The Ugandan Jobline

• Serve as the partner
  point of contact on grant management and compliance issues.
• Assist with the
  preparation of standard grant agreements for partners and maintain
  individual partner files.
• Ensure the maintenance
  of all files, records and documents relating to the project.
• Coordinate the
  development and implementation of grant management capacity building
  activities such as trainings at partner level.
• Regularly monitor all
  local partners’ capacity in meeting grant reporting and compliance
  regulations, report the findings to the Finance Manager and initiate
  corrective measures.
• Supervise the
  financial monitoring of sub recipients and approve Monitoring Visit
  Reports.
• Assist in coordination
  of meetings/trainings related to grant reporting and compliance
• Regularly monitor the
  capacity of grants and compliance officers to monitor and comply with
  regulations and initiate steps to improve the same.

• Lead preparation of
  proposal budgets.
• Review partners’
  budgets and provide comments/recommend approval by Finance and Compliance
  Director.
• Monitor partner
  budgets and expenses at least on a monthly basis and compare actual
  expenditure against cash forecast to ensure adequate cash holding partner
  level.
• Assist the Finance
  Manager to build the capacity of Finance Officers-Grants to support
  partners on budgeting

• Ensure that the
  Finance Officers provide direct technical support in all aspects of
  finance for Partners.
• Regularly monitor and
  assess each partners’ ability to accurately record and post all financial
  transactions and provide feedback to Finance Offices and partners.
• Advise on GAAP and
  basic accounting records to be maintained at partners.
• Identify partners’
  training needs, and recommend to the Finance Manager training curriculum
  to address the needs.

• Conduct together with
  Finance Officers partner financial management assessment using CRS
  Internal Control and Monitoring/ information gathering tools, as required.
• Regularly visit the
  partner to monitor the performance of Finance Officers and partner and
  provide support.

• Schedule, track and
  ensure completion of assessments of all sub-recipients as per SRFM policy
• Ensure all assessments
  and partner documents on posted on Gateway
• Ensure sub-recipients
  complete an ICIP and submit it to CRS before/by due date
• Conduct review and
  work with SR to revise ICIP as necessary
• Ensure monitoring to
  subs are done as per timetable which is prepared based on SRFM
• Provide targeted and
  customized follow-up support and assistance to 3-4 priority subs in order
  to implement and complete ICIP.
• Provide follow-up
  support and assistance to other subs as requested.
• Financial management:
• Ensure that advances
  to partners are liquidated in a timely manner.
• Render support in the
  review of liquidation reports and partner advances within the sub-grant
  budgets ensuring that all liquidations are processed according to grant
  and CRS guidelines.
• Ensure that all
  project assets with partners are verified and reconciled on a regular
  basis.
• Maintain and track sub-recipient
  agreements and amendments, obligated amounts and update grant files.
• Consolidate quarterly
  cash forecasts from partners and submit to the Finance and Compliance
  Director.

• Lead, direct, mentor
  and coach Finance Officer -Grants.
• Assist in setting
  annual finance and compliance targets and ensure that specific tasks are
  built in every compliance staff performance plan, (what is the expectation
  exactly)
• Motivate, develop,
  coach and appraise subordinate staff in accordance with CRS Performance
  Management System (PMS) and Catholic Social Teachings (CST)
• Review and recommend
  updating of Finance Officer -Grants (Is this very relevant for this
  position.

• The ideal candidate
  for the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Deputy Finance Manager job
  placement should preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance,
  Administration or Accounting, MBA preferred.
• A minimum of five
  years’ experience working with a large NGO, of which three years managing
  sub-grants especially USG.
• Sound coordination
  skills and a demonstrated ability to multi-task. Strong personnel
  management, administrative and financial skills. Ability to review and
  analyze partner budgets.
• Strong diplomatic
  skills and proven ability to work in a multi-partner program.
• Proven experience in
  building, strengthening and sustaining management and financial capacity.
• Excellent English
  language oral and written communication skills. Proficiency in Microsoft
  Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Excellent
  interpersonal, oral and written communication and negotiation sills.
  Fluent written and spoken English.
• Extremely flexible,
  and have the ability to cope with stressful situations. Ability to
  maintain performance expectations and strong working relationships.
• Past experience with
  and enthusiasm for on the job training.
• Computer literacy
  skills i.e. Knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel,
• Outlook, and Internet)
  required.
• Desire to work
  effectively in a team, oriented environment.
• Agency-wide
  Competencies (for all CRS Staff): These are rooted in the
  mission, values and principles of CRS and used by each staff member to
  fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results.
• Serves with Integrity
• Models Stewardship
• Cultivates
  Constructive Relationships
• Promotes Learning

• Communicates
  strategically under pressure
• Manages stress and
  complexity
• Actively promotes
  safety and security
• Manages and implements
  high-quality emergency programs

• Large files and/or
  scans of documents will lead to rejection of your application
• All applications that
  do not contain this exact subject line will be rejected and not read
• In the subject line of
  the email, copy and paste DEPUTYFINANCE MANAGER MOROTO

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