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Position: Associate Director
Finance
Report to: Finance Director
Location: Kampala
Purpose of position:
To provide strategic financial management leadership and support the
Finance Director in implementation of financial policies to ensure effective
resource acquisition, utilisation and safeguarding of World Uganda assets.
Background Information:
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy
Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 40 districts
in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will
not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children.
All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable
background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision
for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will
to make it so.” We are now seeking for qualified persons willing to share in
our vision to join the team in the following roles.
Key responsibilities
Leadership Management
·
To provide leadership and management of the National Office Accounts
Department and Program finance unit by planning, directing and controlling the
financial resources of the unit in line with World Vision policies/procedures
and with International Accounting Standards.
· Participate in World Vision
Uganda (WVU) Senior Management, Regional and Cluster meetings and represent
finance division.
· Follow up with program
finance manager on regions/clusters and national staff on the implementation of
new partnership initiatives.
Budget development and coordination
· Coordination of the
provision of technical support in budget development process to the National
Office, Regional Finance Officers, Operations Managers and clusters as per
World Vision International budgeting guidelines.
· Consolidation of World
Vision Uganda’s annual budgets and development of Cost Allocation Methodology
(CAM) annual operating budget.
· Monitoring of expenditure
against budgets and ensuring that spending is based on committed funds.
Financial reporting and analysis
· Review of Financial reports
for accuracy and completeness.
· Working with the Financial
Manager to prepare management
expenditure and budget utilization analyses project/cluster/regions management
to monitor spending
· Coordination of the yearend
financial reporting and carry forward processes.
Finance risk management
· Regular review of internal
controls related to disbursements to ensure that WV Uganda is protected from
the inherent risk violations.
· Ensuring timely and
accurate supplier payments are made.
· Managing the Settlement
Advices process and following up on outstanding settlements from other offices.
Overseeing the management of cash and treasury
·
Ensuring that cash availability to meet monthly/ daily WVU transactions
– regular review of WV cash holding to ensure that target lows are met.
· Ensure adequacy of cash
funding requests from the Global Centre treasury.
· Conducting regular reviews and petty
cash counts to ensure adequacy of controls around cash management.
Manage the capacity building initiatives for the National Office finance
teams
· Organize & conduct
Finance related trainings professionally for World Vision Uganda teams at the
Region/clusters and National office level for enhanced finance capacity.
· Roll out any new Global
Centre Initiatives to the national office and coordinate finance related
trainings.
· Conduct regular review
visits to the programs and provide coaching to the accountants when required.
External and Internal Audits management
· Coordinate all internal and
external National Office audits on behalf of the Finance Director
· Perform regular reviews of
the audit reports and follow up on the implementation of audit recommendations.
External and Internal divisional communications
· Liaise with World Vision
support offices and donors in the provision of information, reports and
queries.
· Communicate with banks and
other external organization on behalf of World Vision Uganda.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
· A
Bachelor of Commerce Degree/ or Business Administration (Finance or Accounting
option). Masters degree will be an added advantage.
· Full professional qualification (ACCA,
CPA or any other recognised qualification)
· Must have basic knowledge in computer
applications like MS Office. Knowledge and experience in Sunsystems will be an
advantage.
· Minimum of 5 years relevant experience
in a busy office two of which must have been at a senior level
· Knowledgeable on grant accounting and
experience in donor funding e.g. USAID, DFID, UN etc requirements.
· Demonstrable experience in strategic
management, results based management in financial matters.
· Excellent verbal and written
communication skills, good interpersonal relation skills.
How to Apply:
Qualified candidates may submit
their application and complete Curriculum Vitae via email to wvujobs@wvi.org. Please address the application to the People
and Culture Specialist (Recruitment) and do indicate the post title in the
email subject line.
Deadline for receiving applications is: Friday, 29th November, 2013
