Scope of work:
• Is responsible for the overall financial operations in the organisation
- Oversees and reviews finances (budget, expenses, balance) for all running projects in the organisation
- Budgets and defines the activity priorities align with the strategic organisational plan
- Supervises banking transactions including liaising with banks prepare reconciliations, and monitor fund disbursement, deposits and related journal entries
- Assessing requests for payments connected to individual action plans and supervising their processing to ensure they are done correctly in accordance with organisation requirements
- Oversee membership subscription payment invoicing, receipting and reporting to management and the Board
• Is responsible for financial reporting to the board, management team and other stakeholders
- Reports, analyses, advises and informs the finance committee and board concerning overall financial status of the projects and the organisation (example: level of spending, balances, expectations, overspendings, etc.)
- Makes reporting programs from all donors and presents it to the management team
- Ensures that all financial reports are fulfilling the contractual obligations from the different stakeholders
- Liaises with external auditors and responds to audit observations and implement recommendations
- Takes lead in organizing board and donor meetings
• Supervises the Finance and Administration team
- Coordinates duties within the finance and administration team
- Coaches the finance and management team on a daily basis
- Organises staff appraisal
• Reviews, updates and implements official plans, procedures and policies (Finance, HR and Child protection)
- Advises the management team and proposes adjustments on policies & procedures
- Implements, communicates and informs official plans, policies and procedures to personnel
- Follows new updates and changes on the financial and labour market
• Coordinates the overall logistics and manages procurement of program goods and services in line with organizational procurement procedures
- Contacts and gives instructions to service providers
- Contract service providers and process payments of the providers
- Overviews stationary at the organisation
- Takes care of the fleet management (vehicles, motorcycles)
- Coordinates health and safety at work
4.0 Qualifications:
The identified person shall the following expertise:
• Organizational development with a very good understanding of Networks and NGOs operations.
• Strong knowledge of accounting and financial management standards and internal policies and procedures
• Demonstrated resource mobilization skills
• Preferably senior management experience with NGOs in Uganda
• Accountant and membership to a processional body
• Good understanding of accounting packages
• Knowledge in managing multiple donor grants
• Experience in financial management, accounting, procurement, auditing, taxation, procurement
• Excellent budget management capabilities
5.0 Management and Reporting
The work is commissioned by UWASNET; and thus shall be supervised by the Executive Director in close collaboration with the board
Interested & Qualify: Submit electronic Application; CV with three referees and scanned evidence of your professional qualifications to the following address by 12th May, 2022.
Executive Director; ngocoord@uwasnet.org
