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Position: Finance Officer SE Asia

Based:  EJF office in Bangkok

Contract: Full-time, after a 3 month trial period

Payment range:  35,000 - 60,000 Baht per month (dependent on experience)

Benefits:

• Annual leave of 20 days plus all Thai national public holidays, increasing by 2 days each year of service

Position overview

Reporting to the Global Finance and Resources Manager (based in the UK) and working closely with Country managers in Asia, the role is a rare opportunity for a precise and conscientious accountant to join a dynamic and high-impact team working to protect our global environment and human rights.  Based in Bangkok, Thailand, you will have responsibility for financial processing and management and HR support for our Asian operations.

Key responsibilities:

Financial duties include:

• Proper recording of all financial transactions and maintenance of accounting records on Xero
• Monthly analysis, report of expenditures versus budget and cash flow projections in collaboration with the Country managers and in close relation with the Global Finance Manager.
• Continual review of and adherence to internal financial controls and processes
• Tracking expenditure for donor funded projects to ensure activities operate within budget.
• Preparation of regular financial reports to funders.
• Oversight of the payment of EJF team members including allocation of cost to appropriate projects
• Assistance with periodic financial audits
• Human resources
• Ensure compliance with accounting and legal requirements of the countries we operate in

Essential skills and attributes:

• Qualified accountant with good eye for detail
• Computer literate, particularly with Excel and Word
• Good verbal and written communication, particularly in English

Desirable skills:

• Relevant experience in the Charity sector
• Experience of donor funding reporting
• Experience with Xero
• Experience operating with multiple currencies

Applications:  please send your CV and cover letter explaining why you are the right person for this job to: recruitment@ejfoundation.org  

Closing date for applications:  31st May 2023. 

Applications will be considered on an ongoing basis.

Candidates must have the legal right to work in Thailand

EJF is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity within the workplace. We encourage applications from females and marginalised groups.

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Background

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) works to Protect People and Planet. We believe environmental security is a human right.

EJF investigates and campaigns to protect our natural world, and with it, the communities most dependent upon it. We work at the grassroots, with environmental and human rights activists who are working to expose threats to the local environment and to build sustainable futures. Our investigations and the evidence we gather are presented to the very highest levels of decision taking, amongst policy makers in governments and private industry and to opinion formers including international media and the wider public. EJF works to end illegal fishing and the use of slavery in fisheries, protect our global climate and defend climate refugees, and eradicate the use of hazardous chemical pesticides.

Registered charity no. 1088128

Contact : recruitment@ejfoundation.org