SCFG - Accounting/Finance manager

Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Indonesia, a non-profit, independent, secular, non-government organization dedicated to conflict transformation, is seeking an Accounting/Finance Manager. He/she works in close collaboration with the donors, as well as with operations, finance, and program staff on finance-related issues and information exchange. Search for Common Ground Indonesia is a representative office of Search for Common Ground (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 : ACCOUNTING/FINANCE MANAGER
LOCATION : JAKARTA
CONTRACT PERIOD : 12 MONTHS
START DATE : AUGUST 2008
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 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 and affect staff behavioral/attitudinal change;

· 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 Bahasa Indonesia;

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

· Indonesian citizen.

Please send your Curriculum Vitae and cover letter (including brief salary history and salary expectations) to Brian Hanley (bhanley@indocg. org) by 5pm, *Wednesday, July 16, 2008*. Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis, as we hope to fill this position immediately. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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