensure availability of all supporting documents, prepare vouchers (Payment Voucher & Journal Voucher) and handover payment request to the AAB Finance Unit to prepare cheque/Account Transfer-as applicable.
• Process Staff Float/Advance request and arrange disbursement of the same.
• Monitor activity wise fund projection & feedback to program
• Assist to analyze overhead budget and cost recovery, update management monthly of spending and income achieved
  

Data Entry and Financial Report preparation

• Prepare Burn Rate and Budget Variance Report for the project management.
• Generate financial reports from the system and analyze for the Project Management, Donor, AAB Management- as needed.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports for donors as required.

TAX & VAT deduction, Payments, Audit and Donor facilitation

• Ensure statutory compliance regarding TDS and VDS from various bill as applicable rate and record it in the SUN System.
• Maintain all payment documents.
• Prepare financial statements for Audit and facilitate statutory and Donor’s Audit coordination with AAB Finance Unit.

Support to the Camps and Cash Disbursements

• Manage contracts with externals regarding the administrative support of the project. This includes management of Cleaners, Security Guards, Cook and other support staffs etc.
• Monitor Camps management related to the financial transaction and coordinate to the Camps staff regarding bill/voucher adjustment.
• Support to CBT/CBP projects for Cash payment in field level as it required.
• Support to treasury department as it required.

Relationships

Associate Officer – Finance & CBT will report to Manager - Finance.

Required Educational Qualification and Experience 

• Advance Graduate/Master’s in finance or Accounting or equivalent degree in relevant subject.
• At least 1 year or more of sound experience in project’s financial management and Cash Based Transfer
• (CBT) with national and/or international development organization.

Technical Skills

•  Proficiency in the local language will be an advantage.
• Knowledge on UN Rules/Framework/Guideline
• Knowledge on Tax and VAT rules and procedures are essential.
• Understanding on field operation and camp level programme implementation
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills and the capacity to produce quality reports independently.
• Gender sensitive and familiar with humanitarian principles, Human Rights Based Approach
• Able to take decisions in a timely manner, prioritize and multi-task seamlessly.
• Ability to work under extreme pressure and meet deadlines.
• Team player with experience in multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environments.
• Data management, Proficient with MS office suite

Application instructions

Only those who meet the above requirements are requested to apply following these instructions:

• Last date of application is Tuesday, 01 February 2022. Due to emergency, recruitment will be on rolling. Interested candidates are requested to apply before deadline. 
• Please click here to submit your application.

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ActionAid Bangladesh aims to attract and select a diverse workforce ensuring equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, HIV status, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion. Any personal persuasion/phone-call will result in disqualification of candidature. 

ActionAid Bangladesh has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards child abuse, exploitation and child labor and expects all employees to abide by the Child Protection Policy of ActionAid Bangladesh.          

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