Finance Officer US Non-profit Careers – Center for Victims of Torture (CVT)

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Job Title:    Finance Officer
Organisation: Center
for Victims of Torture (CVT)
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
The Center for
Victims of Torture (CVT) is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA and is a
humanitarian non-governmental organization that provides mental health
rehabilitation to refugees around the world. In Uganda, CVT provides mental
health rehabilitation services to survivors of LRA-inflicted torture and
violent trauma; provides on-site mental health clinical mentoring and
supervision to counselors in partner NGOs; and works to build a network of
mental health service providers in northern Uganda.
Job Summary:   The
Finance Officer will be responsible for all financial work of The Center for
Victims of Torture’s (CVT) program in Bidi Bidi to ensure all financial related
responsibilities are implemented in line with CVT’s organizational strategies,
national staff policies & procedures to achieve program outcomes.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Book keeping and general accounting
  • Compliance with CVT financial procedures
  • Recording program incomes and
    expenditures/disbursements
  • Keeping and updating the books of
    accounts on a daily basis
  • Managing the cash flow for daily
    operations and ensuring enough cash is available for project related
    expenses
  • Disbursing cash for expenditures in
    accordance with approved Purchase Requests
  • Plan and monitor all office cash flows
  • Establish reconciliation of all
    outstanding advances, payables and outstanding checks
  • Documents all financial transaction and
    make sure every financial transaction is recorded
  • Prepare monthly finance expenditure
    report for the office
  • Facilitate cash counts and Bank
    reconciliations at the end of every month
  • Facilitate procurement documents
    processing and verify all procurement documents for payment against
    receipts
  • Prepare monthly cash projections for the
    program in liaison with program staff

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The Finance Officer must hold a Bachelor’s
    degree in Finance/Accounting or other business related degree
  • At least CPA or ACCA certification
  • Computer literate in Microsoft Office
    (Word and Excel)
  • Three to five  years of working experience in working
    with donor funded projects, preferably BPRM/US funded projects
  • Ability to set priorities, organize time
    efficiently and work independently on several tasks simultaneously
  • Experience working in local and regional
    contexts and knowledge of local area and community structures desirable
  • Able to work in a stressful environment
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a team
    context
  • Able to meet strict deadlines
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, and 3
professional references to UgandaAdmin@cvt.org, including the job title in the
subject line of the email.
Deadline: 18th November 2018
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