Finance Manager – Business Services NGO Jobs – Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS)
Job Title: Finance Manager – Business Services
Organisation: Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Finance Director
About US:
Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) is the leading national humanitarian organization in Uganda and a member of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The ICRC is an International humanitarian institution which has a mandate to protect victims of international and armed conflicts i.e. the wounded, refugees, civilians, prisoners and other non-combatants.
Job Summary: The Finance Manager – Business Services will assume a leadership role in providing excellent transactional, administrative and compliance (statutory, tax) support services to the Organisation. The Manager will also strengthen and improve the finance and accounting function, processes and procedures, internal controls and provision of information for management decision making.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Payments, Payroll & Statutory compliance
- Prepare monthly National society program payroll (wide) by 20th of the month to ensure payroll is disbursed by 26th of the month;
- Ensure timely submission of statutory deductions to the relevant authorities (URA, NSSF, and Local Government);
- Monitor and follow up staff with salary advances regularly and provide report to the Finance Director by 5th of the following month;
- Compute terminal benefits for the exiting staff in line with the Staff Standing regulations;
- Ensure all payments being processed have adequate support documents and timely and proper filed in accordance with URCS policy;
- Maintain a system for handling all suppliers’ invoices, demand / fee notes and payment requisitions in line with URC established credit policies;
- Ensure timely disbursements of funds to the field.
Management of Accountabilities
- Keenly verify authenticity of accountability documents and process financial transactions for URC in line with URC policies, International Accounting Standards, statutory requirements;
- Monitor the working advance balances and follow-up to ensure all working advances are accounted for in a timely manner;
- Reconcile staff debtor and creditor balances and other balance sheet codes and ensure that these balances are kept to nil on the lowest level possible;
- Accurate, complete and timely submission of accountabilities from respective staff;
- Existence of a standard checklist with 100% compliance for all accountabilities;
- Ensure reconciliations of receivable and accounts payables every end of month;
- Ensure proper filing of all accountability documents;
Accounting Procedures & Processes: Support the Finance Director with special assignments and workflow process improvements;
Staff development
- To ensure that staff development is carried out as below;
- Staff training: ensure adequate training of self and all direct reports;
- Self-Assessment: On a regular basis, prepare and submit an assessment of own performance on the key performance indicators for all activities set out above;
- Succession Planning: Select and prepare staff to take over own role in one’s absence and ensure proper handover before taking planned leave.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) Finance Manager – Business Services job opportunity should preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration (Finance), Commerce, Statistics or associated discipline from a reputable institution;
- Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, CPA).
- At least five years of supervisory experience in the areas of financial accounting and reporting gained in a professional practice;
- Experience in NAVISION Systems Accounting Package is added advantage.
- High level of financial discipline and integrity;
- Strong interpersonal supervisory, customer service and verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Strong working knowledge of IFRS is essential.
- Familiarity with the rules and regulations governing USAID funding is an added advantage;
- Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, database, email and utilization of the internet;
- Knowledge in community based targeting methodology;
How to Apply:
All candidates who desire to join the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement should send their filled application forms, download here and E-mail to: vacancies@redcrossug.org or mail via post to: The Secretary General, Uganda Red Cross Society, Plot 551/555 Rubaga Road, P.O. Box 494, Kampala, Uganda.
Deadline: 28th May 2018 by 5:00pm
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