Accountant (Usaid'S Shobai Mile Shikhi Activity)
• Support the Finance Manager (FM) to ensure appropriate systems are in place for timely and cost-effective disbursement, accounting, budgeting, and software-based reporting of project funds in compliance with local and USAID regulations • Bookkeeping and keeping track of expenses and other financial transactions for the DPE trainings, mainly involving expense entry, tracking, and monthly journal posting in QuickBooks software • Assist FM to prepare SMSA fund requests for timely submission to HQ and keep track record on wire transfers • Prepare and submit monthly expense reports to the FM • Review expenses and financial transactions related with the trainings to ensure they are in compliance with RTI procedures and the terms of the agreement • Review attendance sheets for each training to ensure per diem, transportation, and honorarium payments are per the SMSA policy • Provide attendance sheets and final detailed workshop payments to MERLA team • Liaise with training venues and vendors to review invoices and issue payments • Reconcile cash accounts received from project sites • Issue advances, as needed, for training costs per RTI policy and follow up on advances to ensure reconciliation within the policy’s timeline. • Follow up with Training Coordinators to make sure that bi-weekly expense reporting is within the deadline • Maintain necessary documentation and reporting, including VAT, AIT/GoB and others as necessary and prepare monthly VAT report for the training expenses, for submission to Finance Manager. • Assist FM to prepare necessary reports/documentation for submission to BIDA, Bangladesh Bank and Deputy Commissioner ate of Taxes • Double-check the accuracy of information to discover weaknesses or missing data and strive for strict compliance and high-quality performance • Recommend necessary ideas based on the review findings to improve quality of reporting • Perform any other tasks as assigned by his/her supervisors