NGO Finance Jobs – Accountant at Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU)

Job
Title: Accountant
Organisation:  Reproductive Health Uganda
(RHU)
Duty
Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Reports
to:
 Director of
Finance
About
RHU:
Reproductive Health Uganda
(RHU) is a member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF),
and its core mandate is to promote high quality, high impact and gender
sensitive Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights information and services
through capacity building, specialized service delivery, issue specific
advocacy and strategic partnerships. It is a volunteer owned and led
organization, with the volunteer body having a distinct role to play in
governance, but not in actual project management and implementation.
Job
Summary
: The Accountant
will coordinate manage and advise management on Association Finances in line
with the vision of Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU).
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Coordinate
    and prepare the financial components of planning and reporting documents
    of RI-ID in line with donor requirements
  • Prepare
    annual or donor budgets, control and monitor expenditures vis a vis
    approved budgets
  • Prepare
    financial reports both annual and periodic for management and other
    stakeholders as will be required from time to time.
  • Be
    of help in external auditing exercise
  • Conduct
    routine audit and support supervision to ensure compliance with RHU’s
    financial management procedures
  • Ensure
    accurate records of the Association’s cash and bank transactions
  • Monitor
    the Association’s local income and related projections and guide
    management on expenditures
  • Give
    technical guidance and support to RHU management and staff
  • Manage
    and build capacity and appraise performance of the staff in your charge
  • Perform
    any other professional duties as may be required from time to time by the
    Supervisor.
 Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • An
    Honours Bachelors Degree in Commerce majoring in Accounting, BBA and
    membership to a professional body like; ACCA, or CPA
  • At
    least five (5) years working experience, three (3) of which must have been
    served at Senior Management level, preferably in a reputable Non-Governmental
    Organization (NGO).
  • Knowledge
    and use of Navision Accounting Software will be of great advantage.
Personal
Competencies:
Financial
Management, Planning, Budgeting and Coordinating; Information and
Communications Technology; Accountability; Problem solving and Decision making;
Team Work; Focused on quality and standards, and ethics and integrity.
How
to apply:
If interested in working
with Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU), please send your application by post or
hand-deliver a letter of application with certified copies of academic
transcripts, a detailed Curriculum Vitae and other relevant certificates plus
contact addresses (e-mail) of 3 referees (including day time telephone numbers)
to:
The Executive
Director, 
Reproductive Health Uganda,
P.O. Box 10746, Kampala,
Uganda
Or 
hand-deliver at:
RHU Head Office,
Plot 2, Katego Road,
Kamwokya (Opposite Uganda
Museum)
NB: Only shortlisted
applicants will be contacted. Applications received after the closing date will
not be considered.
Deadline:
5th July, 2013

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