Job Title: Finance Officer
Organisation: Center
for Victims of Torture (CVT)
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.
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.
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 [email protected], including the job title in the
subject line of the email.
qualified and interested applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, and 3
professional references to [email protected], including the job title in the
subject line of the email.
Deadline: 18th November 2018
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