Finance Officer

The Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) is an Oslo-based humanitarian organization supporting capacity building and development in many countries and has been active in the Landmine and UXO sector in Viet Nam since 2007. NPA Viet Nam is seeking qualified Vietnamese national applicants for the position of Finance Officer. The position is based in Hanoi with travel to the provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue.

Main responsibilities:
- Ensure payments have been made on time to suppliers/staff /government for income tax for all national staff.
- Booking entries into Accounting System (Agresso).
- Responsible for clearing interim account
- Follow up on staff debtor account (Advance/Loan)
- Make sure cash is available at NPA Viet Nam for the programme use
- Perform weekly and monthly cash count in Viet Nam.
- Perform monthly cash and bank reconciliation
- Responsible to fill in Monthly financial check list and send to head office (Oslo).
- Responsible for setting up for new projects or update project master file in Accounting System (Agresso)
- Responsible for calculation and posting of Administration contribution to the HO in Oslo-Norway
- Training and follow up of Finance/admin staff in field office of NPA Viet Nam
- Budgeting and Cost control
- Financial management and reporting to donors (via HO)
- Accounting functions supervision and Development
- Co-operate with the NPA auditor, and follow up the audit report
- Provide monthly financial report to the Country Director
- Perform other tasks and duties that may be assigned or delegated by management.

Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Finance and Administration
- Experience in similar position
- Experience in working with NGOs or INGOs
- Computer literate (Outlook Express, Internet search, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio...)
- Good written and spoken English
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- A highly self-motivated, committed and honest individual
- Ability to work with individuals from different cultural/national backgrounds
- Ability to manage priorities and workload under minimum supervision

Interested candidates are requested to submit a CV and a cover letter to the Country Director via e-mail address at
[email protected]. The closing date for applications is August 8, 2010. Women and disabled people are encouraged to apply.
Only short-listed candidates will be notified.