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Job Title:    Finance Analyst

Organisation: IntraHealth
International

Duty Station:  
Uganda

 

About US:

IntraHealth
International is a global health nonprofit that has worked for 40 years in over
100 countries. We improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the
systems in which they work so that everyone everywhere has the health care they
need to thrive. IntraHealth’s programs generate long-term social and economic
impact to keep communities around the world healthy, strong, and prosperous.
And our dynamic staff are passionate about global health and committed to
excellence.

 

Job Summary:  The IntraHealth International Finance Analyst
will provide support to the Finance Director and the management teams by generating
financial management information such as budget Vs Actual expenditure reports,
net dollar investment per facility and per program area and the different
technical funding streams.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

Budget management
and reporting

·       
Generate
monthly program and stream specific actual expenditure reports against budgets.

·       
Project
and track agreed monthly specific budgets with each budget holder against
actual spend and patterns/trends

·       
Work
closely with Program teams to develop costed work plans by geographical
locations (Clusters and districts), program area and by Facility

·       
Work
with Budget holders in developing adjusted plans aligned to the available
budgets.

·       
Prepare
tailored expenditure trends per program area, location and by facility

·       
Review
the per dollar investment in program areas such as FP to ensure the costs are
commensurate with numbers reached-making necessary journal adjustments to
correct anomalies.

·       
Review
transactional requests from program and operations teams for budget availability
before they are forwarded to procurement for execution or to financial accounts
for payment.

·       
Designing
budget monitoring tools for all projects and designing tools that link
financial performance with program targets achieved. (UNICEF, SUPCAP, RHITES-E)

·       
Prepare
monthly reports linking financial performance to targets achieved to date and
recommending changes and catch up plans for both sub recipients and Intra
Health international.

Budgeting

·       
Work
closely with the Finance Director and departmental heads in developing the
annual budgets.

·       
Update
annual operating and Revenue budgets into the IHBIRD data base.

·       
Provide
support in budgeting and reporting to the financial management function of the
RHITES-E consortium member partners, 5 sub awardees and 4 Community based
organizations.

·       
Uploading
annual work plan budgets in IHBIRD.

·       
Develop
a cost allocation methodology for absorbing staff time and indirect costs.

Periodic standard
reports

·       
Prepare
quarterly donor financial reports with support from the Finance Director for
all projects.

·       
Prepare
quarterly accrual reports.

·       
Prepare
the monthly consolidated Expenditure tracker used by the HQ teams in tracking
the overall performance of the project budget.

Cost share tracking
and reporting

·       
Work
with department leaders to consolidate cost share projections at the beginning
of every month.

·       
Track
and follow up departmental leaders over the actual yields of cost share against
the planned forecasts for the month using cost share reported actuals vs
projections per department.

·       
Design
cost share plans for all projects and follow-up with cost share tracking and
monitoring, review cost share journals to ensure they are allocable and
allowable.

·       
Post
cost share journals for the DHSS project on a monthly basis.

Management of Overheads
and operational costs

·       
Review
the charging of overhead costs to ensure there’s fair share allocation to all
funding streams every month.

·       
Analyze
vehicle fuel, service and repair costs against periodic mileage covered and
ascertain the effectiveness in the fleet pool.

·       
Review
the charging of staff time to ensure that there is fair time charge for all
funding streams and take appropriate actions to ensure there is fair
allocation.

Financial Analysis.

·       
Support
the month end closure processes ensuring that accurate data has been posted in
the financial management system.

·       
Work
with the Finance Manager ensure all cost categories are reported each month.

·       
Monitoring
project spending at funding streams level and budget lines ensuring that we
don’t have overspends or underspends.

·       
Preparation
of revenue journals on a monthly basis and ensuring that month end reports are
ready for upload.

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor of Commerce/Accounting degree from a
recognized University

·       
A member
of an Accounting professional body

·       
Experience
working with institutional donors such as USAID preferred.

·       
At least
four years of experience in a busy accounting or auditing environment.

·       
Holds
self-accountable for results.

·       
Highly
analytical and with good presentation skills

·       
Excellent
financial reporting

·       
Good
communication and Interpersonal skills

 

Competencies

·       
Innovation-Develops
new, better or significantly different ideas, methods, solutions or initiatives
that result in improvement of IntraHealth’s performance and meeting objectives,
results and global commitments.

·       
Accountability
– Holds self and others accountable for all work activities, research and
personal actions and decisions; follows through on commitments and focuses on
those activities that have the greatest impact on meeting measurable
high-quality results for IntraHealth’s success. 
Exercises ethical practices, respectful words and behaviors, and
equitable treatment of others in all activities.

·       
Service
Excellence – Knowledge of and ability to put into action customer service
concepts, processes, and techniques to access internal and/or external client
needs and expectations and meet or exceed those needs and expectations through
providing excellent service directly or indirectly.

·       
Strategic
Thinking – Applies organizational knowledge to identify and maintain focus on
key success factors for IntraHealth while recognizing, anticipating and
resolving organizational challenges. Ability to develop organization- and
industry-specific expertise and apply sound decision-making processes to reach
productive resolutions that translates strategy into actionable business plans.

·       
Business
Acumen – Knowledge, insight, and application of business concepts, tools, and
processes that are required for making sound decisions in the context of
IntraHealth’s business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to
diverse situations; including supporting, identifying, assessing, and/or
securing new business for the organization.

·       
Effective
Communication (Oral and Written) – Understands effective communication
concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, explain
complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the
audience; and receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs
through the application of appropriate professional communication behaviors

 

How to Apply:

All candidates
should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 23^rd March 2021

 

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