Search for Common Ground (SFCG), Finance & Accounting Manager, Deadline April 01, 2010.

VACANCY NOTICE

FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER

SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND TIMOR-LESTE

Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Timor-Leste, a non-profit, independent, secular, non-government organization dedicated to conflict transformation, is seeking a Finance & Accounting Manager. She/he works in close collaboration with donors, as well as with operations, finance, and program staff on finance-related issues and information exchange. Search for Common Ground Timor-Leste is a representative office of SFCG, whose mission is to transform how individuals, organizations and governments deal with conflict - away from adversarial approaches, toward cooperative solutions. SFCG’s headquarters are in Washington, DC USA and Brussels, Belgium.

POSITION: FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER

LOCATION: DILI

CONTRACT PERIOD: 12 MONTHS (with possibility of extension)

START DATE: APRIL 2010

STATUS: FULL TIME

Duties and Responsibilities

·         Monitor daily activities in finance and accounting

·         Prepare monthly financial reports for SFCG Headquarters

·         Monitoring and tracking of budget and grants

·         Preparing budget forecasts for office operations and programming

·         Program budget design and management

·         Preparing budgets for proposals to donors

·         Serve as a budget advisor for program staff, this includes ensuring that donor guidelines are received, understood and implemented by key program and support staff

·         Act as internal auditor for Field Office Finance Reports, including controlling financial & accounting activities of field offices in order to ensure that activities run effectively

·         Effective supervision of Finance and Admin Officer and Assistants

·         Timely and accurate approval of bank reconciliation

·         Facilitate knowledge building and sharing

·         Maintain good working relationship with all staff

·         Training and capacity building for staff

Competencies

·         Good knowledge of accounting

·         Ability to formulate and manage budgets, manage contributions and investments, manage transactions, conduct financial analysis, reporting and cost-recovery

·         Ability to implement new systems

·         Builds strong relationships with clients, focusing on impact and results for clients and responds positively to feedback

·         Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude

·         Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities

·         Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Public Administration, Finance, Economics or related field

·         3-5 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in financial resources management

·         Previous experience in managing staff

·         Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web based management systems

·         Fluency in written and spoken English and Tetum (Portuguese and Indonesian helpful, but not required)

·         Excellent cross-cultural communication and working skills, enjoys a multicultural work environment

Please send your Curriculum Vitae and cover letter (including brief salary history and salary expectations) to Search for Common Ground at, sfcgtl@gmail.com, with the subject heading Finance & Accounting Manager by 5pm, Thursday April 1^st, 2010.  Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis, as we hope to fill this position immediately. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.