Organisation: GOAL International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Financial Controller
GOAL
is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to alleviating the suffering
of the poorest of the poor. We are a
non-denominational, non-governmental and non-political organisation. GOAL
Uganda country project focuses on two of GOAL’s three strategic sectors: Health
(including WASH and health accountability programming); and Livelihoods. GOAL
Uganda mainstreams HIV, gender, child protection and the environment/DRR across
all programming. GOAL works on a district focused approach, and uses a mixture
of direct implementation and partnerships with local civil society
organisations, private sector partners and District Local Government to give
effect to our mission.
Job Summary: The Assistant Financial Controller will mainly be
responsible for the management of the Uganda Finance Team, including Partner
Grants, ensuring:
- Timely, accurate and high quality financial
reporting - Donor funds are effectively managed in
pursuit of agreed objectives. - Effective systems and controls are in place
for financial management and reporting - Partner Grants Team have sufficient capacity
to meet the above requirements - Continuous improvement and development of the
finance team both Kampala Finance Team and Field Office Finance Teams
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversight of the GOAL Uganda Finance Team in conjunction
with the Financial Controller (FC), outline and communicate
responsibilities for the team members as appropriate and ensure they are
followed. - Organize regular team meetings to ensure
agreed plans are communicated and appropriate actions taken - In charge of the management of team
performance - Identify personnel development plans for team
members and ensure follow through - Manage annual/study leave requirements to
ensure the finance team continue to meet their ongoing requirements
2. Oversee Financial Management
within GOAL Uganda:
- Deal with any disciplinary or personnel
issues in the team as required - Management of the day-to-day financial
reporting to facilitate on-time reporting to Donors and Dublin HQ - The incumbent will lead the monthly Sage
Accounts Process, Donor Status Report (DSR) Process, Rolling Budget
Process and the Payroll Process - The job holder will also ensure the Field
Office Finance Teams are supported by the Kampala Finance Team - Ensure the Field Office Finance make their
submissions on time n. Coordinate with Dublin HQ on Funds Request and
local banks on Currency Contracts - Guide the GOAL Uganda Management Team on Tax
Related Matters
3. Oversee Partner Grants
Management:
- Keenly review monthly grants reports,
proposals, visit reports, internal audits and partner assessment tools
each month to ensure that they have been appropriately dealt with by the
Grants Management Team - Regularly review evidence of checking of
partner distributions by the Grants Management Team - Visit a sample of partners (determined by
risk) on an annual basis
4. Assist with Donor
Proposals and Grant Management
- Support the Financial Controller in the
preparation of Financial aspects of Donor Proposals - Coordinate the preparation of Donor Financial
Reports - Offer technical support on Donor budgets,
Donor reporting, Guidelines & Regulations to GOAL Uganda Management
Team
5. Lead Annual Statutory
Audit and Specific Project Audits
- Facilitate timely completion of the Annual
Statutory Audit and Financial Statements - Facilitate timely completion of Specific
Project Audits
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The GOAL Assistant Financial Controller must
be a Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent ( Do not
apply if you don’t have any of these ) - At least five years’ professional experience
with an international NGO - Significant experience in dealing with
institutional donors such as DFID, Irish Aid, MasterCard Foundation,
Charity:water and any other for at least three years - Excellent written, verbal and communication
skills including budget and report writing experience - Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft
Word and Advanced Excel - Good team player, flexible, tolerant,
committed and capable of working within a multinational and multicultural
team - Working knowledge of SAGE
- Team leader experience; proven staff
management skills including on the job training and systems development - Highly self-motivated, organised and
innovative - Proven ability and willingness to produce
financial information in a format that non-technical staff can easily
understand - Excellent analytical and conceptual skills,
with particular emphasis on planning, working to tight deadlines,
providing training, facilitating capacity building and supervising team
activities
All
suitably qualified and interested applicants should send their applications
which must include at least 4 reference contacts (2 professional, 2 character
references, including your supervisor and the most recent/previous employer),
and daytime contact number to; The Human Resource Manager, GOAL Uganda via
E-mail to: AdminKampala@ug.goal.ie
NB: Please do not attach certificates and indicate
the Position applied for in the email subject.
Deadline: 29th January 2016
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