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Job Title:  Senior Finance Officer

Organisation: Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) is an indigenous medical organization that was established in 1991 as a limited liability not-for-profit Joint-venture between the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Defense and Makerere University Medical School (now Makerere University College of Health Sciences). JCRC is located on plot 101 Lubowa Hill Off Entebbe Road P.O. Box 10005 Kampala.

Job Summary:   Under the direct supervision of the Senior Finance Officer, the Finance Assistant will be responsible for disbursement and settlement of field accountabilities. The role ensures proper custody of financial records, scanning, and documentation retrieval. The Finance Assistant will perform timely first-level review of financial transaction source/support documents for accuracy, reliability, and completeness, all in compliance with internal policies and specific donor(s) regulations.

USAID’s Local Partner Health Services – Kigezi & Lango is a five-year Activity implemented by Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC). The activity supports the continuation of technical assistance for the implementation of a district-based, integrated package of quality HIV/AIDS and TB services to the beneficiary population in the nine districts in the Lango sub-region, including Lira, Oyam, Kole, Apac, Kwania, Alebtong, Otuke, Amolatar, and Dokolo. The main goal is to increase the availability, accessibility, and utilization of quality, integrated HIV and TB services.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in timely processing, reconciliation, and liquidation of staff travel advances.
• Print out proof of payments and share with beneficiaries.
• Preparation of Payment Vouchers for review by the Senior Finance Officer (SFO) or Finance Manager (FM).
• Provide first-level review of mobile money payments requests and generate the associated output files.
• Update the Cluster team members on the payment status of their accountabilities.
• Ensure scanning of documentation onto the JCRC server.
• Submit mobile money reports/confirmations to activity coordinators and follow through on unpaid transactions, as well as perform daily reconciliations of all disbursements for supported activities.
• Maintain and update the database of all mobile money payment schedules.
• Provide the first-level packaging and review of vendors’ payment requests.
• Support transactions capturing in QuickBooks as may be assigned.
• Ensure that all finance transaction support documents are stamped, scanned, and sequentially filed.
• Support end-of-month closure activities.
• Support reconciliation of monthly reports.
• Perform general ledger account reconciliations.
• Perform any other work-related duties/tasks as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree.
• CPA part qualification will be an added advantage.
• At least one year of relevant work experience, preferably in a busy USAID-funded NGO.
• Ability to work with multi-dynamic teams.
• Possess sound professional ethics.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, especially Word and Excel.
• Knowledge of Navision is an added advantage.

How to Apply:

All applications must be addressed to:

The Head of Human Resources

Joint Clinical Research Centre

Plot 101, Lubowa Campus off Entebbe Road, P.O Box 10005, Kampala-Uganda.

Email: jobs@jcrc.org.ug

Strictly two documents combined in one PDF are required (Application letter and CV not exceeding 6 pages).

Deadline: 11th October 2024 at 05:00 pm.

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