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MYANMAR – FINANCE MANAGER (H/F) – SITTWE

MYANMAR – FINANCE MANAGER (H/F) – SITTWE (SRH04959) Myanmar

ABOUT THE JOB

Role

The Finance Manager is responsible for the management of the finance department and budget management of the entire base. More specifically:

  • He/she carries out accounting and financial management of his/her base, in compliance with donors and SI’s procedures.
  • He/she supervises accounting operations and cash management and carries out budget follow up in conjunction with the programs, logistic and HR managers.
  • He/she supports, monitors and trains the members of his/her finance team in coordination with the HR manager.

 

Responsibilities

  • Financial and budgetary management:
  • Accounting management
  • Cash Management
  • Administrative follow up
  • Team & people management
  • Reporting/Communication & lessons learnt

 

Budget volume: approx EUR 3 million for the base – multidonor.

 

Management: The finance manager will directly supervise 1 Supervisor. 1 accounting officer is managed by the supervisor and 2 cashiers are managed by the accounting officer. An administrative assistant under management of HR is also supporting finance team.

 

Main challenges

  • Regular capacity building to provide to the teams. Regular training to other departments on finance may need to be carried forward as well.
  • A multi donors base will require a constant attention to budget management.
  • The national banking system is also facing a hard time, resulting sometimes in cash shortage, thus requires monitoring and anticipation.

+ Depending on internal strategies on new funds, Finance Manager will also participate in budget proposal writing.

 

Priorities for the first months:

  1. S/he will assure smooth management of the current cash limitation.
  2. S/he will work in collaboration with the managers for budget analysis and adaptation to current context.
  3. S/he will follow up the capacity building of the team.
  4. S/he will ensure compliance with reporting deadline and guidelines/procedures.
  5. S/he will collaborate in the drafting of new proposal.

S/he will ensure regular and good archives management