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| Deputy Finance Manager | |||
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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Kabul, |
| Categories | Finance, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2021-09-07 | Close Date | 2021-09-18 |
| Vacancy No | PARSA/HRD/21/09 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | 6 month (will be extendable upon additional funding sources being obtained) |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree in finance or related subject professional (BBA/Economics) | Experience | Minimum five years’ relevant experience in finance working with NGOs is preferred |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As per Organization Salary scale |
About Company
About PARSA: PARSA is an International Non-Governmental Organization and a leader in the civil society movement to bring programs to Afghan communities that are culturally relevant, and that support communities as they make their own solutions to the problems of recovering from decades of war. PARSA is dedicated to creating programs that promote social change in Afghanistan fostering a humane and fair society for all people but especially women and children.
Job Description
PARSA’s Deputy Finance Manager is a full-time position that is responsible to maintain and adhere to PARSA financial policies and procedures including the donor regulations and guidelines to ensure that the Finance department functions in an efficient and well-organized manner. Moreover, in periods that the Finance Manager is absent, acting as senior finance focal point for overall financial management and planning including cash flow, budgeting, donor reporting and audit and knowledge-sharing and capacity-building of finance team in high priority. Regular hours of work are 8 am to 4 pm 5 days a week on official PARSA business days. Additional hours of work maybe scheduled as needed including on holidays which will be compensated by days off.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job duty satisfactorily. Essential job duties include the following:
- Providing support to the Finance Manager in Implementing financial policies and
- Coordinate and act as focal point for issues relating to finance
- Preparing new proposals as needed reflecting overall financial profile for PARSA
- Ensuring schedule for Donor reporting is respected and all reports are compiled in an accurate and timely manner and submitted to Deputy Director/Executive Director for verification and approval
- Acting as a Finance focal point during the process of proposal development and budgets creation
- Leading preparation for external annual and donor audits
- Reviewing and addressing questions of concern from auditors in consultation with Finance Manager
- Reviewing and checking of related projects vouchers and supporting documents and coordinate with finance and procurement team for any changes or problems may raised
- Ensuring that donor finance guidelines, formats and processes are understood by Finance team at the start of each project and being adhered to throughout the project
- Contributing to capacity building and sharing of knowledge within finance department
- Maintaining responsibility for transparency and accountability and implementation of policies and guidelines including donors
- Providing constructive suggestions relative to enhancing current procedures on the existing PARSA policies and procedures
- Managing all contractual agreements as related to all contracts PARSA has with donors and managing any other finance staff work on contracts
- Reviewing and checking of contracts with vendors, suppliers, or sub-contractors
- Advising financial policy as it relates to PARSA's contract with donors
- Keeping documentation and storage of contract records
- All other duties as assigned
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job:
- General office work inside Kabul main office
- Meetings outside office as scheduled
- Visits to other NGO and Offices (as required)
Job Requirement
- KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and/or ATTRIBUTES
- Ethical and able to keep confidential material protected
- Helpful, respectful, approachable and team oriented
- Cultural awareness Team Building and teamwork skills
- Leadership ability
- Ability to manage and train
- Negotiation skills and effective verbal and listening communications skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure environment and with variety of people and situations
- Able to follow instructions and to ask for help when necessary
- Working knowledge of online advance QB
- Courteous and polite when representing PARSA
EDUCATION, TRAINING and/or EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or related subject professional (BBA/Economics)
- Minimum five years’ relevant experience in finance working with NGOs is preferred
- Solid knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
- Computer skills including the ability to operate spreadsheets and office processing programs at a highly proficient level
- knowledge of electronic spreadsheets,
LANGUAGE SKILLS, MATHEMATICAL SKILLS AND REASONING ABILITY
- Excellent English language knowledge in written and verbal communication and fluency in Dari and or Pashto
- Good problem solving and analytical skills
- Good mathematical skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel and lift a minimum of 7kg. The employee frequently is required to site during regular office hours, walk and talk or hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include computer work using close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Submission Guideline
Respected Applicants are kindly requested to submit a comprehensive cover letter along with a copy of their updated Curriculum vitae (CV) to PARSA, Afghanistan human resource department email address. Please note that you must include the position title and vacancy number in the subject line of any email in response to this job announcement and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further recruitment process.