Finance Assistant
Finance
Assistant (Location: Surabaya)
Background
of the Project and Assignment
The Australia
Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Income through Support for Markets in
Agriculture (PRISMA) is an ambitious new rural development program which aims
to contribute to a 30%, or more, increase in net incomes for 1,000,000 poor
rural female and male farmers, 300,000 of which will be reached by June 2017.
AIP-PRISMA will focus on Eastern Indonesia (EJ, NTB, NTT, Papua and W Papua).
Once it is fully operationalized, AIP-PRISMA will be the largest making markets
work for the poor (M4P) project in the world.ApplicationApplications close on 01 May 2017. Please apply via this link. The post is open for
Indonesian national only. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Purpose
of The Position
Support
the Finance Officer and strengthen the current team in order to equilibrate the
growth of the program and the integration of TIRTA, SAFIRA and PRISMA projects
under one operation. Under direction of Finance Officer, the Finance Assistant
will ensure smooth cash management operations and processing payments, petty cash
and banking transactions handling, including maintaining financial records, retrieving
financial details of the programs.
Roles
and Responsibilities
Cash
Management
•
Ensure safe security of cash in the office and coordinate weekly and
monthly cash counts, including spot counts•
Support Finance Officer
to make sure funds for program are available, and to ensure the allowable
minimum bank balance at the month-end
Financial System and Procedures
•
Report any troubling discoveries
or suspicion of wrongdoing to the proper authorities•
Adhere to the corporate financial
policies and procedures and client regulations•
Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy,
efficiency
Financial Records, Transactions and Payments
•
Prepare financial forms and
process in daily basis for IDR currency payment requests and receipts•
Check and scrutinize invoices for accuracy•
Reconcile any discrepancies or errors identified by
conversing with employees•
In line with the other Finance Team Members,
establish and maintain filing systems as appropriate•
Uphold Palladium’s
policy of Zero Tolerance on bribery and corruption, and ensure due diligence is
followed
Audit Function
•
Support and strengthen
finance management and administration across the program and ensure appropriate
audit functions are carried out•
Support in ensuring that
audit recommendations are implemented
Key Selection Criteria
Essential Skills/Experience Required:•
Proven experience in
managing petty cash, bank account, and preferably familiar with web banking•
Trustworthy, integrity, attention
to the details, and organized approach•
Excellent knowledge in
accounting and finance•
Demonstrated ability to
promote and initiate work processes and complete given assignments with minimum
supervision•
Proficient in MS Office•
Good verbal and written
communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English
Ability to work in a
team and be customer-satisfaction oriented•
Experience working in or
with development programs under DFAT, INGO•
Experience in project
management or development
Functional Relationships
This position:
•
Reports to the Finance
Officer