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• Support in the preparation/ development of field monthly financial
  reports which includes QB postings, bank reconciliations, journal entries
  preparation, personal advances, balance reports, grand summary sheets,
  supporting payment vouchers, petty cash journal and summarized expenditure
  etc. Ensure expenses are in accordance with U.S. government regulations
  (expenses are reasonable, allowable and allocable), and URC policies and
  procedures.
• Ensure that all project-related transactions are conducted,
  processed and recorded as per URC system of Chart of Accounts.
• Timely preparation and processing of payments by ensuring that all
  payments are reasonable, allowable, allocable to the project. This
  includes liaising with procurement to ensure that all payments are
  adequately supported.
• Review Mobile Money request forms against Participant registrations
  / attendance forms, Approved Activity Request (AAR), Travel Activity
  Budget, and all related support documentation from the project
  implementing teams and tabulate the same using Microsoft office
  applications (Excel, Word, & PowerPoint)
• Initiate duly supported and allowable payments into online banking
  platforms, to include vendor payments and mobile money payments.
• Ensure that internal controls pertaining online Banking & Mobile
  Money payments are tightened to mitigate risks.
• As part of the finance team, ensure that URC financial management
  policies and procedures and USAID regulations are strictly adhered to.
  This includes ensuring that all USG circulars, USAID Uganda Mission policy
  directives and various checklists circulated are implemented.
• Manage petty cash fund by reviewing (for accuracy and allow-ability)
  and processing petty cash and bank vouchers.
• Work closely with the Senior Finance Officer to address all field
  report review comments from home office including providing feedback for
  missing and queried vouchers and outstanding information following review
  of payment documentation.
• Assist in Preparation of monthly cash projections for submission to
  home office under the direction of the Finance and Administration
  Director. This also includes bi-weekly cash projections.
• Support review of financial reports and documentation from sub
  grantees as needed, under the direction of Finance and Administration
  Director
• Work in liaison with the Grants department to ensure that sub
  grantee accountabilities and reconciliations are properly documented and
  journalized in QBs.
• Work as part of the finance team to ensure that all project
  financial and accounting tasks are accomplished accurately and in a timely
  manner.
• Maintain close coordination with URC project staff on financial
  matters and advise them, as appropriate, on matters requiring their
  attention.
• Assist in periodic inventory/ asset and stores audit and advice the
  Finance and Administration Director accordingly.
• Perform any other task assigned by the supervisor and/or Chief of
  Party.

• The applicant for the Finance Officer USAID Project job must hold a
  Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Management, or other relevant
  field. With additional minimum Level 2 ACCA or CPA qualification.
• At least two years’ experience with QuickBooks preferred.
• At least three (3) years of experience in the financial management
• Previous experience with online banking platforms especially BEYONIC
• Experience working with USAID-funded projects, and with Mobile Money
  payments modules
• Excellent writing, computer, management and organizational skills.
• Ability to independently plan and execute complex tasks while
  addressing daily management details and remaining organized and focused on
  long-term deadlines and strategy.
• Demonstrable results in previous work environment should reinforce
  claims to this experience.
• A motivated, focused, disciplined professional, with the drive and
  dynamism to work under pressure with competing deadlines, and possess the
  ability to make an immediate impact.
• Possess excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical and
  result-oriented skills, and experience in managing objectives with the
  customer in mind.
• Good judgment, initiative, high sense of responsibility, tactful,
  ability to plan, organize and measure outcomes of interventions.
• Exemplary and honest, with a high level of energy and integrity, and
  able to work under minimum supervision.
• Flexible, innovative, with good record keeping, communication,
  presentation, report-writing, and interpersonal skills.
• Team player with the ability to make positive contributions

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