Assistant Accountant

Rights Jessore

 

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Summary

• Vacancy: 1
• Age: at most 40 years
• Location: Jashore
• Minimum Salary: Tk. 22250 (Monthly)
• Experience: 3 to 5 years
• Published: 22 Jun 2024

 

Requirements

Education

• Master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or other relevant fields.
• Education qualification may be relaxed for experienced & skilled person.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years

Additional Requirements

• Age at most 40 years

• Age at most 40 years (Flexible for highly experienced candidates)
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in administrative and financial management in projects/organizations.
• Demonstrated expertise and excellent track record in finance, accounting, budget preparation and management.
• Demonstrated understanding of administration, procurement processes, compliance, and reporting.
• Strong knowledge on VAT and tax related rules and procedures and reporting requirements
• Excellent interpersonal skills and teamwork.
• Fluency in oral and written Bengali and English.
• Proficiency in MS office, excel, and accounting software.
• Relevant skills in usage of IT equipment and applications.

Responsibilities & Context

Rights Jessore

Mahima Mahal, 119/2, Ghope, Jashore

Project Background

Rights Jessore is a leading human rights organisation in Bangladesh dedicated to protection and promotion of human rights, prevention of human trafficking and providing service to vulnerable people. Rights Jessore working for victim rescue, repatriation, reintegration, rehabilitation and providing legal support to vulnerable and marginalized people. Since 1991, Rights Jessore has been working in southern part of Bangladesh as a pioneer organization in this sector and later it has expanded its working area throughout the Bangladesh and abroad for upholds the rights of marginalized people. The organization enhanced the capacity of various committees, including the Counter Trafficking Committee, Child Marriage Prevention Committee, Child Welfare Board, Nari Nirjaton Protirodh Committee, and Dowry Prevention Committee, as well as relevant government officials. In this context, Rights Jessore is set to implement a project titled “Enhancing Legal Services and Strengthening the Capacity of the Legal Aid Committee.” Funded by the USAID Ain Shohayota Activity through Democracy International, Inc., this 24-month project began in June 2024. It will be implemented in four districts: Jashore, Jhenaidah, Magura, and Khulna.

The project aims to enhance people-centered justice by fostering increased public participation, inclusivity, and data-driven processes, thereby improving the justice system from the union to district levels. To achieve this overarching goal, the project will undertake activities structured around three main objectives. Firstly, People are aware of their rights and understand how to realize them; secondly Justice pathways available at the local level are strengthened and expanded; thirdly the capacity of justice sector actors to provide legal aid services is strengthened, especially for traditionally vulnerable and marginalized groups. Overall, the project seeks to establish a legal support ecosystem that positively influences the well-being and empowerment of the community and beneficiaries. The primary beneficiaries of the project are community members, with particular emphasis placed on traditionally vulnerable groups, such as women, children, ethnic and religious minorities, Dalits, people with disabilities, and LGBTQI individuals.

In this background, Rights Jessore is looking for suitable candidate for an immediate appointment as well as to prepare a panel list for the different position of above-mentioned project and area. In this regard, Rights Jessore invites application for following positions for mentioned districts.

Position Summary of Assistant Accountant

Rights Jessore will recruit one Assistant Accountant for the aforementioned project. This individual will assist with the accounting, finance, and administrative components of the project. The position will work closely with the Manager of Finance and Accounts at Rights Jessore to manage day-to-day financial accounting, general office services, and organize records and documentation in compliance with donor procedures. Below are the details of the position, including job responsibilities, educational qualifications, and other required competencies.

Position reports to: Manager Finance and Accounts.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the accounting, finance and administration components of the project, including field office finance, accounting and administrative activities.
• Ensure consistency with the organization and donor standard operating procedures, policies and accounting principles.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly requests for funds, based on budget and cash flow projections, to ensure the project has all necessary funds for operations.
• Support in procurement activities of the mentioned project.
• Prepare monthly budget variance reports.
• Prepare vouchers (disbursement, receipt and general journal vouchers) for expenditures and ensures that expenses are reasonable, allowable and allocable to the project.
• Fulfill the financial rules and procedures of the organization, donor and GoB laws/regulations that are applicable to the project.
• Withhold/deduct VAT and taxes at source and ensure payment to the government treasury on time.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly and as and when required reports on annual tax computation, monthly Tax and VAT payment etc.
• Ensure proper recording of transactions in accounting software and maintain adequate documentation.
• Prepare monthly payroll procedures for core staff of the organization and project staff.
• Manage all administrative functions of the mentioned project which include administration, procurement, HR and contracts management.
• Ensure project logistics systems including procurement of goods and services, transportation, store management and use of supplies in a transparent and accountable manner per the donor policies.
• Maintain financial documentation, controls and procedures for the management of funds.
• Record keeping of partners’ management of funds and cross check source documents.
• Any other task as assign by the organization.

Compensation & Other Benefits

• Monthly gross salary BDT 22,250 with other admissible benefits as per project support.

Employment Status

Full Time

Job Location

Jashore

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