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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.
• 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.
• Keenly review and track all grants/budget
  purchases and contracts and other commitments for the office.
• Provide financial review for all advances,
  purchase requests, quotation analysis, purchase orders, expense report,
  payment requests and others within his/her limit, in particular, those
  related to the KIF
• 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.
• Actively 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.
• Assist other finance functions and offices
  when ever need arises.
• Any other tasks to be assigned by the
  supervisor. 

• The ideal candidate 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.
• A minimum of three years international
  NGO/PVO experience is preferred.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of donor
  rules and regulations is required.
• Strong accounting skills and experience,
  including management of the general ledger, journal entries, payroll,
  payables and balance sheet.
• Demonstrated experience and skill 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
• Willing to travel regularly to Mercy Corps
  and sub grantees field offices and project sites approximately 50%.
• An ability to support programmatic
  objectives with timely and meaningful financial information is essential.
• Proven ability to multi-task, meet
  deadlines and process information in support of changing program
  activities is necessary.
• An impeccable professional standard of
  finance and procurement ethics as well as the willingness and ability to
  enforce compliance with Mercy Corps and donor policies and procedures is
  essential.

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