Fresher Accounts Officer NGO Career Opportunities – Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
Job Title: Accounts Officer
Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Senior Accountant- Sub Granting
Vacancy Code: AOAX01
About Us:
The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an international non-profit organization which is a partnership of infectious diseases and public health specialists. The overall objective of the IDI is to strengthen health systems with strong emphasis on Infectious Diseases, through Research and Capacity Development. IDI has five operational areas through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research and Laboratory services (provided through a partnership with the Makerere University – John Hopkins University Core Lab) and Outreach.
Job Summary: The Accounts Officer will implement IDI sub-grant procedures and ensure that grantees follow donor rules and regulations.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs site financial review and reports findings and recommendations to the Finance Manager – Sub granting.
- Follow up on VAT claims for all USG funded sub grantees
- Maintains all sub grant files and ensures that they are correctly labeled and all financial reports are filed correctly.
- Supervises, mentors and trains Accounts Assistants in the sub granting unit.
- Works with the Grants unit to ensure timely approval and replenishment of sub-grantees funds after concluding accountability reviews. Ensures timely completion of sub-grantee expense journals for posting.
- Monitors the status of. sub grant advances and reporting. Provides weekly updates to the Finance Manager-Sub granting.
- Periodically reconciles sub grantee reports to transactions entered in NAV. Investigates and resolves discrepancies with the guidance of the Finance Manager – Sub granting.
- With help from the Finance Manager – Sub granting, identifies areas where sub grantees
- i require capacity building and provides training to sub-grantees on financial policies and procedures.
- Ensures closeout procedures are properly applied in a timely manner to sub grantees in order to limit financial losses to all parties.
- Ensures compliance with GAAP, Ugandan & US standard accounting practice
- Performs any other sub grants and finance tasks as may reasonably be assigned by the Finance Manager – Sub granting from time to time.
- For Sub-grantees to whom we give direct accounting support; Ensures that payments are processed on time, identifies appropriate general ledger codes for expensing accountabilities in NAV
- Supports the Field Office Finance and Administration Assistant in ensuring that the accountabilities conform to required standards and project expense journals are prepared timely for posting.
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting option) or Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) (Finance/ Accounting), from a reputable Institution/University.
- ACCA or CPA qualification (or in the process of being certified, Level 2 minimum)
- Two years of progressively responsible experience in professional accounting or auditing is required.
- High levels of professionalism
- Planning and Organizing
- Teamwork.
- Demonstrated experience in working with and managing Sub-grantees
- Knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and IFRS
- Demonstrated skills in developing and managing budgets and fiscal control principles
- Demonstrated skills in developing and monitoring systems and capacity building of external stakeholders
- Relevant skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheets
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should E-mail their updated CVs, which should include details of email address (if any), present position, current remuneration, Certificate/testimonials and address of three (3) referees plus telephone contact to the following address. Please make sure that your application letter , CV and certificates are attached as one document and indicate the Vacancy code as the subject for your email
The Senior Human Resource Manager,
Infectious Diseases Institute — IDI Knowledge Centre,
Makerere University Main Campus College of Health Sciences, Makerere University,
P.O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Email to: hr@idi.co.ug
Deadline: 27th April 2018
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