Senior Accountant International NGO Jobs - Save the Children ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organisation: Save the

Children

Duty Station: Fort

Portal, Uganda

Save the Children is the

world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence

in over 120 countries in the world and has been implementing programs for over

90 years. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the

right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to

inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve

immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for

children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being

innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving

results at scale.  In Uganda, we

implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child

Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health,

Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children

delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern

and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff

complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their

rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2014, we reached over 143

million children through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly

around the world.

Job Summary:   The

Senior Accountant responsibility for provision of leadership and support to

the  implementation of the Save the

Children International finance strategy and projects in various districts in

the region of operation, ensuring quality assurance and compliance in financial

management, providing financial information to management  team 

and budget holders. In addition, the incumbent provides technical

support and inputs to programme planning, budgeting and implementation support

to partners in financial management, reporting, representation, monitoring and

evaluation. The job holder may be called upon as and when necessary to support

the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

·        
The ideal candidate for the Save the Children Senior

Accountant vacancy should hold a Bachelors’ Degree or higher in

Commerce, Business Administration or Finance management.

·        
The applicant must be a member of an Accounting

profession such as ACCA or CPA. Post Graduate training in Project management or

Finance will be an added advantage.

·        
A minimum of four or more years’ experience in

finance and accounting position and relevant experience supervising and

developing the capacity community based institutions in financial management.

·        
Broad knowledge and understanding in external donor

reporting for an international NGO and experience working with major donors

like NORAD, DANIDA USAID, SIDA, EU, DFID and the UN.

·        
The applicant must also be a trategic thinker with

demonstrated experience in financial management, budget monitoring  logistics 

and Human Resource Management, knowledge of computer Accounting

packages  and  a good 

understanding of major donors financial requirements, conditions and

government budgets and tax policies.

·        
Past exposure and experience of working with local

partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance, Health,

Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added advantage.

·        
Excellent analytical skills and strategic planning

abilities.

·        
Ability to establish and maintain conducive

collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.

·        
Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills

are a must.

·        
Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach

areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.

·        
Availability and willingness to work extra hours

during times of humanitarian responses.

·        
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to

work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds

and cultures.

·        
Ability to intervene with crisis management or

troubleshooting as necessary.

·        
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills

including influencing, negotiation and coaching.

·        
Excellent time management and planning capacity.

·        
Availability and willingness to work extra hours

during times of humanitarian responses.

All suitably qualified candidates

are encouraged to send their application letters with detailed CVs indicating

three referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors submitted to: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org

addressed to:

The Director of Human Resources

& Administration,

• Testimonials/certificates
  
  should not be attached to applications.


• Hand
  
  delivered applications will not be accepted and are therefore not
  
  considered during the shortlisting process.

Deadline: 31^st July 2015.