Finance Officer
We’re seeking a fantastic and talented Finance Officer to join our lovely and caring team. This position is crucial but integral to our team, as you will manage all accounting and financial transactions for Impact Hub Phnom Penh. Our ideal candidate has experience in accounting and finance, and we value your contribution immensely.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our growing team, which has a friendly and independent working culture and a substantial global network with which to connect. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow within the role and expand your entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation skills, fostering a sense of ambition and motivation.
Summary
As a Finance Officer, you play a pivotal role in our organization. Your responsibilities are not just about numbers but about ensuring the financial health of Impact Hub Phnom Penh and contributing to its continued viability, which is in line with our vision and mission. You are one of our success makers, and you are involved in many important functions related to financial matters.
Location: Toul Tompoung, Phnom Penh.
Commitment: Able to work full-time (8 hours daily) from Monday to Friday
Application deadline: 25 September 2024
Anticipated start date: late October or November 2024
Your exciting role
Key Responsibilities
- Accounting and Finance
- Manage cash for the organization, including money in and out related to the daily operations, and process cash/check withdrawals/deposits within the bank.
- Control the invoicing database, including maintaining AP and AR, preparing invoices and receipts, sending reminders to debtors, and collecting payments.
- Prepare vouchers for all expenses and post those transactions into the accounting system (Quickbooks)
- Participate in monthly closings and monthly and annual tax payments into the e-filing system.
- Prepare and maintain all financial documents related to the company’s operations, including all income and expenses, and ensure they are filed appropriately according to the retention policy and procedure.
- Support the auditing with all external auditors.
- Maintain physical count and check fixed assets and inventories.
- Projects Finance
- Assist the program team with the budget and actual expenditures to ensure compliance with donors’ requirements and other accounting rules and regulations.
- Support the program team in ensuring that taxes apply before making payments, during the procurement process, and in other supporting documents such as invoices/receipts, quotations, TORs, and contracts.
- As required, provide financial support to non-finance staff on finance policies and procedures.
- Participate in financial sharing sessions with other partners/projects when necessary.
- Operation Support
- Assist with the timesheet for related programs.
- Support the procurement processes with all logistics.
- Be responsible for registering employees into the NSSF system and filing them at the NSSF department.
- Arrange legal documentation to apply for work permits and visas for foreign employees.
- Others
- Always be friendly to members and encourage a positive atmosphere at the Hub.
- Any other tasks delegated for the management or support of Impact Hub Phnom Penh.
- Work to tight deadlines, ensuring accuracy and output quality are good.
Requirements
- Education
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, financial management or related field
- Experience
- At least two years of experience in accounting and finance in similar roles
- Familiar with financial and administrative work related to NGOs and private sectors
- Strong knowledge of financial accounting, budgeting control, and reporting principles
- Strong analytical skills, highly organized with attention to detail and ability to question the logic of information
- Knowledge of Cambodia’s Financial Reporting Standards, Cambodian taxation, compliance, laws, and regulation
- Skills in audit management, internal control, document retention
- Skills in developing procedure documentation and internal control implementation
- Be able to diagnose problems quickly and have foresight into potential issues
- Essential Skills
- Passionate about Impact Hub’s vision to create a more just and sustainable Cambodia by inspiring and enabling young Cambodian changemakers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who want to improve the world.
- Can adopt a professional manner when necessary, a fast learner, a passion for analytical skills, good planning, well-organized
- Work quickly in a fast-paced environment and be friendly and approachable.
- Be confident working independently and as part of a team; as part of a team, you should be able to work with minimal supervision.
- Languages Required: Good oral and written communication skills in Khmer (compulsory) and English.
- Length of contract: A long-term contract that can be renewed based on performance and new opportunities confirmed by Impact Hub Phnom Penh
- Preferred but not essential: An understanding of the Cambodian startup/entrepreneurship sector, including a basic knowledge of business skills
Why should you work for Impact Hub Phnom Penh?
Our mission and vision
We believe that by building resilient, collaborative, and socially conscious enterprises over the next 5-10 years, we can create a more sustainable, just, and innovative Cambodia by 2030.
At Impact Hub Phnom Penh, we introduce ourselves as a community that nurtures impact makers and strengthens the ecosystem with the vision to see a more sustainable, just, and innovative Cambodia. We inspire, connect, and enable a generation of collaborative impact makers, including youths, entrepreneurs, and innovators, through our program, consultancy, community building, and online learning to support them in making a positive social and environmental impact. We want to build a thriving ecosystem of impact-driven businesses and young leaders across Cambodia.
What it’s like to work with us
We are a team of 25 people based in Phnom Penh. We’re a dynamic, diverse, and energized team. We have a beautiful, creative office in Tuol Tom Poung.
Impact Hub Phnom Penh has 4 big departments: finance, programs, media4impact, and communications. Generally speaking, we believe in ‘self-organizing teams’ and giving trust, creative responsibility, and autonomy to our team, which creates the leaders we need to grow fast and build a happy workplace. As a result, we are highly flexible and accommodating and nurture a culture of listening to others and discussing solutions to problems we see together. Some words that might describe our internal culture would be “passionate,” “fun,” “quality-focus,” “collaborative,” “eager,” “caring,” and “supportive.”
Each year, we hold a big annual retreat where we can check in on strategy, wellbeing, finances, and impact to ensure we’re on track.
In short...
Flexible working hours – you can either work in the early morning (9 am to 6 pm) or start a bit later from 11 am to 8 pm. We acknowledge that different people have different productive times.
Young, energized team – we are not traditional and will never be! Most of us are under 30 years old, and we work like a startup.
Join and participate in Impact Hub’s award-winning entrepreneurship programs and build personal relationships with our inspiring entrepreneurs.
Become part of a global network of changemakers, entrepreneurs, and makers worldwide as part of the Impact Hub network: expand your network and feel part of something big!
Be part of a team that promotes and values inclusiveness, respect, and kindness between the team members.
Be part of a team that cares for the planet by promoting plastic-free events, programs, and offices.
That's awesome! What else?
- Competitive salary
- Room for growth in the organization and a flexible role that can adapt to your strengths and interests
- Opportunity to design your dream job in the organization after a successful 1-year contract
- Accident health insurance with an international provider
- Annual professional development budget
Annual well-being and care budget - 1 extra day off per month on the 1st day of painful periods for women
- Possibility to become a trainer or mentor for our entrepreneurs and youth community
- Possibility to “be adopted” by our alumni entrepreneurs to work for them and use your skills to help them
- Diverse opportunities to travel locally and internationally to represent IHPP in our network, as part of our programs, and to learn from others in the region
What are you waiting for? Apply now!
Click the button below to access the application form. In the application form, you will be asked a series of questions and will be asked to send your CV.
The deadline to apply is 25 September 2024
RECRUITMENT PROCESS:
1st step:
- The first online or face-to-face interview will be at Impact Hub Phnom Penh Office. Expected Time: 1 hour
- Assessment: You will receive the assessments to complete, which relate to your roles and skills, after the 1st interview. Expected Time: Approximately 1 hour
2nd step:
- Second face-to-face interview at Impact Hub Phnom Penh Office. Approximately 1 hour
3rd step: Result Announcement
- You will expect to hear from us two weeks maximum after the 2nd face-to-face interview. (In case there is a change in the timeline above, we will inform you via email)
We welcome people from all backgrounds, and ethnicities, and cultures, and experiences. Impact Hub is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression. Research has shown that some applicants from more marginalized or vulnerable groups do not apply if they do not meet 100% of the criteria, while those from better-off, educated backgrounds apply even if they only meet 60% of the criteria.
If you are in doubt but feel this job fits you and aligns with your learning goals, please apply! All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
