Assistant Director (Budget & Accounts)

About the role

Pakistan Single Window (PSW) is recruiting on behalf of the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA) for an Assistant Director (Budget & Accounts). NAFSA is being set up as a national initiative to strengthen Pakistan's agri-trade ecosystem through stronger regulatory oversight, facilitation and modernisation of food safety and trade processes. The selected candidate will join NAFSA's foundational team, helping build its systems, processes and institutional capabilities. The workplace is on site.

Key responsibilities

• Support budget preparation and consolidation by collecting submissions from Wings/Directorates, checking figures against approved templates and assumptions, and drafting budget narratives, justifications and working papers.
• Assist in periodic budget monitoring by updating utilisation trackers, running variance analysis (budget versus actual), identifying key drivers and preparing summary reports and dashboards for management.
• Support accounting operations under supervision, including voucher preparation and processing, verification of supporting documents, maintenance of payment files and basic reconciliations (bank, vendor, advances).
• Maintain structured budget and accounting records, including approvals, correspondence, schedules and audit trails, to ensure retrievability, completeness and compliance with financial rules.
• Support internal and external audits by providing evidence files, reconciliations and responses to audit queries, and tracking observation closure where assigned.
• Follow up with Wings/Directorates on budget and accounts queries and outstanding items.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree (minimum sixteen years) in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline.
• At least 4 years of experience overall, with at least 4 years in budgeting, accounts or financial reporting support.
• Attention to detail and integrity.

Required skills

• Proficiency in MS Excel.
• Strong documentation discipline.

To apply, candidates should submit their application through Pakistan Single Window.