The Ugandan Jobline

• Contribute to Country Strategy
  development.
• Research and prioritise institutional
  donors to proactively approach.
• Take lead/ in the development and
  implementation of the fundraising strategy and writing funding proposals
  and donor reports.
• Monitor funding contracts and liaise with
  budget holders/other Unit Heads, finance and partners to ensure effective
  management of all contractual funding.
• Work collaboratively with UK teams on
  contracted funding issues and maintain records of all restricted funding.
• Periodically review and sign off all
  documentation and communication with donors, including proposals,
  narrative and financial reports for contractual compliance.
• Advise and support partners to comply with
  contractual requirements and ensure expenditure is within donor
  guidelines.
• Facilitate capacity development plans for
  WAU staff in understanding grants and their management.
• Budget setting and managing EU grants with
  some project management responsibilities.

• Offer technical support partners in their
  development and implementation of fundraising plans, funding proposals and
  donor reports writing.
• Advise partners on the budgeting process
  and review all submitted budgets.
• Sign off on partner agreements and
  maintain a copy of original documentation.
• Ensure timely donor/grant periodic receipt
  and reconciled partner reports (both financial and narratives)
• On monthly/quarterly basis feedback to
  partners highlighting variances against budget and recommending actions to
  be taken.
• Periodically check the financial
  performance of partner organisations with respect to internal controls,
  recording and safeguarding of assets and check that good value for money
  is achieved.
• Work with program staff to check partner
  financial returns are consistent with progress against plans, are
  accurate, complete and in line with partnership agreements. 
• Review partner transfer requests, monitor
  and provide updates on partner disbursements and provide partners with a
  reconciled statement of their liquidated accounts.

• Offer technical support to partners in
  planning and budget in line with WaterAid and donor guidelines.
• Checks that the funding agreements reflect
  the agreed budget and donor requirements.
• Checks the transfer requests (submitted by
  the budget holder) against the partner agreement and donor requirements as
  applicable,
• Checks financial reports on a
  monthly/periodic basis and also monitors financial progress against
  outputs (with program staff).
• Based on the knowledge from partner
  monitoring, and in agreement with relevant Program staff, prepares a
  schedule of expenditure not yet reported but incurred by the partner.
• Work with program staff to Support
  partners to review financial progress. These reviews are done in
  compliance to partnership and donor requirements.
• Together with program staff formally
  assess capacity of new partners to meet minimum requirements and advise
  the management team on suitability of the organisation and models of
  engagement.
• Create/maintain a manual containing
  financial guidelines for partners.
• Identify partner capacity building needs,
  facilitate and deliver co-ordinated training and coaching programmes as
  regards grant management. This includes but is not limited to
  strengthening internal controls and developing accounting manuals,
  procurement procedures, reporting templates or management of donor funds.
• Assess the impact of and need for capacity
  building of partners on a regular basis.
• Assist in the preparation and
  implementation of action plans resulting from external and internal audits
  and support partners in this regard. 

• Proactively participate in the
  implementation of Performance Management, including Objective Setting,
  Performance Review, upward feedback and personal development plans.
  Ensuring relevant aspects of WAU’s work in Uganda e.g. gender equity and
  HIV/AIDS mainstreamed and reflected in objectives and performance reviews.
• Ensure implementation of WAU’s operational
  policies, procedures and guidelines, including security guidelines, in all
  aspects of WAU’s work and with partners. 
• Act as WAU’s representative at local
  levels and project areas, with government and non-government partners etc.
  as required, mainly on issues related to WASH programme.
• Be a member of WAU’s team; participating
  in appropriate staff meetings, SMT, planning sessions and on-going
  liaising as needed.
• Actively initiate and contribute to
  fundraising and resource mobilisation for the Country Program.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by
  the Country Representative

• The applicant should hold a relevant
  Business Administration and /or Accounting qualification/certification
  e.g. CA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or a Master’s degree in a Finance qualification.
  Project management and Fund management.
• At least five years’ experience at senior
  level management.
• Quality and relevant experience in finance
  and accountancy in a senior position in a major organisation
• Computer 
  literacy skills i.e. IT literate and excellent knowledge and skills
  in using computer based Accounting systems and Microsoft Excel and Word
  packages.
• Significant experience in preparing and
  monitoring budgets & developing monitoring and reporting systems.
• Possess the ability to provide financial
  analysis and interpretation to Country Management Team for
  decision-making.
• Good working knowledge of government
  policies and regulations on financial management and taxation
• Good understanding of international donor
  reporting requirements
• Excellent Risk analysis and risk
  management experience and skills
• Excellent (proven) interpersonal both oral
  and written communication skills.
• Highly numeracy skills 
• Possess the ability to think strategically
  with excellent planning and prioritisation skills
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• Successfully leading, managing, building
  high performing teams and developing capacity in professional finance
  teams.

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