Finance Officer US Non-profit Jobs – Jhpiego

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Job Title:  Finance Officer

Organisation: Jhpiego

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

 

About US:

Jhpiego is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. The group was founded in 1973 and initially called the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, but is now referred to simply as Jhpiego.

 

Job Summary:  The Finance Officer will be reviewing the sub-grantees’ financial records, verify, reimbursements, conduct financial reviews for the cities, and ensure that sub-grantees’ reports comply with the sub award rules and regulations.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Review financial transactions to ensure availability of funds and expenses are allowable, reasonable and allocable
  • Process requisitions, payments, receipts and other necessary accounting activities ensuring timeliness and proper charge codes; verify documentation for all program disbursements and review numerical accuracy and ensuring proper authorization before making payment
  • Assist staff in determining allowability and allocability of costs to the project
  • Preparation of monthly bank reconciliation statement and reconciliation of control accounts
  • Support submission of monthly financial reporting (QuickBooks) and bank reconciliations and its timely submission to Jhpiego head office
  • Designs and implements sound internal controls by implementing recommendations from internal Compliance Reviews and external audits
  • Completes cash flow analysis to ensure adequate cash needs
  • Support the TCI Program Lead and Project Director with provision of reports on obligations and expenditures of the project budget, including sus-agreement budgets with partners and sub-grantees, monitor expenses versus budgets providing monthly reports
  • Develop and monitor annual work plan budgets.
  • Preparation of expenditure analysis report & ensure that the expenditure falls within the budget & work plans
  • Lead the facilitation of audit requirements including ensuring required statutory audits are completed in accordance with local requirements.
  • Maintenance of proper filing of records and ensure complete documents for all transactions
  • Ensure payment vouchers are scanned and attached to the QBE before end month date.
  • Train staff regularly on Jhpiego and donor requirements/processes and ensure compliance, and suggest mitigation measures for any non-compliance issues to the Senior Finance Officer.




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant must hold a Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field.
  • Minimum CPA III or the ACCA finalist.
  • At least three years of relevant experience in financial accounting and grants or contracts administration
  • Working knowledge of donor rules and regulations.
  • Previous experience with non-profit organizations will be an added advantage.

 

How to Apply:

All interested applicants should send a CV and cover letter, indicating why they are most suitable for this placement, attach academic documents in PDF as one document to the following address: Uganda.CountryOffice@jhpiego.org

 

NB: Please indicate the position you are applying for and your name in the email subject line. Hand delivered applications will not be considered.

 

Deadline: 17th March 2022

 

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