Finance & Compliance Manager

at Uganda Red Cross Society URCS
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted March 25, 2020
Category Accounting
Audit
Finance
Management
NGO
Job Type Contract
Currency UGX

Description

Job Purpose:

The Finance & Compliance Manager will be responsible for provision of financial and compliance services to the German Red Cross (GRC) Regional Office based in Kampala.

Key responsibilities: S/he

  1. Supports the GRC Finance Coordinator and GRC Head of Office in all financial and compliance matters related to the GRC operations in Uganda and the East Africa region;
  2. Ensures effective interfacing with the URCS and German Red Cross management systems (HR, Supply Chain, Finance, etc.), and with finance/compliance staff of other Red Cross/Red Crescent National Societies in the region (Somali Red Crescent, Kenya Red Cross, Ethiopian Red Cross, etc.);
  3. Cash/Bank management, (payments, advances, reconciliations, etc.), according to GRC petty cash regulations and authorization expense procedures; ensures compliance with GRC/back donor regulations in all cash boxes/bank accounts in the region;
  4. Accountancy: prepares/monitors the monthly accountancy in the projects in the region, ensuring appropriate financial reporting, analyzing/auditing vouchers and supporting documents. Assures compliance with GRC and back donor regulations and provides support and training to the project/office teams accordingly;
  5. Budget management/monitoring: monitors the project budgets in the region, ensuring compliance with GRC/back donor regulations.
  6. Supports GRC Finance Coordinator/Head of Office/Delegates/Implementing partners in budget forecasting/planning/revisions;
  7. Finance/HR/Log compliance tasks: analyzes/audits Comparative Bid Analysis, procurement documentation, project/office inventories and contractual obligations, ensuring compliance with GRC/back donor regulations and country legal requirements (VAT and other taxes, social charges, etc.);
  8. Supervises any other staff (finance/admin/driver, etc.) if assigned by supervisor;
  9. Travels to field locations as required, in order to carry out internal project/office audits, training and monitoring missions;
    Carries out other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

PERSONS SPECIFICATIONS:

Education Qualifications
  1. Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration (Finance), Commerce, Statistics or related field from a reputable institution;
  2. Accounting qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, CPA etc. is desirable;
  3. Master’s Degree in Auditing or MBA from a recognized institution is desirable.
Essential Experience
  1. Minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience either or both of the following roles:
    -Finance and/or Compliance Manager (or Senior Officer) in a regional role in a private organization or a donor funded humanitarian organization.
    -Member of audit teams in internationally recognized audit companies, involved in audits of organizations in different sectors.
  2. Profound work experience in the application of accounting / financial/management software such as FundsPro, Navision, Saga, SAP, etc.
  3. Profound work experience in auditing and/or training on finance/compliance requirements, related to some of the following fields: donor regulations (ECHO, EU, UN Agencies, German Government Agencies, etc.), procurement, accounting, budgeting, reporting, legal financial/HR requirements.
Essential Skills
  1. Excellent training and communication skills, ability to train and communicate/interact with multidisciplinary teams (Finance/Admin/Logistic staff, Head of Offices, Program/Project Managers, Internal/External auditors, etc.)
  2. Excellent English communication and reporting skills;
  3. Highly skilled in finance and administrative procedures with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks, and to maintain a high-quality standard when working under time pressure;
  4. Ability to lead and manage personnel, pro-active approach to work and problem solving and attention to detail;
  5. Social maturity and courtesy, high integrity and a strong sense of confidentiality.
  6. Strong motivation and commitment to learn and take on new and challenging tasks as opportunities arise.

Applying Instructions

All candidates should send their filled application forms, Below and attach your academic transcripts and certificates. The filled application forms and academic transcripts and certificates can be e-mailed to; vacancies@redcrossug.org or hand delivered, and or by post to:

The Secretary General,

Uganda Red Cross Society,

Plot 551/555 Rubaga Road,

P.O. Box 494, Kampala, Uganda.

Email to: vacancies@redcrossug.org

Due to large volumes of applications; only short listed candidates shall be contacted. Canvassing shall lead to automatic disqualification.

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