Financial Assistant, STRIDES

The Finance Assistant will support the Finance Manager to coordinate and perform financial management and other activities to ensure successful implementation of the STRengthening Infectious Disease DEtection Systems (STRIDES) in Uganda. S/He will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing financial planning application(s) and templates.

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent in Business Administration, Information Management, Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Operations or Marketing or Related Field.
  

• A partial or full professional accounting certification (CPA or ACCA) is preferred
  

• Typically requires a minimum 3+ years of progressively responsible financial planning, analysis, and reporting experience.
  

• Experience in providing outstanding customer service and training, performing complex activities associated with maintaining ledger accounts, and in ensuring compliance with company’s system of internal controls is required.
  

• Experienced using systems to produce reports, financial models and databases.
  

• Substantial experience using SQL and computerized information systems.
  

• Maintains client approved, baseline and forecast budgets in the budget system and supports development and maintenance of financial models to track the budget, expenses, and variances.
  

• Helps develop ad-hoc reports to respond to requests for budgetary information.
  

• Helps design and execute a plan to expand Tables Manager 1 (TM1) usage across the organization and organizes training events to enhance the knowledge and skills of our finance staff on financial policies, financial system, TM1 budgeting, budget monitoring, and reporting.
  

• Assists in annual planning and budgeting process by participating in the meetings, providing analysis, executing TM1 related enhancements, and extending user support across the organization.
  

• Assists in customization, maintenance and troubleshooting of the budgeting system and helps ensure data integrity in the budgeting system
  

• Undertakes continuous enhancement initiatives to increase the effectiveness of the budgeting and reporting tools.
  

• Reviews and/or processes budget and journal transactions if necessary.
  

• Implements and evaluates statistical models, systems and serves as a trusted advisor to Operations teams and management.
  

• Performs other duties as assigned.