Mango Tree Careers – Finance and Administration Manager

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Organisation: Mango
Tree
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Uganda
About Mango:
Mango Tree is a socially
responsible, private limited company. As part of its social mission, over the
last six years Mango Tree, under the Northern Ugandan Literacy Program (NULP),
has developed a literacy model for mother tongue education that has shown
significant results in improving reading and writing skills among Primary 1 – 3
children in their mother tongue (Leblango).
Job Summary: The Finance
and Administration Manager will be responsible for improving financial and
administrative systems including budgeting, monitoring, forecasting as well as
all legal, audit and contractual compliance, in accordance with the company’s
mission, strategic objectives, and also in compliance with IFRS and Mango
Tree’s policies and procedures.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Assure
    sound administration report and account for as per IFRS, regulatory, legal
    and internal requirements including:
  • All
    periodical tax and pension remittance
  • Financial
    reporting close process for all month ends, quarter ends and year end are
    adhered to
  • Ensuring
    auditing is properly carried out assuring the  company’s financial  statements in accordance with IFRS on a
    yearly basis
  • Improve
    and assure adherence to financial policies, systems and processes for the
    company based on the most recent developments, including authorizing &
    monitoring of financial documents, for all branches of the organization.
  • Manage
    the reconciliation of all bank and petty cash accounts
  • Maintain
    a proper asset register
  • Develop,
    improve and implement management information and management control
    systems
  • Assure
    legally sound contract administration and management for all Mango Tree
    stakeholders
  • Prepare
    forecasts of cash flow income and balance sheets regularly and upon
    request of management or board
  • Oversee
    the management of the company’s cash flow collecting overdue accounts and
    meeting company’s financial commitments.
  • Develop,
    monitor and report the annual budget on a monthly basis recommending and
    implementing mid-course adjustments when needed
  • Develop
    and implement a system for cost price and selling price calculation for
    small to medium size projects
  • Steer
    the budgeting process and financial discussion for large multi stakeholder
    projects
  • Carry
    out reviews and evaluation of price reduction or cash flow improvement
    opportunities
  • Support
    the Executive Director and management in developing measurement of Key
    Performance Indicators for Staff and Departments and monitoring and
    reporting on a monthly basis
  • Assist
    in developing the business and financial strategy for Mango Tree preparing
    monitoring reports for the board upon request.
  • Manage
    the Finance and Administration function of the company
  • Provide
    leadership, supervise and manage the Finance Department
  • Develop
    relationships with insurers, auditors, bankers financial service providers
    and statutory organizations and negotiate with them on service level
    agreements, cost and interest and exchange rates
  • Maintain
    tools and resources, including the company’s financial reporting
    /accounting package.
  • Be
    the first contact for the lawyers avoiding and/or responding on any
    potential legal threat and or seeking advice on legal decisions to be
    made.
  • Support
    other departments
  • Oversee
    the HR function administratively while assuring integrity of the HR
    manager in his role as secretary of the board and representative of staff
    in the Board of Directors
  • Support
    writing major contracts and agreements based on financially and legally
    sound templates,
  • Support
    negotiating with major suppliers and clients.
  • Provides
    ED, Management, Board and external stakeholders with needed finance and
    management information
  • Support
    the ED and the board in arranging new sources of finance for the company’s
    debt facilities if the need arises
  • Analyze
    competitors and key market trends for strategic planning purposes
  • Research
    and report on factors influencing the company’s business performance
  • Develop
    financial management mechanisms that minimize financial risk
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The
    candidate should hold a University degree in accounting, commerce or
    Business Management or Administration. The candidate will be a Certified
    Public Accountant, ACCA holder or their equivalents
  • At
    least five years’ experience as a finance manager in a business
    environment.
  • Demonstrated
    ability to prepare and analyze financial data and create reports, create
    and track budgets, improve and maintain financial management systems
    according to GAAP standards.
  • Ability
    to create short and long term forecasting reports
  • Past
    exposure and experience in improving and adhering to sound administrative
    and management control systems
  • Acts
    with the highest ethics & with commitment to social &
    environmental responsibility.
  • Well
    versed with industry standard software packages for finance. Ability to
    use QuickBooks is a plus
  • Understands
    and knows how to assure legal and related tax compliance
  • Excellent
    computer skills, especially with Excel but also Word & databases.
  • Good
    at thinking strategically & creatively, & following through.
  • Competent
    in empowering staff and delegating work.
  • Excellent
    organizational skills, including reporting and record keeping.
  • Clear
    & effective written and oral communication, with an ability to
    translate technical financial data into terminology and concepts that
    non-accountants can understand and evaluate.
  • Self-motivated
    and able to meet deadlines & quality expectations with minimal
    supervision.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified
candidates should visit the web link below and create a profile on the NFT
Consult website by entering their e-mail addresses. Please visit web link below
and click Apply now if convinced you have the job requirements. The
applications/CVs should be prepared in English and submitted in either MS Word
or PDF format will be considered.

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