Fresher USAID Finance Officer Jobs – Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)

Job Title:      Finance Officer
Organization: Elizabeth
Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Project Name: USAID Regional
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in the South West Uganda Project
(RHITES)
Duty Station: Mbarara,
Uganda
Reports to: Finance Manager
About US:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to end
pediatric HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment
programs. We are a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS,
working in 15 countries and at 7,000 sites around the world to prevent the
transmission of HIV to children, and to help those already infected. Today,
because of the highly successful work of the Foundation and its partners over
the last 25 years, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United
States and new infections in children have declined by 58% worldwide. EGPAF
Uganda Country program is currently implementing a number of projects in
partnership with various donors.
About USAID RHITES Project:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) implements the
USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in the South West
Uganda Project (RHITES) whose aim is to increase the availability,
accessibility and quality of integrated health services including HIV and TB
prevention, care and treatment; maternal, neonatal and child health services;
family planning; nutrition assessment, counseling support; malaria prevention
and treatment and other primary care services.
Job Summary: The Finance
Officer will be ensuring the timely disbursement of payments to both staff and
suppliers (Vendors)
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • The Finance officer will also ensure
    control over cash and advances and will support timely and accurate
    reporting of projects financial and accounting information.
  • Regularly review payment requests,
    invoices and demand notes for completeness, allowability, reasonability
    and prepare timely payment request for approval of the country director.
  • The incumbent will also initiate NBOL and
    Checks payments for the approval of the signatories (including preparing
    check schedule and NBOL schedule) & ensure that they are properly
    delivered & filed appropriately.
  • Keenly monitor staff advances and ensure
    that staffs with unaccounted advances are not given additional advances.
  • Maintain a payable tracker and produce
    monthly payable report for management.
  • Prepare and file monthly PAYE & NSSF
    returns, work on monthly payroll and do cash reconciliations.
  • Render support in the preparation of
    financial reports to donors.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicant for the USAID EGPAF RHITES
    Project Finance Officer career opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s degree
    in Accounting and or Finance from a reputable Institution with at least
    level 2 professional accounting certification.
  • A minimum of two years’ experience in a
    similar position, preferably with a USAID funded agency or nongovernmental
    organization.
  • Previous experience working with Local
    Government partners and knowledge of their operations.
  • Knowledge of local languages will be an
    added advantage.
  • Sound working knowledge on financial
    management;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent management skills and ability to
    attend to detail.
  • Proven skills in team-work, networking,
    facilitation oral and written communication.
  • Good knowledge & experience in using
    Quick Books accounting package.
  • Willingness to travel to the project
    districts up to 60% of the month
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
their applications to this address;
The Country Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
(EGPAF), Plot 18A Kyadondo Road, Nakasero, P.O. Box 21127, Kampala, Uganda
E-mail to: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org
Deadline: 19th May, 2017
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