Senior Finance Officer job at Raising The Village
Vacancy Title: Senior Finance Officer
Type: FULL TIME
Industry: Nonprofit and NGO
Category: Accounting & Finance
Jobs at: Raising The Village
Deadline: Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Duty Station: Within Uganda, Kampala, East Africa
Summary:
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Job Details:
About Raising The Village:
We are Raising The Village (RTV) – an international development organization and registered charity – on a mission to end ultra-poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. RTV is a fast-growing organization on an accelerated growth path. We have 180+ national staff in Uganda and a team of 10 people in North America working together to lift communities out of ultra-poverty in last-mile villages. We operate at the intersection of direct implementation and advanced data analytics to inform progress, decision-making, and impact. To date, we have supported more than 1 million people through our innovative holistic approach and are on track to reach one million people annually in the region by 2027. This tremendous growth is supported by our incredible partners from around the globe who believe in our model and impact.
Overall Responsibilities:
Senior Finance Officer:
The Senior Finance Officer will be reporting to the Senior Finance Manager. The Senior Finance Officer provides support to the Senior Finance Manager in the areas of bookkeeping, capacity building and growth of finance officers, budget formulation and tracking, financial planning and monitoring, accounting, and donor reporting. In addition, the Senior Finance Officer provides financial advisory services to non-finance staff and direct supervision of finance officers.
Specific Role/Responsibilities:
- Ensure that Finance Officers complete their work and have the required support and supervision.
- Provide leadership to cross-functional teams representing the Field Finance Policies and Operations.
- Ensure that accounting system entry data is accurate and timely.
- Review Finance Officer reporting to ensure accuracy.
- Train and develop Finance Officers.
- Provide ad-hoc and regular reporting to Canada and Fundraising Team where necessary.
- Periodically review policies to ensure they are up to date.
- Ensure roll-out of new policies within field offices.
- Assess and recommend improvements to cash management, field office accounting, and controls.
- Review Beyonic payments.
- Lead the bookkeeping processes and ensure this is done by the 15th of every month with all the final accounts reconciliation and filing of supporting documents.
- Update internal systems with financial data, specifically Sage Intacct and Sage 50 Accounting Premium.
- Support the administrator with reconciliation of payroll, NSSF, WHT, and PAYE when asked.
- Prepare monthly financial reports and share with responsible teams for their reference.
- Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost saving.
- Provide support to staff through training to ensure adherence to financial processes and procedures.
- Support the Senior Finance Manager with donor reports.
- Represent the Senior Finance Manager in management meetings.
- Spearhead and oversee the process of data contractors’ pay to ensure that the right amounts are being paid by finance officers and validate the deductions before payments.
- Consolidate and analyze departmental and office budgets during mid-year budget review and annual budgeting.
- Review of CBA as per the approved approval matrix.
Preferred Technical Skills:
- Excellent time management, organizational, and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent mathematical, analytical, and numerical skills.
- Knowledge of accounting and financial regulations and data privacy standards.
- Ability to travel at least 30% of the time to different districts of RTV field operations.
- Previous experience with accounting software (Sage Intacct).
- Excellent computer skills, including Excel and Microsoft Word.
- Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data.
Education, Qualification, and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance or any related course.
- A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in providing accounting and bookkeeping, and proven experience in a senior finance role.
- CPA or ACCA level III or level IV would be an added advantage.
- Proven experience with Sage Accounting Software would be a great advantage.
- Good understanding of financial management procedures implemented by international donors.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job Application Procedure:
Interested and qualified individuals, click here to apply.
