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• Keenly reviews financial reports, accounting
  records and all financial documents including petty cash books, vouchers
  and all other supporting documents for project work.
• Travels to Gulu office to audit operational
  and financial systems, administration records, and accountability
  procedures for 70% of their time.
• Regularly review Procurement documents and
  activities to ensure compliance with URC policies and procedures and USAID
  Rules and Regulations.
• Review different staff roles to ensure that
  there is segregation of duties to provide for double checks.
• Check a sample of general ledger transactions
  monthly to ensure donor compliance – typically high value
  purchase/tenders, flights, assets, eligible and ineligible costs, donor
  specific restricted items or prior approvals etc.
• Review monthly journal adjustments to ensure
  that the audit trail is in line with URC guidelines and clearly
  understandable if tested during a donor audit.
• Ensure the allocation basis is reasonable and
  supported by documentation (donor budgets etc.) and advise if there is any
  signs of unreasonable / unsupported allocation bases that need to be
  amended.
• Review monthly Timesheet Tracking Sheet for
  all staff and test labour costs charged to USAID to ensure they are
  adequately supported time sheets (reconcile with leave, training etc.) and
  employment contracts;
• Keenly review Payroll and ensure that right
  codes are charged in relation to timesheets and allocations, and right
  figures are paid on a monthly basis.
• Check whether policies and procedures are
  written down and followed including delegation of authority in signing all
  financial and non-financial documents e.g cheques. Purchase orders,
  contracts, vouchers etc.
• Review all Budgets and Projections/ cash flow
  forecasts to ensure that procedure is followed.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the
  supervisor.

• The ideal candidate should hold a Bachelor’s
  Degree in Accounting, Commerce. Business Administration, Auditing or
  financial Management
• Member of an accounting body like ACCA,
  ICPAU, CIA, and CPA will be an added advantage.
• At least five years’ working experience in
  accounting or auditing with USAID funded projects.
• Detailed Knowledge of USAID Rules and Regulations.
• Sound judgment and analytical skills.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of
  QuickBooks or two or more accounting software and proficiency in Excel,
  Word and presentation packages;
• Good oral and written communication in
  English and an ability to write concise and clear reports;
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills and
  an ability to gather information from different (sometimes conflicting)
  sources, and synthesize it to arrive at an accurate picture of the
  situation;
• An independent frame of mind and the ability
  to work with minimal supervision;
• Knowledge and experience of relevant local
  laws

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