The Ugandan Jobline

• To provide leadership and
  management of the National Office Accounts Department and Program finance
  unit by planning, directing and controlling the financial resources of the
  unit in line with World Vision policies/procedures and with International
  Accounting Standards.
• Participate in World
  Vision Uganda (WVU) Senior Management, Regional and Cluster meetings and
  represent finance division.
• Follow up with program
  finance manager on regions/clusters and national staff on the
  implementation of new partnership initiatives.

• Coordination of the
  provision of technical support in budget development process to the
  National Office, Regional Finance Officers, Operations Managers and
  clusters as per World Vision International budgeting guidelines.
• Consolidation of World
  Vision Uganda’s annual budgets and development of Cost Allocation
  Methodology (CAM) annual operating budget.
• Monitoring of expenditure
  against budgets and ensuring that spending is based on committed funds.

• Review of Financial
  reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Working with the
  Financial Manager  to prepare
  management expenditure and budget utilization analyses
  project/cluster/regions management to monitor spending
• Coordination of the
  yearend financial reporting and carry forward processes.

• Regular review of
  internal controls related to disbursements to ensure that WV Uganda is
  protected from the inherent risk violations.
• Ensuring timely and
  accurate supplier payments are made.
• Managing the Settlement
  Advices process and following up on outstanding settlements from other
  offices.

• Ensuring that cash
  availability to meet monthly/ daily WVU transactions – regular review of
  WV cash holding to ensure that target lows are met.
• Ensure adequacy of cash
  funding requests from the Global Centre treasury.
• Conducting regular
  reviews and petty cash counts to ensure adequacy of controls around cash
  management.

• Organize & conduct Finance
  related trainings professionally for World Vision Uganda teams at the
  Region/clusters and National office level for enhanced finance capacity.
• Roll out any new Global
  Centre Initiatives to the national office and coordinate finance related
  trainings.
• Conduct regular review
  visits to the programs and provide coaching to the accountants when
  required.

• Coordinate all internal
  and external National Office audits on behalf of the Finance Director
• Perform regular reviews
  of the audit reports and follow up on the implementation of audit
  recommendations.

• Liaise with World Vision
  support offices and donors in the provision of information, reports and
  queries.
• Communicate with banks
  and other external organization on behalf of World Vision Uganda.

• The applicant should possess a Bachelor
  of Commerce Degree/ or Business Administration (Finance or Accounting
  option). Masters degree will be an added advantage.
• Full professional qualification (ACCA, CPA or any other recognised
  qualification)
• Must have basic knowledge in computer applications like MS Office.
• Knowledge and experience in Sunsystems will be an advantage.
• At least five years relevant experience in a busy office two of
  which must have been at a senior level
• Knowledgeable on grant accounting and experience in donor funding
  e.g. USAID, DFID, UN etc requirements.
• Demonstrable experience in strategic management, results based
  management in financial matters.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, good
  interpersonal relation skills.
• Mature Christian, able to stand above
  denominational diversities

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