Head of Finance for Myanmar At People in Need

Country Programme: Myanmar

Contract Length: 12 months with a possibility of extension

Base: Bangkok, Thailand (temporary duty station) with the aimed relocation to Myanmar when possible

Line Manager: Head of Systems and Operations, PIN Myanmar

About the Myanmar Programme of People in Need:

People in Need (PIN) (www.peopleinneed.cz/en) )is an international, non-profit organization providing humanitarian and development assistance around the world. In Myanmar, People in Need started to work in 2002, when it launched financial assistance to civil society groups and independent media. After 2008, PIN provided humanitarian and relief aid to people affected by Typhoon Nargis. Since 2012, PIN has been operating directly from Myanmar, our programs focus primarily on knowledge transfer, capacity building, and support of local initiatives in remote areas. In areas affected by armed conflicts (such as in Rakhine and Kachin State), we provide humanitarian assistance.

About the role:

The Head of Finance (HoF) oversees the Country Programme (CP) economy, financial project management as well as accounting. HoF supports the setup and promotes the knowledge of PIN financial and operational procedures across the whole CP team and is responsible for compliance with PIN guidelines, donors´ rules as well as local legal requirements. HoF has overall responsibility for sufficient capacities and a clear division of tasks and responsibilities within the finance team, providing all necessary capacity building of CP finance team.

HoF is one of the key members of the Senior management team and contributes to strategic decision-making and operations. HoF supports the Country Management Team (CMT)´s decision-making by preparing different scenarios in light of the current development in CP from the financial perspective and is responsible for the management of financial risks.

The HoF is line managed by the Head of Systems and Operations (HoSO), or the Country Director (CD) in his absence, at the Country Programme level. His/her technical manager is the Regional Head of Systems and Operations (RHoSO) for Asia based at HQ.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for overall Country program economy (preparation of the operational budget and its regular update, proper budgeting, cash flow, and cost efficiency monitoring, etc.);
• Assists the CMT in the management of the country programme, participates in the senior management meetings, and pro-actively takes part in the decision-making process;
• Promotes team spirit, a culture of respect, personal responsibility, transparency and openness;
• Ensures PIN procedures, policies and guidelines related to finance and operations are known and respected (Navision, ELO approval, Cost Allocation Policy, etc.);
• Acts as a team manager and is responsible for adherence to Human Resources (HR) procedures and capacity development;
• Ensures compliance with internal procedures, donors´ rules, and country-specific regulations and legal framework.
• Is responsible for annual country programme budget, operations (shared) costs management, financial tools management, budgeting, reporting and cash flow. Focuses on capacity building of the Finance Manager in these areas.
• Supervises the quality of country programme accounting, year-end closing, and statutory audit;
• In the field of country programme accounting, establishing sufficient capacities to guarantee accounting data quality as required by PIN internal rules and legislation (local as well as Czech);
• supervises accounting and other financial documentation.

For this position, we consider important:

• University graduate in finance, business, or accounting study programmes;
• Experience in a finance position needed;
• Communicative level of English (minimum of active B2);
• Keen eye for details and passion for working with numbers;
• Advanced Excel skills (including Pivot Tables and other complex formulas);
• Strong training/coaching skills;
• Ability to communicate clearly with different groups of people and to respect different cultural backgrounds;
• Ability to work independently and effectively;
• Ability to deal with complex compliance agenda;
• Responsibility, proactive approach, flexibility, excellent analytical skills and critical thinking;
• Knowledge of SAP, MS Dynamics Nav, or other ERP is an advantage;
• Experience with project management is very welcome.

PIN Offers:

• Working environment in a well-established middle-sized and continuously growing humanitarian organization in a challenging context;
• Salary and benefits according to PIN salary scale and HR policies; expected salary 2500 – 2700 EUR super gross (based on experience), plus monthly subsistence allowance of 1350 EUR;
• Housing allowance;
• 25 days of holiday per year;
• Travel health insurance (covers health care incl. the repatriation);
• Reimbursement of travel expenses with travel to the country of residence once every 6 months of work;
• Reimbursement of costs of visas and vaccinations; assistance with the visa application procedure;
• Reimbursement of the medical check-up before and after the deployment;
• Free 24/7 medical helpdesk and psychological consultation available online;
• Free access to e-learning sites, global PIN’s Induction Training, Knowledge and Learning department onboarding, and individually tailored capacity-building opportunities; incl. HEAT training.