Finance Coordinator for U-LEARN Consortium Job Careers – Save the Children
Job Title: Finance Coordinator for U-LEARN Consortium
Organisation: Save the Children
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
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.
Job Summary: The Finance Coordinator will be responsible for successful financial management of the DFID funded U-LEARN consortium project. Reporting directly to the Consortium Manager for the U-LEARN project, and as part of the senior management team of the consortium, the Finance Coordinator will ensure that financial expenditure and reporting is undertaken in line with donor requirements and commitments.
The Finance Coordinator will be responsible for providing accounting services for the consortium, leading financial and budgetary management, setting in place and following up financial collaboration and coordination with partners, and overseeing financial reporting obligations to the member and donor.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Providing accounting services
- Leading financial and budgetary management of the Consortium
- Setting in place and following up financial collaboration and coordination with the partners
- Ensuring reporting and grant management
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant should at least hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Accounting or Business Administration from a recognized university.
- MUST be a member of an Accounting professional body with qualifications such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, ICSA etc.
- At least of 5 years relevant progressive working experience working with International NGOs in a humanitarian and development setting, of which 3 years should be at finance management level
- Experience working with a consortium or other projects with multiple partners
- Solid communication skills in English, both written and verbal
- Highly developed organizational, planning, and mathematical skills
- Demonstrated ability to critically analyze financial data to identify potential issues and develop mitigation strategies
- Audit experience and knowledge and application of tax regulation is desirable
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online at the link below.
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents
Deadline: 30th December 2019
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