Finance Manager Job Placement – Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG)



Job Title:    Finance Manager   
Organisation: Uganda Health
Marketing Group (UHMG)
Reports to: Director Finance
and Administration
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About US:
Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG) is a Company Limited by Guarantee
with an NGO status, whose Vision is “A good life for all Ugandans”. UHMG works
in partnership with public, private, and civil society institutions to improve
the quality of life of Ugandans through the provision of superior and
affordable health care solutions. Using the Good Life Platform as its launch
pad, UHMG has employed uniquely designed interventions and innovative behavior
change communication approaches to raise people’s awareness of and demand for
health care services for Reproductive Health, HIV, Malaria, and Maternal &
Child Health.
Job Summary: The Finance
Manager will coordinate the finance department of UHMG, by ensuring efficiency
and timely reporting. The position is responsible for providing professional
and technical accounting expertise and oversight of UHMG’s financial
operations. This position requires a person who has capacity in the areas of
budgeting and accounting. The person should have the capacity to work under
minimum supervision, keep a clean accounting system and procedures, maintain
systematic records, as well as undertake timely reporting, while upholding our
Core Values.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
Planning and Budgeting:
  • Actively participate in the preparation of
    the organization’s annual work plans, procurement plans, and budgets and
    monitor their implementation.
  • Oversee budget tracking and, in liaison
    with the supervisor, ensure timely replenishment of funds from respective
    sources.
  • Prepare budgets and cash-flow statements,
    manage and control the approved budgets, and ensure that expenditures
    comply with grant/donor agreements.
  • Provide the supervisor with a weekly
    liquidity report of all UHMG funds.
  • Ensure the Financial accounting system is
    operational in all departments.
  • Oversee all financial transactions of the
    Organization to ensure their conformity with approved accounting and
    budgetary control systems, procedures and regulations.
  • Establish/review and revise, in liaison
    with the Finance Team, the financial policies, systems and procedures of
    the organisation and of sub-grantees.
  • The incumbent will reconcile all monthly
    transactions within the system and provide all relevant financial reports
    to the supervisor.
  • Oversee monthly and quarterly general
    ledger accounting. Review the monthly audit trail and reports to ensure
    accuracy. Prepare adjusting journal vouchers as appropriate.
  • Oversee all financial transactions of the
    Organization to ensure their conformity with approved accounting and
    budgetary control systems, procedures and approved authorities.
  • Keenly review all payments for approval.
  • Ensure all statutory payments and dues are
    remitted on time, as well as filing of financial returns.
  • Supervise and manage the performance and
    development of staff in the department in line with the Organization’s
    goals, objectives, policies and regulations.
Financial Reporting:
  • Ensure timely reporting all sub-grantees.
  • Prepare final accounts and liaise with
    external auditors to carry out annual Audit and Financial reports.
  • Ensure preparation of monthly and
    quarterly management reports and timely submission of financial annual
    accounts (in compliance with donor agreements) to the supervisor.
  • Undertake accurate and timely reporting
    and accounting for all funds.
  • Manage the preparation and timely
    submission of monthly and quarterly management reports and financial
    accounts.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the UHMG Finance
    Manager career vacancy should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance,
    Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or other financial-related
    field. Possession of a Masters Degree in financial management is an added
    advantage. Possession of a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management
    is essential
  • Full professional accounting qualification
    (e.g. ACCA, CPA) is mandatory.
  • A minimum of four years’ relevant
    experience in a finance role at management level.
  • Proficiency in relevant computer
    applications and databases, with hands-on experience in the use of
    accounting software (e.g. Sage, Sun Systems, Navision, Tally, QuickBooks,
    Pastel, etc.) is a must.
  • Excellent report writing and presentation
    skills.
  • Highly flexible, innovative, a team
    player, with good communication, feedback, and interpersonal and
    supervisory skills, assertive and able to question unclear transactions.
  • Ability to delegate clearly, and have
    flair for attention to detail, and able to work with a multi-cultural team
    within the organization.
How to Apply:
All qualified candidates should send their applications with copies of
Curriculum Vitae, names of three professional referees, copies of certified
academic documents, and telephone and email contacts to: The Human Resources
Manager, Uganda Health Marketing Group Ltd.; Plot 20-21, 27-28, Martyrs
Crescent, Ntinda, or to P. O. Box 4553, Kampala, Uganda.
N.B:  Hand deliveries should be submitted at the
UHMG reception.
Deadline: 17th
February, 2017 by 4:30pm
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