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Job Opportunity with WCS!<\/div>\n
WCS is looking for a “Finance Manager” to join our team.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> Location: WCS Vientiane<\/div>\n
\"\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f\"<\/span> Type: Full-Time<\/div>\n
\"\ud83d\udd57\"<\/span> Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (1.5-hour lunch break)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Reports to (Supervisors): Directly to Deputy Director, Secondary report to the WCS Regional Comptroller.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Supervisory For: WCS Laos Finance Department<\/div>\n
\u2022 Country Program\/Sector: WCS Lao Program, Greater Mekong Region, GCP<\/div>\n
\u2022 Expected travel: As required within the country to field offices, and internationally if\/when needed<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Organization Background:<\/div>\n
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting science-based solutions, and taking conservation actions that benefit nature and humanity. With more than a century of experience, long-term commitments in dozens of landscapes, presence in more than 60 nations, and experience helping to establish over 150 protected areas across the globe, WCS has amassed the biological knowledge, cultural understanding and partnerships to ensure that vibrant, wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. Working with local communities and organizations, that knowledge is applied to address species, habitat and ecosystem management issues critical to improving the quality of life of poor rural people whose livelihoods depend on the direct utilization of natural resources.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 WCS Lao Program Overview:<\/div>\n
WCS began working in Lao PDR in the 1980s, surveying wildlife and habitats around the country to assist the government in creating Lao PDR\u2019s national protected area system. In the early 1990s, WCS documented wildlife and habitats in many of the newly created national protected areas and began supporting the government to train protected area managers, as well as raise awareness about illegal wildlife trade. In 1994, WCS officially established a country office in Lao PDR. Over almost three decades, WCS Lao PDR has successfully implemented more than 30 projects with the Government of Lao PDR, supported by more than 30 donors, and has increasingly moved away from a project approach into a more integrated, programmatic, strategic, and holistic approach to conservation.<\/div>\n
Our vision for the Lao PDR Program is that the unique ecosystems of Lao PDR thrive indefinitely and are valued by the people of Lao PDR, and the world, for their biodiversity, natural beauty, and the services they provide to humanity. A core strategy to fulfill that vision is to improve protection and management of wildlife and wild places by building the capacity and meaningful participation of government and local stakeholders, raising public awareness through conservation outreach and education, providing alternative livelihoods\u2014including nature-based tourism\u2014to guardian villages, influencing institutional, policy, legal and regulatory reforms relevant to protected areas and wildlife, developing the national wildlife health surveillance network, and combatting illegal wildlife trade.<\/div>\n
The current portfolio consists of (i) Four conservation landscapes: Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park (NEPL NP), Bolikhamxai Landscape, Khoun Xe-Nong Ma Landscape, and Xe Camphone Wetlands; (ii) Two cross-cutting programs on Counter-Wildlife Trafficking and Wildlife Health; and (iii) a thematic focus on conservation policy and research.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Job Purpose Summary:<\/div>\n
The primary objective of the Finance Manager is to establish, strengthen, and oversee efficient financial management systems for the WCS Laos Country Program, including its Vientiane office and multiple field offices. The Finance Manager will ensure strong financial planning, reporting, and compliance in line with WCS global policies, donor requirements, and national laws.<\/div>\n
S\/he will maintain close communication and coordination with WCS Program Leaders (Directors, Managers, Administrators), key donors and funding agencies, and relevant government institutions such as the Ministry of Finance. The Finance Manager will also liaise regularly with WCS Regional and New York-based teams, including the Regional Comptroller and International Service Center, to ensure the timely, accurate, and compliant submission of financial reports across all grants and projects.<\/div>\n
This position reports to the Deputy Country Director and the Regional Comptroller, and plays a key leadership role in ensuring the financial health and accountability of the WCS Laos Program<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udd0d\"<\/span> Key Responsibilities Include:<\/div>\n
Main tasks\/duties\/responsibilities:<\/div>\n
A. General responsibilities<\/div>\n
\u2022 Provide overall leadership and supervision of the Finance Department for the WCS Laos Country Program.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure financial efficiency and cost-effectiveness across all operations, and advise the WCS Laos leadership of any risks, weaknesses in financial controls, or opportunities for cost optimization<\/div>\n
\u2022 Strengthen, implement, and document administrative and financial policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with WCS global standards and Lao national regulations;<\/div>\n
\u2022 Uphold that highest standards of financial integrity, internal controls, and ethical conduct;<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure full compliance with national laws and regulations (including cost norms, customs\/ tax regulations, labor laws, benefits, etc.) across WCS Laos activities and offices;<\/div>\n
\u2022 Under the guidance of the WCS Laos Direction, lead the review and periodic update of the Finance Manual to reflect changes in WCS global policies and local legislation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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B. Financial Management<\/div>\n
1. Budgeting, projections and cash flow<\/div>\n
\u2022 Assist the WCS-LA Leadership, Project Leaders and WCS Regional and New York in preparing budgets for project proposals and annual budgeting<\/div>\n
– Prepare staffing and office operational costs for budget proposal<\/div>\n
– Review budget proposal for program team to make sure budget is accurate, realistic, sufficient and compliant with donor requirements<\/div>\n
– Coordinate with regional business manager on budget proposal development, review and submission<\/div>\n
\u2022 Maintain and regular update internal annual budget file, reconciling with the BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) system.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Monitor and manage the WCS Laos budget according to established procedures<\/div>\n
– Regular update annual budget in BPC including adding new grants, new unapproved budget proposals, and budget adjustments<\/div>\n
– Report funding gaps per program<\/div>\n
– provide forward-looking budget projections for the next 5 years for direction information and for program team in term of doing new budget proposal<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure accurate, up-to-date cost data of staff salaries, taxes, and benefits for budget planning<\/div>\n
\u2022 Compile and review quarterly projections of expenditure and cash flow for programs and country office to ensure sufficient liquidity that sufficient funds are available for project operations<\/div>\n
– Supervise the Deputy Finance Manager in updating the cash flow templates regularly from regional controller or from ourwcs.org<\/a><\/span> webpage<\/div>\n
– Supervise the Deputy Finance Manager on budget projections to justify the unusual cash flow<\/div>\n
– Analyses GL07 reports and update current-year BPC budgets to align cash flow forecasts and spending projections<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Maintain an accurate database of project funding, including contracts, project budgets and donor-specific procedures and regulations<\/div>\n
– Work with program team and regional team on contract amendment or award modification, if any.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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analyses and present monthly BvA report to programs team in each landscape<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2. Monitoring and managing expenditures<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure all expenditures are made in accordance with established procedures, including verification of supporting documents and budget availability<\/div>\n
\u2022 Work closely with grant manager and program leaders to monitor expenditure. Where expenditures on projects is not in line with budgets, bring this to the attention of the project leaders and\/or WCS-LA leadership and make recommendations to adjust budget variances accordingly<\/div>\n
\u2022 Monitor all bank transactions in coordination with WCS NY and review and approve monthly bank reconciliations by the 5th day of the following month<\/div>\n
\u2022 Where funds are received in-country, ensure that these are correctly reported to WCS NY and posted to the appropriate project and account code<\/div>\n
\u2022 Work with grant manager to oversee proper cross-charging across country programs as per established procedures<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure complete, auditable accounting records (physical and digital) are maintained including vouchers, authorizations, and reconciliations<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure that backups are made of SAP data at least twice per week, and that a copy of the latest back up is maintained at a secure location out of the office.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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C. Financial Reporting<\/div>\n
\u2022 In consultation with the WCS-LA Leadership, the Project leaders, and Grant Manager ensure communication, reporting and administrative requirements of donors are met<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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D. Audit and quality control<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure that all transactions entered into the SAP system in the central office are correctly and consistently recorded, including donor and\/or activity information where needed. Perform a monthly check of all SAP data by the 10th day of the following month.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure that revenue and expenditure postings by WCS NY is correct, and is assigned to the correct project, fund, grant and account codes, and where problems are found ensure that these are resolved with the appropriate staff in NY along with project staff as required<\/div>\n
\u2022 Supervise finance team to prepare of internal and external audits, lead on audit responses and ensure implementation of accepted recommendations<\/div>\n
\u2022 Lead on the auditor selection and coordination processes<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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E. Contracts and sub-awards<\/div>\n
\u2022 Review budgets for contracts and sub-awards to other organizations to verify that costs are reasonable and sufficient for proposed activities, and meet donor requirements for budget presentation<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure that contractees and sub-awardees meet financial and reporting requirements<\/div>\n
\u2022 Where necessary, perform financial reviews or audits of contractors or sub-awardees financial systems and reports<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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F. Staff Administration and Payroll<\/div>\n
\u2022 Assist the WCS-LA leadership and HR in establishing salary scales and benefits packages, terms and conditions of employment in adherence with WCS policies and the national labor law.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Assist WCS-LA leadership in the evaluations of current national financial staff levels and competence and assist in training and recruiting of new finance staff<\/div>\n
\u2022 With HR, assist in preparation of payroll including taxes and other statutory deductions, ensure salary advances are paid and recovered according to WCS\u2019s established procedures.<\/div>\n
\u2022 With HR, assist in the implementation and administration of expat staff contracts. This includes compliance with NY policies and specific terms within expat contracts and agreements.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Verify budget for new recruitments and prepare budget projections for new positions<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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G. Service and Consultancy Contracts Oversight<\/div>\n
1. WCS Service Contracts<\/div>\n
\u2022 Maintain and regular update WCS invoicing to donors<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ensure compliance with funding allocations under WCS service contracts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2. Monitor consultant agreement (consultancy)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Review and validate budgets and terms for consultant<\/div>\n
\u2022 Monitor all consultancy payments<\/div>\n
\u2022 Maintain payment schedule listing with regular update<\/div>\n
\u2022 Work with program leaders and regional team on modification of service agreement, if any<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83c\udf93\"<\/span> Qualifications:<\/div>\n
\u2022 Education:<\/div>\n
– Bachelor of Finance\/Business Administration or other equivalent<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Knowledge<\/div>\n
– Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Practices<\/div>\n
– Knowledge of finance management systems and accounting practices<\/div>\n
– knowledge of policy and institutional context in Lao PDR<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Experience<\/div>\n
– At least 3-5 years\u2019 experience working with international NGO\u2019s, private sector or government<\/div>\n
– Experiences working with project teams to financially administer projects<\/div>\n
– Experience managing a small financial team of up to 5 staff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 General skills<\/div>\n
– Excellent Lao language skills both written and verbal<\/div>\n
– Excellent English language skills and the ability to produce financial reports in English<\/div>\n
– Computer literacy, particularly proficiency using Microsoft Office products<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Ability<\/div>\n
– Ability to work as part of a team<\/div>\n
– Ability to learn quickly and adaptively manage activities<\/div>\n
– Ability to administer country and project level budgets<\/div>\n
– Ability to conduct training sessions<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Personal qualities<\/div>\n
– Honesty<\/div>\n
– Cooperative attitude<\/div>\n
– Patience<\/div>\n
– Tolerance<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udcec\"<\/span> To Apply:<\/div>\n
Interested candidates, who meet the above qualifications should apply by emailing an application letter and CV to \"\ud83d\udce7\"<\/span> recruitmentlaos@wcs.org<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f\"<\/span> Deadline: 17 August 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udcdd\"<\/span> Subject line: Please include \u201cFinance Manager\u201d in the subject line of your email.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WCS is an equal opportunity employer, and the organization complies with all employment and labor laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in hiring and ensures that candidates from all backgrounds are fairly and consistently considered during the recruitment process. We are dedicated to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment and looking for future team members who share the same values. The organization provides equal employment opportunities for all qualified candidates. The organization does not discriminate for employment based on age, color, disability, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by laws and 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