The Role
The Senior Finance Officer is responsible for maintaining day-to-day cash operations, managing the banking process, and entering vouchers into FinSun to record all transactions initiated by the Country Office. This role also includes following up on outstanding advances and payments, maintaining a systematic document filing system, and ensuring the timely remittance of tax payments. All responsibilities must be carried out in compliance with CARE policies, donor requirements, and local regulations.
Specific responsibilities include overseeing the payroll process and related documentation, managing the employee information database as the primary source of personnel data, and preparing reconciliations between the finance system and the database system.
Key Tasks
- Cash and bank operation
- Payroll process and the supporting information, fuel database management as main source of employee information, prepare any reconciliations between finance system and database system
- Tax, Social Security Management, Final payment, data filling management and others
Selection Criteria
- Bachelor's degree in any business-related course (preferably Accounting)
- Experience of at least two years in handling large cash balances, banking transactions and Payroll process
- Familiar with Sun Systems accounting software
- Competence in using information technology including word-processing and excel
- Good oral and written English communication skill
- Ability to manage time and priorities, pay attention in detail and work in fast-paced and stressful environments
- Good planning, interpersonal skills and decision making within the policy
- Effective collaboration with finance team and other team members (Desirable, but not essential)
How to Apply
Interested applicants should send a CV (no longer than four pages) and cover letter to
[email protected] OR to Human Resource unit at CARE office at Bairo Pite, Dili.
Location: Dili, Timor-Leste
Salary: USD$842 per month
Position type: Fixed
Start date: September 2025
