.the rolewe are currently looking for finance officer, based in xay district, oudomxay province.role purposethe finance officer leads on finance tasks and procedures for the gcf project, including bookkeeping, posting in the account system, monthly close of the accounts, ensuring internal control before payment, bank and cash management.
s/he is responsible for timely and effective processing of requests according to the organization's procedures and maintaining smooth, effective, and timely finance functions of the gcf program.
her/his role involves facilitating capacity building for government partners in finance-related tasks.the post holder is responsible for providing oversight of financial and administrative transactions to enable the program manager to have an overview of programme implementation.
the incumbent also acts as a focal person in the areas with the country office.in the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.key areas of accountabilityensure they fully understand the provisions of the child safeguarding policy, the code of conduct, and local/country procedures.conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of the child safeguarding policy, in their personal and professional lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.financial managementmanagement of financial systems and proceduresmanagement of cash/bank books (bookkeeping), petty cash, and preparation of end-of-month accountsensuring that all project expenditure is coded correctly with assistance from fp&a finance and awards manager from vte and provincial manager in area office.implementation of good accounting practices and financial controlsprocessing the payment for both office and partnersregistering of transactions in the systempreparing bank/cash reconciliation for review by fp&a finance and awards managerensuring that sufficient funds for payment are available and maintaining good relationships with staff, partners, and supplierssupporting fp&a finance and awards manager in preparing documents for internal and external auditorssubmission of documents for posting to fp&a finance and awards manager in a timely mannerproviding assistance to government staff to manage and summarize program expenditure for activities in the districtsensuring all financial documents are reviewed and filed properly and clarifying any issues identified