Finance Officer INGO Job Careers – DanChurchAid (DCA)

Job Title:         Finance Officer
Organization: DanChurchAid
(DCA)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About US:
DanChurchAid (DCA) is a faith-based Danish INGO working closely with
church-based as well as secular NGOs in Uganda and in the Great Lakes region.
Their programmes cover two main areas: Active Citizenship with a strong focus
on good governance and democratization, and Food Security including
Humanitarian and Transitional Responses to conflict and natural disaster.
DanChurchAid has supported emergency relief and development programmes in
Uganda since 1979. DanChurchAid works through partners and with a
gender-inclusive rights-based approach, which is mainstreamed throughout all
DanChurchAid programme types as well as within the organization.
Job Summary: The Finance
Officer will provide efficient and effective financial and administrative
support to the management team at the main office in Kampala as well as the
field offices in Moroto and Yumbe, with a particular responsibility for the
finance management of projects.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Responsible for budgeting, financial
    quality assurance and monitoring and reporting of expenditures of projects
  • Provide monthly updates, with brief
    analysis, on project budgets
  • Provide support the Programme Officers and
    Project Managers in developing budgets for proposals
  • Assist in ensuring all office financial
    tasks (project and office budget/operations) are completed/ accurately
    manage in agreement with the Head of Finance
  • Ensure that the Financial Manual rules and
    guidelines are followed
  • Carry out due diligence of partners, and
    train and build capacity of partners
  • Keep updated on special donor financial
    requirements, including Danida, EU, ECHO, UNHCR, WFP and others
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s
    degree in Commerce (Accounting) or BBA( Accounting) and preferably with a
    CPA/ACCA accreditation
  • A minimum of four years of experience
    working in a similar position with an INGO
  • Proven capacity to prioritize tasks, plan
    and organize your own efforts to meet objectives and deadlines
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication
    skills, and experience in working with a partner based approach
  • Eye for detail
  • Excellent analytical skills
How to Apply:
All candidates should e-mail their updated CVs and cover letters
explaining their suitability for the post, including three work-related
referees and copies of certificates to the following email:
application@ppg.co.ug. Please clearly mark “DCA Finance Officer” in the subject
field where you replace “position name” with the position you are applying for.
Online attachments may not fill more than 2 MB.
Deadline: 3rd
February 2017 by 5:00PM

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