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• Follow all Mercy Corps policies,
  procedures, grant compliance and documentation requirements.
• Implement and Make sure all Mercy Corps
  FFM, procurement, assets mgt, HR policies and procedures are implemented.
• Implement and Make sure all respective
  donors and local Gov’t rules and regulations are respected.
• Keenly review and track all grants/budget
  purchases and contracts and other commitments for the office.
• Ensure compliance with GAAPs, Ugandan and
  US law and standard accounting practice.
• In charge of monitoring costs as per the
  available grant and budget details and monthly budgets vs actual reports.
• Provide on-going orientation, training and
  support to all Mercy Corps program and finance staff on Mercy Corps and
  respective donor’s rules and regulations.
• Provide financial review for all advances,
  purchase requests, quotation analysis, purchase orders, expense reports,
  payment requests and others within his/her limit.
• Code all expenditures following the
  standard chart of accounts, coded budget and record to the accounting
  software or recording system and send to main office for review and
  posting every week.
• Match invoices with GRN and other required
  documents.
• Prepare and submit weekly and monthly cash
  requirement for the office, send to main office and make sure sufficient
  cash is available for the office.
• Manage cash and bank payments, record them
  and reconcile with bank statements and cash counts.
• Make surprise, weekly and monthly cash
  counts and document them as per the current MC policy.
• The incumbent will reconcile bank balances
  with bank statement, all advances and send to main office with month end
  transactions and report.
• Ensure all field level income taxes,
  withholding taxes, VAT and other taxes are withheld and paid accordingly.
• Collect all staff timesheets, review them,
  prepare summary and send them to main office every month.
• Participate in preparation of operating
  and grant budgets.
• Make frequent site visits and work with
  the program team for physical check and to ensure payments are being made
  accordingly and procurements are properly made whenever necessary.
• Maintain all donor files and ensure they
  are well labeled, fully updated with all contracts, submitted reports,
  governing clauses and all other relevant documents.
• Be adaptable and flexible to take new
  tasks and new assignments as requested from time to time.
• Conduct himself/herself both
  professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy
  Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.
• Support any other finance functions and
  offices when ever need arises.
• Perform any other tasks to be assigned by
  the supervisor.

• The applicant for the Mercy Corps Finance
  Officer job opportunity should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree or
  equivalent in accounting or finance is required.
• At least four years’ experience in grants
  and financial management and accounting.
• At least three years of international
  NGO/PVO experience is preferred.
• Strong accounting skills and experience,
  including management of the general ledger, journal entries, payroll,
  payables and balance sheet.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of donor
  rules and regulations is required.
• Significant exposure, experience and
  skills with financial reports preparation and presentation and proven
  ability to translate technical financial data into informative reports.
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office
  programs, particularly Excel and accounting software experience.
• Prior management experience and strong
  organizational skills preferred.
• Excellent oral and written English skills
• Willingness to travel regularly to Mercy
  Corps and sub grantees field offices and project sites approximately 50%.

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