To assist the LGCD Director, Finance and Budgeting to manage the overall finance operations for the implementation of the project.

The Senior Finance Manager will be responsible of improving and to reinforce the capacity of the Regional Finance Offices through a permanent on the job training to the Finance managers, Field Accountants and Finance Assistants on the application of DAI finance Policies and Procedures for the review of payment request documents, processing of disbursement vouchers in TAMIS, generation of excel sheets to create the Field Expenses Reports (FERs) for their bi-weekly submission to the LGCD HQ Office in Kabul. To carry out this responsibility the incumbent should make frequent travels to the regional offices as required. S/he will provide support in other finance areas as necessary and maintain a positive working relationship with the Kabul and Regional Offices staff.

Specific Tasks: The Senior Finance Manager will train the regional finance staff on the following areas:

• Monitor the cash flow for the Regional Offices. Preparation of money needs for Operations and Program activities in order to submit their bi-weekly wire transfer requests to the DAI Home Office.
• Prepare the documentation and request approvals from the Regional Directors to transfer money from the local bank account to the Petty Cash account.
• Review and process the documentation received from the Contract, Procurement and Grant Offices for payment, and posting the disbursement vouchers in TAMIS.
• Export from TAMIS all posted expenditures to the Field Expenses Report (FER) to submit them to DAI/Bethesda by the HQ Kabul with the purpose of uploading the local expenditures to the ORACLE system.
• Conduct Petty Cash counts on a periodic basis and document them. This includes surprise cash counts.
• Prepare bank and Petty Cash reconciliations of LGCD accounts on a bi-weekly basis.
• Keep a close follow up on Operational and Programmatic cash advances to clear them according to the internal control procedures.
• Process on time the transferring of withheld income taxes on salaries, leases and procurement (Purchase Orders and Sub-contracts) as well as to keep a tracking system with the purpose of making periodic reconciliations with the Ministry of Finance (MOF).
• Review and process CCNs. bill rates reports. Process Medical Claims and keep track of employees’ respective medical allowance balances.
• Maintain a good filing system for all pending and processed payments for audit trail.
• Ensure that all reporting requirements are met on time, accurate and with the maximum quality.
• Other tasks as required by the LGCD Director, Finance and Budgeting