Finance Specialist

Duty Station : Yangon

Report to : Finance Manager

Overall purpose of the role:

Finance Specialist is responsible for preparing donor reports within Myanmar Country operation. S/he is responsible for designated donor project budgeting, reporting, auditing and to ensure compliance with DRC’s Operations Handbook and Donor’s requirements. Donor reports deadlines must be online, support to Finance Manager for budget preparation and creation of projects information in the dynamic system in compliance with Dynamic User Manual.

Responsibilities:

People Management and Capacity Building

• Provide technical support to the Area offices-based finance staff related to donor reporting, budgeting and compliance.
• Train and provide capacity Building needs of Finance staff based in the Country Office and field teams and ensure that finance staff capacity is continuously developing.
• Participate on – the -job training for finance staff, guiding them through Dynamic system and compliance to DRC’s Operations Handbook and Dynamic system Policies.
• Plan field monitoring visits bt the Country Office Finance staff to Area and Field office for field team’s support.
• Provide technical support, including training and mentoring, for implementing partners on financial accounting and financial management systems and procedures: In order to do that will be necessary frequent travels to IP’s Offices.

Financial Reporting

• Maintain internal financial procedures compatible with the country’s law, DRC’s Operations Handbook and donor requirements.
• Prepare, review and analyze all financial reports regarding project numbers, activities and expense forecast
• Review and Verify IP's Financial Report and ensure accuracy of their detail transactions and reporting summary. If necessary, check their accountancy to compliance with DRC operation handbook and donor requirements.
• Provide recommendations and advisories on the field office and IP's Financial Report and compliances with donor requirements.
• Closely communicate with HQ - finance Controller to ensure allocation of HQ expenditures and overhead costs.
• Ensure to submit donor reports to HQ on time for getting HQ approval.
• Ensure to submit donor reports to Grants Department compliance with Grants Overview files. Closely follow up internal deadline of Grants overview files.
• Closely with Area managers and field teams to discuss key challenges, reasons for these, and any remedial action that is required.
• Support the development and implementation of financial reporting, financial format and tools Support finance manager for financial reporting management in Country Office and Field Offices.
• Establish donor reporting calendar and work plan in collaboration with grants team.

Budget Management

• Provide financial data and information to line manager for preparing of proposal/revise/additional budgets.
• Prepare and update Master budgets, share cost allocations, WBS and Expense Forecast template information to upload in the dynamic system.
• Support to line manager for monitoring of budgets and identifies significant variances in spending.
• Support Finance Manager in relevant budget revisions and modifications.

Transfers and payments

• Prepare and monthly update donors/Ips instalment tracker compliance with donors/Ips contracts.
• Ensure all instalments and final payments from/to donors and IPs are done on timely manners.
• Ensure that payment documents comply with DRC internal financial procedures and donor regulations
• Closely work with Finance Manager to ensure proper transfer of funds from DRC HQ in Copenhagen to IPs.
• Ensure to submit payment and transfer information to IP's.

Data and System Management

• Review the rebooking requests sent by Budget holders and ensure the rebooking are in line with relevant budget and dnor reporting requirements/compliance.
• Closely coordinate with Partnership Finance Specialist  to ensure for upload IP’s GL in the dynamic system before extract donor report.
• Ensure an ongoing , accurate both physical & digital data filing system for all financial reporting in the Country Office relevant documentation in the program finance office.

DRC Dynamics ERP system

• Support Finance Manager in ensuring DRC Dynamics is used to its full capacity at mission level.
• Support Finance Manager in ensuring proper application of ERP fnance processes in the country
• Perform reports and data analysis from ERP system to improve performance in the country
• Be one of the Supper users for the DRC Dynamics (ERP) system and responsible for training other finance staff in the Country Office as well as in the Area offices

Audit

• Support to Line Manager for external, internal or government audits.
• Ensure all requirement documents from audits are ready before auditing process.
• Support to implement recommendation of external, internal or government audits in the Country Office and Fields.
• Follow up and ensure to implement as Audit improvement plans.
• Participate partner assessment process to Ips, if necessary.

Additional Tasks

• On request, perform any other additional duties assigned by the supervisor(s) in order to allow the organization to function optimally.
• This job description is not a definitive task list but has been done to clarify the responsibilities of the employee.

Experience and technical competencies:

• University degrees (Bachelors or Master's in accounting/Finance/Audit)
• Certification of CA, ACCA or CPA will have distinctive advantages
• Minimum 3 years of practical experience in financial management and donor reporting
• Proven experience in managing large budgets
• Competence in providing technical guidance and training
• Proven experience in working with national partners, local/government authorities
• Working experience with relevant donors (e.g. UNHCR, ECHO,OFDA, WFP, DFID or BPRM guidelines)
• Advanced proficiency in Excel
• Full professional proficiency in English

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master  DRC’s core competencies :

• Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
• Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
• Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

Conditions:

Contract: DRC will offer the successful applicant a DRC’s Regular contract including 3-month probation period. Renewable depends on both funding and performance. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with DRC’s Terms of Employment. The position is in Employment Band G non-management.

Application and CV

Interested? Click here to apply. Please send your application, in English, no later than 15 June 2026.

CV only applications will not be considered.

(Applications  will  be  reviewed  on  a  rolling  basis,  and  shortlisted  candidates  may  be  contacted  for interview/an offer made before the advertised closing date)