Finance Intern (Fresher US Non-profit Jobs) – American Refugee Committee (ARC International)

Job Title:     Finance Intern (Fresher US
Non-profit Jobs)

Organisation: American
Refugee Committee (ARC International) 

Duty Station: 
Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Senior
Finance Officer

About US:

The American Refugee
Committee (ARC International) is an International nonprofit,
nonsectarian organization that provides humanitarian assistance and training to
millions of beneficiaries around the world.

Job Summary:  The Finance Intern will be supporting the
finance department from time to time as may be requested to ensure value for
money in all transactions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Financial
Accounting:

  • Prepare Cheque and Cash Payment vouchers
    for all approved payment requests to recipients.
  • Record all payments and receipts into
    spreadsheet and verify their correctness against the hard copies.
  • Prepare petty cash expenditure
    worksheets together with the hard copies to the Senior Finance Officer for
    replenishment whenever the petty cash reaches 2,100,000 UGX minimum.
  • Participate in all compliance audits to
    be conducted by retrieving the necessary support documents.
  • Ensure that all payment vouchers are
    adequately backed up based on the ARC Uganda minimum supporting documents
    requirement policy.
  • Report to the Senior Finance Officer all
    anomalies in implementing ARC internal Control policies
  • Support the Country Finance Coordinator
    in the absence of the Senior Finance Officer.

Filling

  • Perform daily filling of financial
    documents following ARC filling system and policy.
  • Stamp all payment support documents and
    verify references assigned to documentations prior to filling.
  • Ensure that the filling system is
    clearly understood and strictly followed to prevent loss or misplacement
    of document.
  • Scan end of month reconciliations and
    all intercompany payment vouchers. Perform any other duties assigned by
    the supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

  • The ideal candidate for the American
    Refugee Committee (ARC International) Finance Intern job must hold
    a  degree in Business, Finance or accounting or any other
    related field.
  • One year of experience of working in a
    Finance department in a busy working environment.
  • Experience in the Cashier duties and
    related tasks.
  • Excellent communication and
    interpersonal skills.
  • Analytical and ability to pay attention
    to detail.
  • Trustworthy with high level of
    integrity.
  • Proven organizational skills with
    ability to multitask under tight deadlines

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should submit a one-page Cover letter, an
updated CV (max. 3 pages) and Names, Titles and Contacts of three professional
referees, to include your current or recent employer/supervisor – via email
(ONLY) to UGjobs@arcrelief.org with the POSITION applied for clearly indicated
in the subject line.

NB: However
due to urgency to fill this position, applications will be reviewed and
interviews conducted on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.

Deadline: 15th August 2019 by 5:00pm

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