Job Title: Finance Manager
Organisation: Gatsby
Microfinance
Microfinance
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Chief
Executive Officer
Executive Officer
About Gatsby:
Gatsby Microfinance is a
subsidiary company to Uganda Gatsby Trust. A trust supported by the Gatsby
Charitable Foundation (UK). Gatsby is a fast growing company with branches in
Kampala, Mukono, Jinja, Mbale, Soroti, Fortportal and Masaka. Its Head offices
are located in Katwe.
subsidiary company to Uganda Gatsby Trust. A trust supported by the Gatsby
Charitable Foundation (UK). Gatsby is a fast growing company with branches in
Kampala, Mukono, Jinja, Mbale, Soroti, Fortportal and Masaka. Its Head offices
are located in Katwe.
Job
Summary: The Finance
Manager will manage funds in such a manner as to maximize return on investment
while minimizing risk, and while also ensuring that an adequate control
structure is in place over the transfer and investment of funds. Further, the
finance manager engages in financial analysis in such areas as forecasting,
budgeting, engaging in cost reduction analysis, and reviewing operational
performance.
Summary: The Finance
Manager will manage funds in such a manner as to maximize return on investment
while minimizing risk, and while also ensuring that an adequate control
structure is in place over the transfer and investment of funds. Further, the
finance manager engages in financial analysis in such areas as forecasting,
budgeting, engaging in cost reduction analysis, and reviewing operational
performance.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain
a documented system of accounting policies and procedures - Oversee
the operations of the treasury department, including the design of an
organizational structure adequate for achieving the department’s goals and
objectives - Mitigate
financial risks related to the interest rates on the company’s borrowings,
as well as on its foreign exchange positions - Assist
in determining the company’s proper capital structure - Recommend
appropriate dividend issuances, based on historical dividend patterns and
expected cash flows
- Manage
the preparation of the company’s budget - Report
to management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons
for those variances - Assist
management in the formulation of its overall strategic direction - Interpret
the company’s financial results to management and recommend improvement
activities
Qualifications, Skills
& Experience:
& Experience:
- The
finance manager should hold a Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting,
or equivalent. - A
minimum of five years of progressive experience in the Microfinance
Industry. - Preference
will be given to candidates with the Certified Public Accountant or
Certified Management Accountant qualifications. - Excellent
communication skills are essential, particularly in regard to presenting
the results of financial analyses to management. - Good
knowledge of spreadsheets.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates may please send their applications
with detailed curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, transcripts, names of
three referees and a daytime telephone contact to:
The Human Resource Manager,
Gatsby Microfinance Ltd
Katwe Road next to GELP petrol Station
P.O Box 37828, Kampala. Uganda.
OR
Via E-mail to: [email protected]
suitably qualified and interested candidates may please send their applications
with detailed curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, transcripts, names of
three referees and a daytime telephone contact to:
The Human Resource Manager,
Gatsby Microfinance Ltd
Katwe Road next to GELP petrol Station
P.O Box 37828, Kampala. Uganda.
OR
Via E-mail to: [email protected]
Deadline: Tuesday 17th
December, 2013.
December, 2013.
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