Qualifications

• Master’s degree in finance management or related field.
  
• Professional qualification (ACCA/CPA/CFA) with membership to the relevant professional bodies.
  

Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 15 years’ relevant work experience with 6-8 years managerial experience working in or with organisations in Africa, preferably women’s rights, development or social justice-oriented organisations.
  
• Proven track record of developing and implementing organisational policies, procedures, and internal controls.
  
• Experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting, preferably in an NPO context.
  
• Knowledge of various accounting software is required.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communications in English.
  
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, critical thinking, presentation, planning and organisational skills.
  
• Ability to perform detailed work, frequently of a confidential nature and/or to handle a large volume of work systematically, optimally and accurately.
  
• Passionate about UAF-Africa’s mission, committed to teamwork, and achieving results, including a commitment to trust-based transformative grantmaking, community-led development, and grassroots movement building.
  

• Support resource mobilisation through compiling/ approving proposal budgets, financial reports, independent and project audits and financial surveys.
  
• Grow and invest the reserve funds, assessing investment risks and opportunities across the portfolio.
  
• Lead and support grant proposal development by providing clear financial projections and budget justifications, ensuring proposal compliance check, adequate coverage of operational costs, and alignment to donor requirements and UAF-Africa’s policies.
  
• Assess and mitigate financial and operational risks through strong internal controls procedures.
  
• Analyse, develop and implement procedures to strengthen the Fund’s processes and ensure they function within the parameters of donor requirements and global best practices including implementation of the finance, procurement, operations & ICT policies.
  
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements through timely, accurate financial reporting and the management of donor-specific audits.
  
• Ensure compliance with various statutory obligations including Public Benefits Organisations Authority, KRA, SHA, NSSF, HELB, Immigration Contract administration & management of outsourced services.
  
• Manage & monitor organisational and donor budgets including development of institutional budget that is subsequently approved by the Board.
  
• Monitor cashflow on a regular basis, bank balances and allocation of costs, foreign exchange exposure.
  
• Provide governance support through Board reporting, statutory audits and strategic engagement with auditors and financial advisors.
  
• Approve payments within the relevant threshold upon verifying the validity of the underlying documents.
  
• Streamline financial operations, including reconciliations and approvals, while leading the implementation of integrated ERP systems.
  
• Serve on the Senior Management Team, shaping the Fund’s strategic direction and promoting a culture of integrity and transparency aligned with its values.
  
• Lead and mentor the Finance, Operations and ICT teams, fostering a collaborative environment and building capacity in financial processes and compliance.