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 immediate need for experienced staffs to be
part of our Finance & Information Management Team and will be based in
Jakarta.
The position we are looking for is:
Manager-Accounting and Treasury - 1 post, based in Jakarta (code:
MAT-Jkt)
The Manager-Accounting and Treasury, based in Jakarta, reporting to the
Director - Asia Area Controller, will be responsible to review of all
accounting and treasury functions of the assigned Area offices including
asset management. The Manager is also responsible for supporting the
accounting and payroll functions for the Area office. This position is
also responsible for the accounting related tasks of the new and more
difficult field offices.
Core Responsibilities:
* Reviews the monthly export file that is submitted from each
country office and ensures the timely recording of the data in
accordance with the finance department closing schedule.
* Process CO finance reports within 7-10 days of receipt which
includes confirming all required schedules have been submitted, are
accurate and ensure that all pending issues are resolved within 2
months.
* Oversee all of the grants pertaining to the assigned field
offices including completion of grant and contract closeouts,
reconciling ICR and follow-up on grant/contract receipts.
* Coordinate and provide assistance to COs in the resolution of
accounting issues as well as issues related to automated systems.
* Ensure that cost recovery methods specific to Unified Presence
countries are applied correctly to costs.
* Counsel Country Offices on proper allocation and recording of
various transactions.
* Perform various tasks and reconciliations to support month and
year end closing processes.
* Print out and review life of grant report and distribute them
to the country offices in accordance with the month end closing
schedule.
* Input the original and revised budget for grants into the LOG
System.
* Prepare and reviews HQ charge report and distributes them to
the country offices.
* Calculate and enter into the contract entry system ICR on
subgrant. Enter into contract entry system prior period ICR adjustment,
ICR CAPs and ICR Adjustments which results from the annual NICRA
adjustment.
* Prepare semi monthly worksheet and reconciliation (HQ & CO
paid) of International Living Allowances and forward to payroll fro
inclusion with employee payroll information.
* With Area Controller team and Manager, Finance Training,
assist in field based training to broaden the field knowledge of
accounting.
* With the Cash Manager assess Country Office banking
requirements and facilitate banking relationships. As required, perform
various online banking responsibilities. Prepare an analysis of country
office cash needs to determine authorized level of funding and monitor
country office cash needs throughout the year.
* Support the Area Office by providing accounts payable, payroll
processing and other accounting functions.
JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience and Skills):
- Bachelors degree in Accounting and/or Finance or equivalent experience
is required
- A minimum of three years of experience required working with
accounting
- Grant experience and training skills preferred
- Fund/Not-for-Profit accounting/finance experience preferred
- International experience preferred
- Appropriate training experience
- Appropriate grant experience
- Computer fluency; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
- Familiarity with SUN systems preferred
- Knowledge of one or more South Eastern or Southern Asian languages(s)
(especially Thai) is preferred as communication is key to success and
understanding of data
- Ability to interact with all departments in the Area and Country
office personnel; possesses strong written and verbal communication
skills and communicate clearly with thoughtful, accurate information
- Ability to prioritize workload and multi-task as well as work time
necessary
to complete critical tasks
- Interacts with members from other offices as well as financial
counterparts in assigned field offices to maintain consistent and
up-to-date financial data
- Demonstrates the ability to gather facts and data, scrutinize and
review information and determine an appropriate and logical solution
with very minimal supervision; able to maintain high quality of work and
accuracy
- Explains and demonstrates appropriate methods to field offices and
staff while determining an appropriate course of action for resolution
and to enforce best practices going forward
- Strong accounting/finance skills
- Accurate and detail oriented, with ability to see the big picture
- Ability to complete work in a timely manner while working on
simultaneous tasks
- Ability to maintain high quality of work, both in presentation and
accuracy
- Ability and desire to learn new concepts/skills quickly
- Strong problem solving, analytical, and organizational skills
- Ability to make independent decisions, while keeping supervisor
appraised of important matters
- Ability to anticipate and plan trends and workload
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Willingness to travel to field offices for training purposes
- Working knowledge and strong understanding of grant/contract
management and accounting principles
Updated CV and application letter should be sent to
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 13 January 2012 (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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