Heifer International Bangladesh is hiring a Director of Finance

Heifer International is a charity organization working to end hunger and poverty around the world.

Vacancy: Not specified 

Vacancy Type: Full-time

Role: Director of Finance

Job Responsibilities : 

• Coordinate with Programs in pre-award grant proposal development, review, and negotiation; provide leadership on post-award financial and accounting management to ensure compliance with donor agreements (45%)
• Lead proposal budget review and/or preparation.
• Ensure coordination and monitoring of project burn rates.
• Monitor compliance with grant agreements.
• Monitor and/or prepare accurate and timely donor reporting, dashboards, and other key donor deliverables.
• Provide Programs with input on key financial aspects of programs/projects.
• Ensure preparation and maintenance of accurate and timely periodic reporting, dashboards, and other key deliverables to senior management.
• Coordinate key processes for project budgeting and forecasting among the headquarters and country program teams; ensure cash flows are managed efficiently.
• Ensure tight monitoring of donor agreement reporting dates and respond to compliance inquiries related to donor requests.
• Ensure regulatory and organizational compliance of financial activities are in place within the country program offices and support global consolidation of financial statements (45%).
• Continuously monitor and assess the adequacy of country systems and procedures for transparent accounting, financial management, and reporting.
• Coordinate and/or perform internal reviews to eliminate or reduce fraud opportunities, performing assurance and monitoring procedures.
• Coordinate external audits, incorporating results into short-range annual work plans and long-range global improvement plans.
• Partner with headquarters in the periodic close, ensuring accurate and timely financial statements for global consolidation.
• Guide implementation and institutionalization of Heifer's enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, including capturing and sharing of best practices for cross-area replication and support.
• Facilitate independent external audits and other agreed-upon procedures, including auditor scheduling and communications, financial information requests, internal control questionnaires, and follow-up.
• May perform other job-related duties as assigned (10%).

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Management Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
•  Ten (10) years of pertinent experience, including two (2) years in a supervisory capacity.
• Alternatively, a master's degree in Accounting, Management Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field, coupled with eight (8) years of relevant experience and two (2) years in a supervisory role.

Additional Requirements:

• Experience in a donor-funded international development environment with compliance requirements of the U.S. government and institutional funders for international development, such as USAID, EU, IFAD, DFID, mega-foundations, and others.
• Project management experience, with project management certification a plus.
• Knowledge of the NGO business sector, including compliance requirements of the government; knowledge of institutional funders for international development is a plus.
• Knowledge of operating in a multi-currency environment.
• Ability to navigate financial and non-financial data gathering and analytics; technically adept with the ability to quickly learn and maximize usage of technology and software; effective user of Microsoft Office Suite with intermediate skill in MS Excel.
• Effective communicator and influencer with the ability to convey complex financial issues in a clear format for non-finance professions across various levels of the organization, motivating continuous and collaborative improvement.
• Proficient in the local country's generally accepted accounting principles, fiscal statutes, and payroll management statutes.
• Experience with accounting systems and systems conversions.
• ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES:
• Ability to work under pressure, perform multiple tasks and manage consistently competing priorities; comfortable in a rapidly changing environment. Must be flexible and able to improvise to handle a variety of situations.
• Ability to effectively mentor and train individuals and teams using participatory methodologies. Strong facilitation skills are preferred.
• Ability to work with delicate personnel situations and to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to maintain close relationships and work with team members from a distance and with limited opportunity for personal interaction.
• Constant sitting and working at a computer for extended periods.
• Constant face-to-face, electronic and telephone communication with colleagues at different levels of the organization and the general public.
• Ability to prepare documents and other materials in a well-designed and attractive format, with attention to detail.
• Willingness and ability to work outside of normal business hours.
• Ability and willingness to travel both domestically and internationally.
• Adequate physical condition necessary to travel to project sites in rural areas.

Job Location: Dhaka.

Salary: Not specified.

Benefits: As per the Company policy.

Application Deadline: 02 September 2023

Application link: https://tinyurl.com/mwa5mk5n