Finance Assistant Fresher Jobs – International Community of Women Living with HIV/ AIDS East Africa

Job Title:   Finance Assistant
Organization: International Community of Women Living with
HIV/ AIDS East Africa
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Finance and Administration Manager
About US:
International
Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS East Africa is a regional advocacy
network and membership based organisation. ICW Eastern Africa exists to give
visibility to women living with HIV in Eastern Africa. ICW Eastern Africa
believes that gender inequalities and the lack of sexual & reproductive
health & rights for women are at the heart of the HIV epidemic.
Job Summary: The Finance Assistant will render support in
financial management to ensure accurate, timely financial information, and
effective utilization of organization financial resources.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Accounting, Finance
Payments and Grants Reporting:
  • Regularly analyze and prepare timely &
    accurate financial reports for decision making.
  • Keenly analyze and circulate monthly,
    quarterly, semi-annual and annual management reports.
  • Regularly review donor reports as per
    specific donor contract requirements and ICWEA requirements.
  • Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and
    annual reports to Finance & Administration Manager.
  • Updates and maintains accounting records by
    making copies, filing returns and data entry
  • Render support in the preparation of the
    year-end audit schedules for the accounts.
  • Provide leave cover for the Finance
    &Administration Manager pertaining to accounts and record keeping
    needs
  • Prepare and submit monthly PAYE, withholding
    tax payments and other statutory requirements.
2. Annual Plans and
Budget control & Monitoring:
  • Offer technical support in the preparation of
    annual and quarterly budget forecasts
  • Consolidate budgets and annual cash flows
  • Regularly review budgets to ensure that they
    are consistent with the guidelines, realistic and in line with ICWEA’s
    strategic plan
3. Treasury Management:
  • Regularly review and consolidate ICWEA cash
    remittances
  • Keenly review cashbooks/petty cashbooks and
    ensure that there are sufficient funds to run ICWEA activities
  • Maintain and update bank correspondence files
4. Projects and Grants
Management:
  • Render support in the development of project
    proposal budgets to ensure that they are realistic and in line with the
    activities in the proposal
  • Review progress financial reports,
    accountabilities, donor funding matrices
  • Prepare bank reconciliations
  • Support project closure activities with
    financial information to aide in evaluation
  • Keenly review accountabilities submitted by
    Programme teams
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant should preferably hold a Diploma
    in a Business and accounting related field;
  • At least two years’ relevant work experience
    in an NGO setting
  • Significant experience in programme and
    projects financial management
  • Good communication, report writing,
    analytical skills and proficiency in use of Computerized Accounting
    Systems
  • Proven ability to meet deadlines and handle
    diverse tasks simultaneously using prioritization
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Project management knowledge
  • Working knowledge of book keeping practices
    and principles
  • Knowledge of Grants management and Capacity
    development
  • Skilled in performance management
  • Good budgeting and budgetary control skills
  • Working knowledge of resource mobilization
    and monitoring
  • Good documentation, information management
    and reporting skills
  • Stakeholder management
  • Good negotiating and persuasive abilities
  • Good planning and organizational skills
  • Excellent problem analytical skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication
    skills
  • Results-oriented;
  • Good team-player;
  • Highly pro-active
  • High degree of creativity;
  • Gender and human rights sensitive; listening;
  • Possess a non-judgmental and respecting the
    principle of confidentiality and meaningful participation of women living
    with HIV
NB:  This
position is only open to Women living with HIV and young women living with HIV are
encouraged to apply. Confidentiality is one of our Core Values and we uphold it
at all times.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send a letter of interest,
updated CV, copies of your transcripts and two professional references to:
jobs@icwea.org or hand deliver to:
International
Community of Women Living with HIV/ AIDS East Africa,
Plot
1106 Senge, Wakiso,
P.O.
Box 32252, Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 7th April 2016
For
more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.theugandanjobline.com
or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline

Related Jobs