Job Title: Senior
Finance Assistant
Finance Assistant
Organisation: United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Grade: GS 7
Vacancy Number: VN/PBR/2015/01
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Finance
Manager
Manager
About UNICEF:
UNICEF, the United Nations
Children’s Fund, is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights
of every child are realized. Uganda is
one of the over 190 countries and territories around the world where we work to
overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination
place in a child’s path.
Children’s Fund, is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights
of every child are realized. Uganda is
one of the over 190 countries and territories around the world where we work to
overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination
place in a child’s path.
Job Summary: The UNICEF
Senior Finance Assistant will acts as a principal assistant with responsibility
for accounts maintenance and budget control functions of the office.
Senior Finance Assistant will acts as a principal assistant with responsibility
for accounts maintenance and budget control functions of the office.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure
timely maintenance of ledgers and accounting records to ensure correct
classification and recording of financial transactions; - Regularly
review payment requests to ensure their completeness, accuracy and
existence, and posting of payment requests/invoices in the system - Calculation
and payment of salaries, allowances, travel claims and other payments to
staff members, experts and consultants, vendors and other claimants; - Maintenance
of cash books, including control of disbursements and balancing of books
and ledgers; - Perform
monthly reconciliation for Accounts Payable and other accounts, and clear
the outstanding item in the system - Supports
programme officers in all aspects of accounts maintenance and budget
control by providing reports on financial status, procedures, exchange
rates, costs and expenditures, and potential funding problems. - Act
as a backstop when the Finance Officer is not available. - Assist
in the mid-year and year end closure of accounts, and ensure all open
items are cleared before the deadline, as well as submitting reports to HQ
within the deadline set - Actively
participate in financial spot checks and training of Implementing
Partners. - Responsible
for monitoring the status of VAT claims and refund from URA in the system,
and assist in clearing of VAT refund in the system
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate for the United Nations UNICEF job Opportunity should have
completed secondary education and supplemented it with a diploma in
accounting and finance and/or professional qualification. - A
minimum of seven years’ experience, including progressively responsible
work in finance and accounting activities. - Ability
to operate a computer or training in accounting and/or finance is
desirable. - Possess
excellent analytical and accounting skills. - Aptitude
for figures and accuracy. - Good
working knowledge of computer management and applications. - Possess
the ability to work in international and multicultural environment.
Core Values: Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion,
Integrity
Integrity
Core Competencies: Communication, Working with People, Drive
for Results
for Results
Functional Competencies: Analyzing, Applying Technical Expertise,
Following instructions and Procedures, Planning and Organizing
Following instructions and Procedures, Planning and Organizing
How to Apply:
ONLY Ugandan Nationals will be
considered.
considered.
UNICEF is committed to gender
equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly
encouraged to apply.
equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly
encouraged to apply.
- The
applications will be considered only if accompanied by an updated CV and
P11 form, download
here, as well as the most recent performance evaluation report. - If
applications are sent by email, please clearly indicate the position
applied for and use this order to name your file attachments:
Firstname_Lastname followed by document e.g. Gold_MukasaP11 or
Gold_MukasaCV or Gold_ MukasaApplication. - UNICEF
is a smoke free environment. - Only
short listed candidates will be contacted.
All candidates who desire to
work in the prestigious United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) in the above position should send their resume to:
work in the prestigious United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) in the above position should send their resume to:
Human Resource Specialist,
UNICEF Kampala, Uganda,
Plot 9, George Street,
P.O. Box 7047, Kampala-Uganda.
Deadline: 18th February, 2015
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