Finance Officer - Kabarole & Hoima

Job Level Specifications

Essential Criteria

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration
  
• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role within the NGO sector
  
• Qualified or part qualified CPA, ACCA
  

Desirable

• Working knowledge of Sage or a similar package.
  
• Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel
  

• Month-end Reporting: Timely updating of Fort Portal/Hoima monthly cashbooks
  
• Safe custody: Maintain safe custody of the organisation cash kept at the field office.
  
• Payments: Timely processing of cash payments to staff, project participants and suppliers based on approved payments requisitions
  
• Monitoring floats outstanding and ensuring they are cleared as soon as activities are completed.
  
• Budgeting: Provide support to the Finance Manager in developing accurate and realistic projects and annual budgets
  
• Monthly Budget Monitoring Reviews: Providing support to Finance Manager in reviewing monthly Budget Monitoring Tools (BMT) as well as updating forecasts.
  
• Reporting: Provide timely and accurate weekly and monthly financial reports to Kampala Finance Team.
  
• Liaising with Finance Manager and Finance in Kampala as necessary on finance related matters.
  
• Liaise with banks on any financial related matters.
  
• To support the organisation in ongoing risk management at a field level and to support the fulfilment of the GOAL Uganda finance plan objectives
  
• Ensure that monthly fund requests are sent to Kampala by the end of the month for the coming period.
  
• Finance represented in all Field based Logistics meetings e.g. supplier due diligence, supplier mapping, supplier complaints.
  
• Contractors Databases if any updated with payments weekly
  
• Lead in internal and external audit preparation in support to the country compliance teams for your locations.