Job
Title: Accountant
Title: Accountant
Organisation: Reproductive Health Uganda
(RHU)
(RHU)
Duty
Station: Kampala, Uganda
Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports
to: Director of
Finance
to: Director of
Finance
About
RHU:
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.
(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).
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:
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.
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.
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:
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:
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,
Director,
Reproductive Health Uganda,
P.O. Box 10746, Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Or
hand-deliver at:
RHU Head Office,
Plot 2, Katego Road,
Kamwokya (Opposite Uganda
Museum)
Museum)
NB: Only shortlisted
applicants will be contacted. Applications received after the closing date will
not be considered.
applicants will be contacted. Applications received after the closing date will
not be considered.
Deadline:
5th July, 2013
5th July, 2013
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