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Job Title:  Finance Associate

Organisation: Living Goods

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Senior Accountant – Operations

About US:

Living Goods supports networks of health workers who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook stoves, and solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing less than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in emerging markets, through networks of franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand, buying power and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible prices to the people who need them most. By combining the best practices from the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of underserved communities.

Job Summary:  The Finance Associate will be responsible for processing all submitted financial requests; making judgements in accordance to set policies & procedures: ensuring accurate capture of information as per set dimensions.  In charge of financial document filing & storage and managing company Petty Cash. Handling both HQ & Branch Petty Cash replenishment reports and reconciliations; and attending to Petty Cash surprise counts.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Payment Processing:

• Work on all submitted requisitions ensuring correct dimensional posting, and sufficient support documents attached.

Treasury Management:

• Manage HQ Petty Cash payouts & reconciliations; adhering to set imprest systems. Review & reconcile submitted Branch Petty Cash Reports including monthly cash counts. Attend to HQ surprise cash counts.

Audit & Compliance:

• Source audit sampled documents from the files. Ensure applicable tax deductions and approved policy rates used on processed requisitions.

Documentation Management:

• Prepare transactional vouchers, ensuring proper coding & filing of these plus relevant support documents. Maintain proper filing for any other financial documentations received.

Modular Report Extractions:

• Extract & share reports on; payables, petty cash, etc.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting or a related field.
• Professional Qualifications / Membership in professional bodies
• Additional certification (e.g. CPA/ ACCA) is a plus but not a requirement.
• 4 to 6 years of working experience.
• Interpersonal Skills.
• Administrative skills.
• Communication Skills.
• Team leader/player.
• Computer usage – good with spreadsheets (Accounting software).
• Confidentiality & Integral traits.
• Multi-tasker & meeting deadlines.
• Accounting bookkeeping skills.
• Resourceful, Flexible and pays attention to details.
• Bilingual in French is a plus.
• Decision making & Accountability:
• Manage Petty Cash pay-outs and analysis of the branch Petty Cash reports.
• Initial Review of Requisitions & modifications where necessary; advising users where corrections are required.
• Give clarity on policy requirements like guidance on travel & per diem rates.

Compensation: A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance and bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in need.

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join Living Goods should apply online at the link below.

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NB: Living Goods is an equal-opportunity employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

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