Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
General Description
The purpose of this role is to effectively coordinate and manage all financial records in terms of income and expenses of the organization. This includes submitting fund requests, registering income, paying expenses and salaries, managing the foundation bank accounts, and tracking expenses against the annual budget. The Finance Officer will work in close coordination with the Accounting Associate, who is responsible for bookkeeping of our accounts and coordinating the annual audits. Since 2011, the ECHO Asia Thailand Foundation has existed as a legal entity in the Kingdom of Thailand and has had authority to act as a Foundation under the auspices of the Social Services and Community Development office of Chiang Mai Province. The Foundation exists to provide ECHO services to Asia and Thailand, in particular.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. Financial responsibilities
▪ Assist with bank transfers and payments to contract laborers, translators, and other vendors.
▪ Organize bills, including expenses, income, withholding tax, social security, and salaries.
▪ Submission of monthly fund requests to global headquarters.
▪ Assist the Regional Director and the managers of various departments with the budgets for expenses, income, or balances according to the needs of each manager.
▪ Assist in the creation and monitoring of ECHO Asia’s biannual budget.
▪ Serve as the face of ECHO Asia with the Bank, Government of Thailand, and other related private and government entities as needed.
▪ Record and track the Paid Time Off (PTO) days of all employees and keep the files of all employees.
▪ Assist the Regional Operations Manager with social security, salary, and withholding payments for Thai staff.
▪ Assist the Legal and Administrative Associate with the inventory and dissemination of books and goods purchased and sold by the ECHO Asia Impact Center where needed.
2. General tasks
▪ Assist in front‐office administration as needed and assist with hospitality needs of guests at the ECHO Asia Impact Center. ▪ Facilitate translation of ECHO Asia Foundation and ECHO Asia Impact Center documents, government reports, etc. as needed.
▪ Attend weekly, monthly, and other ECHO Asia Thailand Foundation and RIC related meetings, as needed.
▪ Provide support and assistance to the Regional Director of ECHO Asia, the Regional Operations Manager, the Agricultural Operations Manager and the Extension Manager where needed to support conferences, trainings, and regional meetings.
▪ Check the stock of various products such as books, shirts, hats, bags, pens, etc. and inform the purchasing department if there is a need to order more.
▪ Facilitate engagement with and help to host visitors, volunteers, and interns in the mission of the ECHO Asia Impact Center.
