Finance and Administration Manager Job Placement – Uganda Development and Health Associates (UDHA)
Job Title: Finance and Administration Manager
Organisation: Uganda Development and Health Associates (UDHA)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Executive Officer
About US:
Uganda Development and Health Associates (UDHA) strives to empower, promote and strengthen key health and development interventions in communities we work. We envision a society in which people are fully empowered to manage their health and development needs. UDHA is Sub Recipient to Global Fund (UGA-C-TASO 1449) under the new funding model implemented in partnership with TASO and aims to support the implementation of Uganda’s Response to the HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis.
Job Summary: The Finance and Administration Manager will provide financial technical support to programmes in accordance with UDHA accounting policies and procedures as guided by donor acceptable Financial Accounting standards. Efforts will be dedicated to grants management, working with Project staff to develop systematic and realistic finance monitoring plans, budget forecasting and review requisitions for approval. The job holder with lead on documentation and reporting, support teams to adhere to internal and external controls and organizational financial guidelines. S/he shall ensures that all planned activities are implemented as per budget lines.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial management:
- Raise, receive and review voucher interface files and requests from the programs team for the completeness/accuracy of data, account codes and provide regular feedback
- Review and manage the mobile money transactions for the programme and ensure timely and accurate mobile reconciliations
- Lead on financial planning & budget management processes by completing and consolidating the program and organizational Budgets
- Monitor budget and cash-flows by ensuring expenditures are within the budget limits, identify and provide variances explanations for management decision making
- Lead on financial reporting by generating and reviewing financial reports for programs and share/discuss the reports with program teams and board
- Take lead on risk management by identifying internal and external audit issues and ensure that audit recommendations are implemented on a timely basis
- Ensure quarterly updating of asset registers and monitor/manage organizational assets in accordance with UDHA Finance Manual
- Carry out routine field visits to ascertain value for money and items reaching correct beneficiaries
- Lead on capacity building initiatives by providing technical financial support and hands on to program and finance staff
- Support UDHA on resource mobilization drives in areas of planning and budgeting
- Perform any other duties assigned from time to time by supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The jobholder must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Business Administration having majored in Finance and Accounting.
- Must be a fully certified public accountant or in final stages of completion of CPA or ACCA training
- Post graduate Training in Financial Management from a recognized and reputable institution is added advantage.
- At least three years of demonstrated Mid-level experience in Financial management of donor funded development and district/community based projects, largely USAID and the Global Fund
- Deep understanding of TB, HIV and AIDS, SRHR and health and
- Community Systems strengthening issues is preferable
- Familiar with growing NGOs’ work in Uganda
- Presentation, facilitation and training skills
- Fluent spoken and written English
- Analytical and report writing skills
- Good communication skills and positive attitude to team work
- Competences in Management, Leadership and team building skills are preferred.
How to Apply:
All interested competent and qualified persons should send their applications, curriculum vitae, certified copies of Academic transcripts, day time telephone contacts and e-mail addresses of three referees addressed to the;
The Acting Executive Officer,
Uganda Development and Health Associates,
P.O. Box 77, Iganga.
Electronic Submissions (not exceeding 2MBS in PDF) can be sent to udhagrants@gmail.com
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and women are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 21st February 2020 by 5:00pm