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Job Title:  Senior Finance Officer  

Organisation: International Lifeline Fund

Duty Station: Kampala and Lira, Uganda

Reports to: Finance Director (Global)

Salary Grade: Commensurate with experience

Duration: Fixed term with the possibility of extension

About Organisation:

International Lifeline Fund is a non-profit international humanitarian organization with its head office in Washington D.C and a local presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our team works with local partners and communities to improve the quality of life of the underprivileged by exponentially expanding access to clean water and energy solutions. We strive for a world in which no one suffers from lack of access to clean water and energy.

Lifeline works in two sectors: Energy and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in both the development and humanitarian contexts.

Job Summary:   The Senior Finance Officer is primarily responsible for providing day to day operational delivery of the finance department at Country office level.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Maintain the financial information of the Ugandan operation to be able to analyze and make recommendations to the program teams and senior management for decision making

General Duties

• Maintain complete supporting financial documents in file organized chronologically.
• Filing all finance documents correctly and ensuring records are up to date at all times.
• Prepare and manage monthly cash requirements
• Review completeness of supporting documents & preparing payments for review and release
• Ensuring all written and signed checks are paid or bank transfers made to the vendors in a timely manner with all supporting documents completed.
• Keep a copy of paid checks with financial supporting documents.
• Follow-up timely accountabilities and field returns for travel, purchase and activity advances.
• Making regular follow ups on all income & proceeds and ensure proper banking and recording of the same on time.
• Liaise with banks, NSSF and any relevant tax authorities as may be required.
• Ensure that adequate finance forms and templates are available on display for the team use.
• Contribute to the year-end audit
• Assist in budget preparation
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned.

QuickBooks

• Maintenance of QuickBooks ledger for all entries
• Post transactions into the system.
• Review transaction for accuracy of posting details {check number, account code, project code, date, etc…).
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts including the vendor and customer sub ledgers.
• Generate monthly management accounts.
• Summarize financial results and effectively communicate them and provide performance reporting, metrics, and analysis of results

Petty Cash

• Review petty cash requests and make timely replenishment.
• Conduct monthly petty cash reconciliations.

Program management

• Assist programs in planning the weekly and monthly financial activities & annual / Quarterly/ Monthly work plans including forecasts.
• Participating in the regular evaluation of project activities and performance.
• Preparation, distribution and presentation of monthly financial reports and inform of BVA’s.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, with an ACCA or CPA qualification.
• Minimum of five (8) years of accounting experience of which 3 – years is at a senior / managerial level, preferably in an international or multi-cultural environment
• Excellent interpersonal, prior managerial experience and organizational skills.
• Effective communication, problem solving and critical decision making.
• Ability and flexibility to handle high levels of pressure to meet very strict deadlines
• Excellent attention to details
• High integrity, unquestionable character and openness coupled with commitment to good management.

How to Apply:

Please send a copy of your cover letter, resume, and academic credentials to Lifeline’s office by e-mail using the information below.

E-mail: hr@lifelinefund.org with subject line “Senior Finance Officer”

Deadline: 16th February 2025 by the end of the business day.

NB: Note that this is open for nationals. Any kind of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

Lifeline provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Lifeline complies with all applicable local laws governing non-discrimination in employment.

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