Financial Controller

Job Title: Financial Controller
Application deadline: 10/1/2011

General Description of the Role
The Financial Controller is responsible for the financial management, internal control systems, and reporting requirements of the organization. There are 16 finance staff (1 international and 15 national) employed within GOAL Uganda. The Financial controller has overall responsibility for the day to day accounting and financial management, partnership finance, internal audit and taxation requirements of the country programme. Additionally the financial controller has a significant risk management responsibility in what is challenging operating environment.

In particular the successful candidate will ensure timely submission of monthly reports to GOAL Dublin comprising the Management Accounts, Donor Status Reporting and other reports as required and also ensure timely submission of required donors reports, statutory reports and other ad hoc reporting to relevant authorities. As a key member of the senior management team, the Financial Controller will contribute to the overall development and running of the country programme.

Key Duties
• Ensure proper financial systems are in place and implemented to record and report field and head office expenditure
• Ensure compliance with accounting procedures and policies and actively monitor internal controls to minimize risk to the organization. In particular ensure appropriate cash management procedures are in place and operating effectively
• Ensure preparation and retention of documentation to facilitate the annual external audit, donor audits, internal audits and revenue audits
• Oversee all cash management, including cash counts and cash transfers to field sites and from Dublin head office
• In cooperation with the Programmes & Logistics team ensure that GOAL Uganda is in compliance with all relevant donor and internal guidelines
• Ensure cost allocations basis among donors are reasonable
• Review monthly management accounts including donor status reporting for submission to GOAL Head Office, Dublin, adhering to strict deadlines
• Review financial reporting to donors and other regulatory bodies, adhering to strict deadlines
• Review the financial sections of donor proposals, budgets and reports
• Review GOAL annual and quarterly rolling budgets
• Monitor and assist with the financial management and setting of programme budgets including expenditure forecasting
• Maintain and keep updated Uganda Finance Manual, including a summarized and simplified finance manual for use by project managers and other field based staff
• Provide support to the HR Manager on personnel and staff issues which have financial implications
• Oversee training and capacity building of locally recruited accounts staff
• Keeping abreast of taxation requirements and changes in taxation law
• Overall responsibility for the Grants Management team including line management of the Controls Officer (International position)

Requirements
• Qualified accountant. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent
• At least 2 years at a senior management level
• Overseas INGO experience beneficial
• Experience in dealing with institutional donors such as USAID, ECHO and DFID
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational and management skills
• Excellent analytical and writing skills