• Provide leadership, manage staff and plan, budget and implement activities concerning the Finance Department in line with DACAAR's Strategic Programme Framework and approved procedures;
• Provide strategic advice to the Director on matters related to Finance and safety & security issues as a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and the Safety & Security Management Team (SSMT) respectively;
• Represent DACAAR and manage external relations with relevant government authorities, donors, partners, UN agencies and international and national NGOs as delegated by the Director;
• Ensure close coordination with other departments with respect to preparation of proposals and writing of reports to meet requirements of the Governing Board, donors and government authorities;
• Maximize internal synergy between the cash, bank & tax functions and the audit, budget & reporting functions and external synergy between the Finance Department as whole and other departments.            

Specific responsibilities of the Head of Finance ration include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Ensure strategic financial management practices are followed;
• Lead on the preparation of annual operating budget;
• Conduct regular budget monitoring and ensure corrective action is taken as required;
• Ensure financial compliance with donor, government and internal requirements;
• Ensure full compliance with tax regulations;
• Ensure timely preparation of annual financial statements;
• Implement actions to ensure financial sustainability of DACAAR;
• Administer a system for internal control, detection of fraud and compliance with donor, government and internal regulations (until such time as a Compliance Audit Support Team Leader is appointed).

Other:

• The holder of this position must strictly follows the organization existing security policies, procedures and daily instructions of the safety personnel. 
• In addition to the above specific tasks and responsibilities, the Head of Finance will undertake any other relevant tasks assigned by the Director.

Other Qualifications and Skills Required or preferred:

Substantial experience in management and documented ability to support the other members of the senior management team. 

• Strong professional experience and interest in management and administration of donor funds including compliance with donors’ rules and regulations (e.g. DANIDA, USAID, NMFA, NOVO, ECHO).
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills and attitude.
• Experience with DACAAR’s financial system, Sun, is desirable.
• Willingness to travel and work under difficult conditions.

• Good training opportunities to enhance employees’ skills 
• Severance pay: one-month salary per year of service
• 24 days of paid annual leave per year 
• 10 days of paid sick leave per year
• 2 days’ weekend
• Eid bonus on both Eids (after the completion of three months’ service)
• 30 days of paid Hajj leave (after the completion of one-year service)
• 90 days of paid maternity leave for female employees (after the completion of three months’ service) 
• 5 days of paid paternity leave for male employees (after the completion of three months’ service)
• 15 days of public holidays per year
• Pick and drop Allowance AFN (2000)/month 

• Applications without DACAAR Job Application Form will not be considered.
• Application without Vacancy Number will not be considered. 
• DACAAR job application form can be obtained from; DACAAR website www.dacaar.org/, acbar website www.acbar.org/; jobs.af website www.jobs.af / and DACAAR Main Office Kabul.
• Applications submitted as .RAR file or the size exceeds 2MB, will not be accepted by the system
• Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted and called for the written test/ interview.
• The salary would be paid in AFN according to the actual exchange rate.

Kabul Office Address: 
DACAAR, Main Office, Paikob-e-Naswar, Wazirabad, Kabul, Afghanistan

Postal address: Central P.O. Box 208, Kabul, Afghanistan
Phone: (+93) 0202230752/ (+93) 0202230753
E-mail: jobs@dacaar.org
Web site: www.dacaar.org