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• As
  a member of the Senior Management Team, supporting the organisation
  in strategic and operational planning and budgeting, ensuring that the
  organisation accomplishes its goals.
• Tasked
  with ensuring the sound use and management of organisational finances,
  following generally accepted accounting principles.
• Ensuring
  that all compliance/due diligence checks are conducted in accordance with
  the relevant manuals and that payments are released to implementing
  partners as soon as requirements are satisfied.
• Maintaining
  rigorous financial performance analysis to inform partner selection and
  bolster the accuracy of financial statements.
• Ensure
  timely preparation and presentation of required financial reports to
  Development Partners and timely preparation and presentation of
  annual consolidated financial statements for external audit.
• Tasked
  with leading the organisation in effective and efficient management of
  resources; seeking to ensure value for money by maximising the impact of
  DGF’s deployment of resources.
• Overseeing
  the management of fiduciary risk across all of DGF’s activities; ensuring
  that a comprehensive understanding of DGF’s fiduciary risks has been
  developed and that strategies are in place and implemented for effective
  mitigation.
• Leading
  the Finance and Administrative team in a manner that empowers them
  to deliver excellent support services and maximises value for money on DGF
  partnerships.
• Overseeing
  the development and implementation of effective procurement policies and
  internal procedures that will ensure best practice whilst achieving
  the timely provision of resources.
• In
  charge of managing the funding arrangements, including request for funding
  and cash flow management.
• Playing
  a critical role in preventing, detecting and ensuring that internal
  controls are in place and implemented in accordance with DGF’s
  policy of Zero Tolerance for Corruption both within its own operations and
  within the operations of the implementing partners.
• Formulating
  strategies for capacity building of partners in financial management
  and ensuring implementation.
• Guiding
  implementing partners in the field of financial management (planning,
  budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, internal controls and external
  audit.

• The
  applicant must hold a Master’s Degree in Finance, Business Management,
  Accounting or similar.
• At least ten years’ progressive experience in financial management in
  medium to large size donor funded organisations
• Proven
  expertise in developing and implementing financial controls and processes
• Significant
  experience with implementing financial software and optimizing business
  processes
• Previous
  exposure and experience in managing grants and knowledge of donor
  funding rules and regulations
• Extensive
  knowledge of international financial reporting standards and other
  accounting best practice
• Broad
  knowledge and experience in budgeting and forecasting for business
  operations
• Experience
  in managing grants and providing capacity building support to civil
  society organisations in a low to middle income country (desirable)
• Knowledge
  of Uganda and/or the region an advantage
• High
  integrity and attention to detail
• Willingness
  to learn and build capacity
• Highly
  proactive and innovative
• Efficient
  and to-the-point
• Good
  at building relationships
• Strong
  analytical and problem solving skills
• Solid
  communicative capacities

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