Accountant

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or related field.
  

• Demonstrable experience working with international donor requirements, preferably World Bank or other multilateral financing institutions.
  

• Experience managing financial reporting for field-based operations, ideally in humanitarian or refugee hosting districts.
  

• Strong knowledge of budget monitoring, reconciliations and financial control systems.
  

• Ability to maintain accurate and auditable documentation.
  

• Experience supporting audits and following up on audit recommendations.
  

• Familiarity with procurement documentation, internal controls and compliance frameworks.
  

• Experience working with project teams, government partners and field-based staff.
  

• Fluency in written & Spoken English.
  

• Maintain accurate and up to date financial records for all Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project expenditures in the assigned settlement, ensuring full compliance with World Bank financial management standards.
  

• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports aligned with the project’s reporting requirements, in coordination with the Project Manager and Finance Manager.
  

• Support preparation of activity based budgets and monitor expenditure against approved workplans.
  

• Ensure that all payments are properly authorised, documented and recorded, with supporting evidence linked to project outputs and deliverables.
  

• Support tracking and verification of expenditures for inputs distribution, training activities, demonstration plots, sustainable land management interventions, grievance redress structures, and all implementation costs.
  

• Maintain orderly and auditable filing systems for vouchers, receipts, procurement documentation and financial reports.
  

• Support external and internal audits, including Data Quality Assessments and financial verification missions.
  

• Ensure compliance with financial controls, segregation of duties, donor regulations and DRC operational procedures.
  

• Collaborate with the Project Manager and monitoring staff to verify financial documentation linked to technical achievements and indicator reporting.
  

• Assist in preparing financial forecasts and cash requests.
  

• Ensure accurate cost allocation across components and settlements.
  

• Support accountability requirements including grievance redress related financial documentation and safeguarding risk mitigation costs.