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Senior Finance Officer

kampala, Uganda * Fulltime
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NGO Total Positions: Location: kampala, Uganda Fulltime Salary: Not mentioned Posted 1 year ago
HIERARCHICAL RELATIONS Under the authority of: • IMPACT Country Representative SDN Line Management: • IMPACT Country Representative SDN FUNCTIONAL RELATIONS Internal: • IMPACT Regional Finance Officer • IMPACT Finance Controller • IMPACT PD and Grants Officer • Associate/Research Managers • ACTED Finance Departments
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Act as the primary focal point for all finance-related needs for IMPACT Sudan, liaising with IMPACT and ACTED departments regularly. • Lead the country mission in the preparation of budget proposals for multiple donors ensuring that programme are fully funded. • Ensure that IMPACT and ACTED expenditure are aligned with approved budgets and ensure a proactive approach to financial monitoring of the mission • Preparation of financial reporting ensuring that all donor requirements are being respected and the expenditure of the project was optimal (HQ controllers to validate). • Guide IMPACT SMT members on their activity budgets and expenditure • Maintain ownership of finances in each mission and communicate regularly on identifying financial risks and opportunities to the Country Representative. • Financial Tools and Allocations • Prepare project budgets in collaboration with SMT members, and with shared responsibility with Country Representative, to properly financially plan for project activities and staffing needs • Update financial tools for REACH on a regular basis, in particular the Contract Follow up (CFU), national staff allocation table, expat staff allocation table, support cost allocation table, and reviews monthly budget follow ups for REACH components. • Communicate regularly on the follow up financial tools to IMPACT Finance HQ, ACTED CFMs, and Country Representative, and other financial tasks that arise in the course of project cycles • Updates the REACH timesheet preparation file at the end of each month to ensure proper staff allocation based on the IMPACT allocation table; liaise with IMPACT HQ to ensure harmonization of in-country tools and HQ salary allocations • Check SAGA (Accountancy extract ACTED) and SAGE (Accountancy extract IMPACT) on a regular basis to ensure expenses are correctly allocated. • Oversight of the Budget Follow Up (BFU) for IMPACT-led grants, and review of ACTED-led grant BFUs for allocations, expenditures (ledgers), and forecasts. • Review of IMPACT Financial Sheets before they are sent to IMPACT HQ. • Support Coordination in understanding expenditure trends and allocating or budgeting more resources where necessary. • Quarterly mission financial reviews with the Country Representative to track expenditure on mission budgets and assess financial risk • Liaise directly with REACH FLATS teams to ensure payments and smooth FLATS operations throughout REACH mission in Sudan • Miscellaneous • ravel to field locations/missions when necessary to support with financial planning and monitoring • Support with other requests from REACH Coordination as necessary. • Support with other finance and compliance tasks, when necessary • Support other REACH FLATS staff to cover duties when required.
QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration with courses in accounting Qualification in accounting (CPA,ACCA or equivalent. • A minimum of 3yrs experience in a position with similar responsibilities, preferably with an international or Local NGO, or financial/banking institution. • Knowledge of relevant public donors’ regulations preferred. • Proficient in MS office packages (excel, work, PowerPoint, Visio0, Web conferencing applications, knowledge of Project insight financial accounting package or similar financial reporting software preferred. • Excellent analytical skills with ability to detect and report inconsistencies, • Conscientious, accurate and thorough with great attention to details. • Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational code of ethics. • Ability to work collaboratively.
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