Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa,Finance Officer Jobs in Uganda

Closing
date: 30 Sep 2016

JobSummary: Under the direct supervision of the Head
of Finance and Administration and SIHA Regional Director this is a medium level
accounting position that performs various accounting and finance tasks
according to SIHA work standard operating procedures.
Duties &
Responsibilities

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Maintaining
and mange SIHA accounts under the supervision of SIHA head of finance and to
follow the guidance of SIHA financial policy

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Prepare
project proposals budgets in line with funding requirements

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Draft
and prepare financial reports internally and externally alongside the head of
finance

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Prepare
projects financial statements and follow-up on projects transactions and
balances

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Ensure
that all the financial data are entered into the accounting software system
timely and correctly

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Ensure
that SIHA staff are following the financial regulation

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Develop
and maintain financial record keeping and reporting systems.

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Supervise
payroll, billing, receivables, payables, cash receipts, cash disbursements, and
general ledger functions.

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Carefully
documents and oversea the numbers of SIHA journal released to sail points and
document income and keep clear records

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Document
SIHA membership fee payment

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Monitor
and follow-up on receivables that have been outstanding for unusually long
periods of time.

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Fallow
up and undertake all bank transfers in and out of SIHA bank accounts and
maintain records

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Produce
monthly financial statements including balance sheet, profit/loss statements,
and accumulative general ledger using a computer-based accounting system.

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Ensure
that all general ledger accounts are reconciled to subsidiary records on weekly
basis.

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Prepare
weekly closing general ledger entries.

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Review
reconciliations to ensure that they are prepared properly and follow-up on any
unusual items.

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Revise
bank statements and undertake regular financial anises

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Carefully
rearview projects agreements and ensure to fully understand all it is articles

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Monitor
cash flow and investments.

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Oversee
filing of tax forms

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Oversee,
in conjunction with the Head of Finance and Administration; preparation of
annual audit.

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Reconcile
bank statement accounts, and prepares related journal entries

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Supervise
preparation of invoices

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Execute
transactions of pension and tax deferred annuity plan deposits

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Perform
other duties as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer

Requirements

A four-year college degree in Accounting is required or
equivalent years of experience in accounting filed.
The candidate must be computer literate, including
knowledge of word processing (Word), mail merge, scheduling (Outlook),
spreadsheets (Excel) and other data base applications

How to apply:

Please submit your application
not later than September 30th 2016 to; humanresourcesiha@gmail.com
and copy: mayada@sihanet.org

Note:** Remuneration will be based on
candidate’s qualifications and experience.