Project Associate (Finance and Admin)- Roster Recruitment

Overview

Provide operational, financial, and administrative support for the smooth, compliant, and efficient management of project resources in accordance with UNDP's financial rules and regulations, donor requirements, and Government of Bangladesh guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Support in financial management and reporting, including setting up financial control systems, processing financial transactions, managing donor funds, monitoring expenditures, preparing financial reports, processing payment requests, and supporting audit processes.
• Support in administrative, logistics, and asset management, including providing day-to-day administrative and logistical support, coordinating logistics for events, ensuring proper record-keeping, monitoring equipment and assets, and assisting with HR and procurement processes.
• Support for quality assurance and compliance, including verifying implementing partner activities, monitoring fund utilization, supporting audits, preparing progress and financial reports, and contributing to SOP development.
• Support knowledge building and sharing, including participating in trainings, providing on-the-job training, and contributing to the documentation and sharing of best practices.

Required Experience

Minimum of 6 years (with Secondary education) or 3 years (with a bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in administration and financial management in development projects, government, or international organizations. Hands-on experience processing financial transactions, reconciliations, reporting, and procurement is required. Experience in preparing routine financial reports with demonstrable accuracy and attention to detail is required. Experience providing administrative and logistics support (events, travel, asset and record-keeping) is required. Demonstrated experience in managing a steady transaction workload reliably and to deadline is required.

Qualifications

Secondary Education with specialized certification in accounting and/or Finance is required. A university degree (bachelor’s degree) in Finance, Accounting, or relevant related field will be given due consideration. Part-qualified accountants from an internationally accredited institute of accountancy will have a distinct advantage. Fully Qualified Accountant, from an internationally accredited institute of accountancy or Full Completion of the UNDP Finance Training and Certification Programme (FTCP). Candidates with no professional accountancy qualifications, but with degrees that major in accountancy and/or finance must complete UNDP Finance Training and Certification Programme (FTCP), if recruited. Candidates with no professional accountancy qualifications but with relevant experience must successfully undertake UNDP Accountancy and Finance Test (AFT) before shortlisting, and must complete the UNDP Finance Training and Certification Programme (FTCP), if recruited.

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