Job Title: Programme Finance Officer
Organisation: Send a Cow (SAC) UK
Project Name: USAID Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth
(SOCY) Project
(SOCY) Project
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Finance and Administration Manager
About US:
Send
a Cow (SAC) was founded in the UK in 1988 to help transform lives, by helping
African families and orphans to grow enough food to eat, sell their produce and
develop small businesses that last. They have provided livestock, seeds,
training and ongoing support, to help over a million lives and their families
that live in abject poverty. The Send a Cow Group currently constitutes Country
Programmes in seven African countries plus the UK and USA, together with a
Group Executive which is based in the UK.
a Cow (SAC) was founded in the UK in 1988 to help transform lives, by helping
African families and orphans to grow enough food to eat, sell their produce and
develop small businesses that last. They have provided livestock, seeds,
training and ongoing support, to help over a million lives and their families
that live in abject poverty. The Send a Cow Group currently constitutes Country
Programmes in seven African countries plus the UK and USA, together with a
Group Executive which is based in the UK.
About USAID SOCY Project:
Send
a Cow will be implementing a Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth (SOCY)
project targeting Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Rakai and Mityana
districts, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
through Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The SOCY project interventions shall be
focusing primarily on OVC Case Management and household economic strengthening
through savings groups and associated interventions and parenting/caregiver
programs.
a Cow will be implementing a Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth (SOCY)
project targeting Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Rakai and Mityana
districts, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
through Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The SOCY project interventions shall be
focusing primarily on OVC Case Management and household economic strengthening
through savings groups and associated interventions and parenting/caregiver
programs.
Job Summary: The Programme Finance Officer will provide
financial supervision to the projects and technical and capacity building
support through the reviews and preparation of financial and management
accounting information in order to enhance accountability, efficiency and
timeliness. The incumbent will review and analyze projects’ financial reports
to ensure their accuracy and adequacy in respect to full disclosure and that
they present a true and fair view of the activities of the projects for the
respective period in line with laid down financial policies.
financial supervision to the projects and technical and capacity building
support through the reviews and preparation of financial and management
accounting information in order to enhance accountability, efficiency and
timeliness. The incumbent will review and analyze projects’ financial reports
to ensure their accuracy and adequacy in respect to full disclosure and that
they present a true and fair view of the activities of the projects for the
respective period in line with laid down financial policies.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide mentoring,
training and technical support to the project accounting teams in the following
areas among others:
training and technical support to the project accounting teams in the following
areas among others:
- Basis of originating accounting transactions
through voucher preparation. - Positing vouched transactions in the cashbook
and other relevant records. - Proper allocation of each transaction to the
relevant accounts - Responsible for the extraction of account
summaries from the cashbook and other records for purposes of forming a
financial report. - Extraction of account summaries for other
decision-making purposes. - Clear extraction and interpretation of
variances as a guide for decisions to be made for future operations.
Ensure the
decision-making processes and the preparation of financial records in projects
is in accordance with the laid down SACU policies and procedures through
periodic supervisory visits and technical support.
decision-making processes and the preparation of financial records in projects
is in accordance with the laid down SACU policies and procedures through
periodic supervisory visits and technical support.
- Keenly review project budgets and cash flows,
financial transactions and audit & evaluation reports to ensure
budgetary controls and cash flow management and compliance with laid down
financial procedures & policies. - Ensure that project funding is processed
efficiently and provide support in the dissemination of project Account
listings for costs allocated and incurred at the Head Office in line with
laid down financial procedures and policies. - Periodically review the financial and other
Internal Controls in operation in projects and advise and/or assist in
setting up workable controls in line with the Financial Policies and
procedures. - Offer technical support in the preparation of
budgets, development of Project Proposals with a view of advising on key
strategic financial implications. - Prepare analytical quarterly, bi-annual and
annual project financial reports
relevant for management decision making and submit a monthly financial
reports to the FAM - Perform any other duty that may be assigned
to you.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicants for the USAID SOCY Project Programme
Finance Officer career vacancy should hold a university degree, with a
major in Accounting and/or a full professional qualification in A.C.C.A,
CPA or CIMA or equivalent. - At least three years of post-qualification
experience. - Part or full professional qualification in
A.C.C.A, CPA or CIMA or equivalent is desired - Previous experience in NGO work is an added
advantage - Good community and field work experience
- Previous experience in managing projects is
desired - Broad working knowledge of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles and Internal Control Procedures. - Extensive Computer knowledge in Microsoft
Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Pastel Accounting or any other accounting
package. - Excellent analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Good presentation skills
- Good report writing skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong networking skills.
- An initiator and self-driven
- Good team leader, builder and developer
- High degree of creativity and innovation
- High degree of flexibility
- Applicants should have empathy with Send a
Cow’s Christian foundation and core values
How to Apply:
All
candidates are encouraged to submit the following documents as they apply:
candidates are encouraged to submit the following documents as they apply:
- Complete SAC Application Form, download
here - Submit ‘three key achievements’ according to
instructions, download
here
Send
the completed documents to: [email protected]
the completed documents to: [email protected]
Deadline: 29th April, 2016 by 5PM
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