Finance & Administration Officer

Finance & Administration Officer – Simara

Corus International leads an ensemble of social impact organizations working together in the world’s most fragile settings to deliver the holistic, lasting solutions needed to overcome the interconnected challenges of poverty, health care access and climate change. Corus is a new model in the international space, creating a consortium of specialized non-profit and for-profit entities for greater impact. Additional growth is expected.

Corus combines over 150 years of experience of our non-profit and for-profit subsidiary organizations – LWR, IMA World Health, CGA Technologies, Ground Up Investing, and LWR Farmers Market. Together, the organizations take a systematic approach to grow rural economies, eliminate extreme poverty, ensure access to quality healthcare, and respond to urgent humanitarian needs in fragile settings. In Nepal CORUS works through one of the subsidiary organizations Lutheran World Relief (LWR). Further details about the organization can be found at https://corusinternational.org

This position will be based in Simara. We strongly encourage applications from female candidates and individuals from the local community.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintains a filing system (hard copy and e-files) of supporting documentation, including payment and receipt vouchers, payroll vouchers and related tax documents, bank statements and reconciliation, etc.
• Enters financial transactions into QuickBooks.
• Completes and documents bank reconciliations.
• Works with team to prepare monthly cash advance request for office operations.
• Assist the SFAM to submit financial reports to headquarter.
• Files taxes including any applicable withholding taxes and returns.
• Assist with audit exercises.
• Reviews advance requests and advance reconciliations/expense reports for accuracy.
• Tracks repayment of advances and enforces policies related to reconciling advances.
• Collects estimates and manages the call for bids.
• Coordinates cost and proposal evaluations.
• Implements the contractual terms for orders, receipt of goods, confirmation of completion of services, and payments.
• Assists with logistics of events, workshops, etc.
• Provides support in administrative tasks to ensure seamless administrative functioning.

Supervisory:

• This position reports to the Senior Finance and Administration Manager.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or a relevant field from an accredited institution.
• At least two years of experience in finance and administration.
• Experience in office administration and working in an international NGO are both advantages.
• Demonstrated ability to apply generally accepted accounting practices.
• Should be able to communicate in Nepali and English.
• Should be able to use micro computers independently.
• Familiarity with accounting software.

Corus International prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by U.S. or International law.