Save the Children vacancy: Regional Officer - Accounting & Finance in Jakarta (Urgently needed)

Posted by Sophie Howard on Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Save the Children is a leading, private child-focused non-governmental
alliance of 29 member organizations that works in 120 countries
throughout the world. Save the Children has worked in Indonesia since
1976 to promote health and nutrition, education, child protection,
livelihoods, and emergency preparedness and response. Save the Children
has grown enormously in the country and today we operate in 13 provinces
across Indonesia. Our program approach now brings long term and
sustainable benefits to more Indonesian children and we work to
establish effective, self-sustaining approaches to issues related to
child protection, health, education, livelihoods, emergency response and
disaster risk reduction. Save the Children partners with children,
communities, local organizations and the government of Indonesia to
transform the lives of Indonesia children and their families. Currently
Save the Children has an Urgently need for experienced staffs to be part
of our Asia Area Controller Team and will be based in Jakarta.

The position we are looking for is:

Regional Officer - Accounting and Finance - 1 post, based in Jakarta
(code: ROAF-Jkt)

The Regional Officer - Accounting and Finance, based in Jakarta,
reporting to the Manager - Accounting and Treasury, will be responsible
Coordinates and assists Manager, Accounting & Treasury and Manager,
Finance & System Support for Asia Area Controller Team with functions
related to accounting and finance, having initial contact with country
offices in all related aspects. His/her job is supervised directly by
the Manager, Accounting & Treasury through periodic meetings and
monitoring of completion of tasks assigned. In case of absence of one
of the members of controller's team will support as required to ensure
services are provided to country offices in the region. Also, will
support systems as well as travel as needed to support country office by
providing Technical Assistance or temporary duty assignments.

Core Responsibilities:

* Assist Manager, Accounting and Treasury following up
processes related to approval and required information to/from country
offices within the region.

* Review and processing the export files from Country Offices

* Review and check the completeness of the hard copy of
monthly financial report sent by country offices

* Keep continuous communications with controllers team and
other agency staff as per position requires

* Generate the HO/Other Charges, LOG, BVAs and other financial
reports for analysis and feed in the dashboard

* Write communications to country offices such as Transmittal
Letter
* Participate in monthly meetings with country offices explaining
issues arise and working finding solutions

* Perform transaction analysis as required due requests from
country offices or home office.

* Collect the monthly financial report from Country Office based
on checklist and file it with the JV
* Collect and follow up with Country Office on missing schedules

* Establish and maintain the filing system for financial
report and support schedules

* In coordination with Manager, Accounting & Treasury perform
temporary duty (TDY) assignments to fill for absences or needs per
country offices requirements
* Assist the Asia Area Controller Team organize training/meeting.

JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience and Skills):

- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration

- At least 3 years experience in related field with NGO preferred

- Experience of USAID and/or other donor's rules and regulations

- Computer literacy skills (MS-Word, Excel, Access and others)

- Experience working with large Accounting Software such as Sun System

- Ability to organize, coordinate and manage activities related to
responsibility of the position

- Knowledge and experience using office and computer equipment

- Knowledge of USAID rules and regulations and other donors

- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing, clear and concise

- Good knowledge and ability to communicate in English both verbally and
in written

- Able to set priority in workload and work independently

Updated CV and application letter should be sent to
id.recruitment@savechildren.org <mailto:id.recruitment@savechildren.org>

Please fill the "subject" column of the e-mails in this format: code of
the position <...> - your name <...>.

Closing date for application is 7 (seven) days after this advertisement
or up to 20 December 2011 (Only short-listed candidates will be
notified)

All recruitment practices and procedures reflect SC's commitment to
protecting children from abuse


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