Finance Coordinator (National Position)

Experience and Knowledge

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  
• Professional accounting qualification (or working towards one)
  
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in finance roles, preferably in an NGO or development context
  
• Strong experience in financial management, budgeting, and reporting
  
• Experience managing multi-project or multi-donor budgets
  
• Experience working with financial systems and large datasets
  

Desirable

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA, or equivalent)
  

a. Financial Management & Accounting

• Ensure timely and accurate recording of all financial transactions.
  
• Maintain accounting systems, ledgers and supporting documentation.
  
• Monitor cash and bank balances to ensure adequate liquidity for programme implementation.
  
• Manage cash flow planning and monthly fund requests.
  
• Ensure all financial records are complete, accurate and audit-ready.
  
• Review and process payments in accordance with Street Child policies and delegated authority levels.
  

b. Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Planning

• Support development of country and project budgets.
  
• Work closely with programme teams to ensure realistic and cost-effective budgeting.
  
• Monitor expenditure against approved budgets and provide regular variance analysis.
  
• Prepare monthly budget monitoring reports for management review.
  
• Support budget revisions, realignments and donor budget modification processes.
  

c. Financial Reporting & Donor Compliance

• Prepare accurate and timely internal and donor financial reports.
  
• Ensure compliance with donor regulations, grant agreements and Street Child financial policies.
  
• Monitor project expenditure against donor-approved budgets.
  
• Support programme teams in understanding and meeting donor financial requirements.
  

d. Partner Financial Management & Capacity Strengthening

• Provide financial oversight and support to local implementing partners.
  
• Review partner budgets, financial reports and supporting documentation.
  
• Conduct partner financial monitoring visits, spot checks and compliance assessments.
  
• Support partner financial due diligence and organisational capacity assessments.
  
• Identify financial management and compliance risks within partner organisations and recommend corrective actions.
  

e. Procurement, Infrastructure & Financial Controls

• Support procurement processes to ensure compliance with Street Child policies and donor requirements.
  
• Review procurement documentation and payment requests for completeness and compliance.
  
• Support value-for-money assessments and cost-efficiency measures.
  
• Review contractor payments against approved contracts, bills of quantities, completion certificates and supporting documentation.
  

f. Payroll, Tax & Statutory Compliance

• Coordinate monthly payroll processing and ensure accuracy and timeliness.
  
• Ensure compliance with Ugandan tax legislation and statutory requirements.
  
• Ensure timely payment of PAYE, NSSF and other statutory obligations.
  
• Support management of staff benefits and related financial processes.
  
• Maintain compliance with all relevant financial and regulatory requirements
  

g. Systems Strengthening & Team Support

• Coordinate internal, donor and external audit processes.
  
• Ensure timely implementation of audit recommendations.
  
• Support identification, assessment and mitigation of financial risks.
  
• Strengthen financial systems, procedures and controls across the country programme.