Finance Associate

This position will be based in Vientiane, Lao PDR, and report directly to GGGI Lao PDR’s Operations Officer, who leads the OEU. The position holder will work closely with other colleagues of OEU, other in-country staff, and liaise with key Operations Enabling Division units in GGGI’s HQ.
The primary role and responsibility of the Finance Associate is to maintain and verify project and output level budget execution and controls in line with GGGI policies and biannual work plan and budget (WBP); execute GGGI Lao PDR’s in-country bank transfers for cash advance and petty cash purposes, and bank balance replenishment from HQ; prepare monthly bank/petty cash/cash advance reconciliations and in-country general ledger expense report for submission to HQ, prepare project donor financial reports as per donor requirements,  assist the Operations Officer in drafting professional country-level accounting-finance control guidance, conduct periodic asset counts, and  support in other OEU operational critical functions, such as but not limited to setting up procurement plans,  hiring and onboarding plans, contract management, raising requisitions for procurement of individual consultants and consulting firms and raising invoices for procured consultants.
The role of the Finance Associate is to ensure process integrity in GGGI Lao PDR’s program operations, fully meeting established institutional policies, standards and donor requirements across budget execution, in-country banking operation, bank/petty cash/cash advance reconciliation, donor reporting, procurement & HR processes implementation and other operational functions.
In addition, the Finance Associate will: