Job Level Specifications

Essential Criteria

• Master’s degree in Business and/or Accounting with a recognized institution.
  
• Fully qualified CPA(U)/ACA/ACCA or CIMA.
  
• Minimum of 7 years post-professional Qualification experience of which 5 must be in financial management of large-scale, complex international development programs, and/or leading large consortium.
  
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
  
• Demonstrated experience in budget preparation, monitoring and management.
  
• Demonstrated skills in budgeting, risk management and adaptive planning.
  

Oversee Mastercard Foundation Partners Financial Management

• Review of consortia partners’ reports to ensure they are in line with the approved budget and donor guidelines prior to disbursement of funds.
  
• Coordinating quarterly disbursement of funds and any amendments to contracts to the finance partners.
  
• Lead the Consortia and Downstream Partners due diligence and Financial Assessments.
  
• Completing verification checks on partner expenditure per their finance reports.
  

Proposals, Budgets, Reporting and Grant Management

• Collaborate with the Financial Controller in preparation and review of financial aspects of funding partner Proposals.
  
• Coordinate the preparation of financial aspects of Funding Partner Reports.
  
• Alert the Financial Controller, Budget Holders and Portfolio Coordinators on any upcoming deadlines.
  

Financial Management within GOAL Uganda

• Support the Financial Controller in the day-to-day financial management activities, financial reporting to facilitate on-time reporting to Mastercard foundation and Dublin HQ.
  
• Coordinate monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual management accounts completion Process.
  
• Coordinate with Dublin HQ on funds requests and local banks on currency contracts in the absence of FC.
  
• Advise GOAL Uganda Management Team on compliance and tax related matters.
  

Lead Annual Statutory Audit, Compliance Checks and Mastercard Foundation Specific Audits

• Facilitate timely completion of the Annual Statutory Audit and Financial Statements.
  
• Facilitate timely completion of Specific Mastercard Foundation Project compliance checks and Audits.
  
• Prepare and contribute to any other statutory audits or reports as required from time to time.