Job Title: Senior Finance Officer
Organisation: Agricultural
Business Initiative (aBi) Trust
Business Initiative (aBi) Trust
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Head of
Finance
Finance
About US:
The Agricultural Business
Initiative (aBi) Trust is supporting agribusiness development in the private
sector to achieve the objective of the Government of Uganda’s Competitiveness
and Investment Climate Strategy (CICS). The Trust is a multi-donor entity
jointly founded by the Governments of Denmark and Uganda. The mandate of aBi
Trust is to support the private sector actors to increase their contribution to
the agricultural sector by increasing land and labour productivity, and market
competitiveness thereby contributing to poverty reduction through economic
growth, wealth, and employment creation.
Initiative (aBi) Trust is supporting agribusiness development in the private
sector to achieve the objective of the Government of Uganda’s Competitiveness
and Investment Climate Strategy (CICS). The Trust is a multi-donor entity
jointly founded by the Governments of Denmark and Uganda. The mandate of aBi
Trust is to support the private sector actors to increase their contribution to
the agricultural sector by increasing land and labour productivity, and market
competitiveness thereby contributing to poverty reduction through economic
growth, wealth, and employment creation.
Job Summary: The Senior
Finance Officer will ensure that aBi’s financial information and systems is
complete and financially sound; that it is managed through a robust and
proactive reporting system and provides accurate, financial analysis and
business insight to enable comprehensive financial decision making
Finance Officer will ensure that aBi’s financial information and systems is
complete and financially sound; that it is managed through a robust and
proactive reporting system and provides accurate, financial analysis and
business insight to enable comprehensive financial decision making
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Providing
accurate, timely and meaningful financial and management information that
enables the Board and Senior Management Team to make effective decisions
regarding the strategic direction of the organisation - Manage
an efficient accounts payables and receivables system that will ensure
aBi’s meets its contractual obligations and safe guards its assets and
investments resulting in business continuity - The
jobholder will manage the unit in a manner that empowers them to deliver
excellent finanical services to aBi’s stakeholders and results in an
engaged and committed team - Monitor
aBi’s spend against budgets and provide regular analysis to communicate
and highlight areas of concern resulting in the relevant decisions to be
made/ taken - Ensure
that an operational framework is in place that identifies, analyses and
informs on the financial impact of loss to the organization, employees,
the public, and the environment etc as a result of risk exposures
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
applicant for the Senior Finance Officer must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in;
Commerce or Business Administration or a related field majoring in
accounting. - Full
qualification ACCA/CPA/CIMA - Five
years of post-graduate experience in development sector finance - Extensive
knowledgeable in donor financial reporting standards and other accounting
best practice. - Proficiency
in MS Office particularly Excel and Word, as well as a computerized financial
management system. - Proven
experience in grants management and reporting - Advanced
analytical and mathematical skills. - Experience
in budgeting, forecasting and management reporting. - Excellent
attention to detail, organised, and can work to strict deadlines - Good
report writing skills. - Experience
in sub grants management - Highly
proactive and a confident communicator.
How to Apply:
If you feel you meet the above
requirements, please send your application enclosing detailed curriculum vitae
giving three referees and copies of academic and professional certificates
/testimonials by e-mail only to [email protected].
requirements, please send your application enclosing detailed curriculum vitae
giving three referees and copies of academic and professional certificates
/testimonials by e-mail only to [email protected].
NB: The
attached documents should not be more than 2 MB. Only Shortlisted candidates
who meet the criteria will be contacted.
attached documents should not be more than 2 MB. Only Shortlisted candidates
who meet the criteria will be contacted.
Deadline: 30th March 2018 by 12:00 Noon
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