Job Title: Finance Officer – Uganda, Maternity Cover (Fresher Jobs)
Organisation: Educate!
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Educate! prepares youth in Africa with the skills to succeed in today’s economy. We tackle youth unemployment by partnering with schools and governments to reform what schools teach and how they teach it, so that students in Africa have the skills to attain further education, overcome gender inequities, start businesses, get jobs and drive development in their communities. Our model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Educate!’s goal is to make this practical, skills-based model part of national education systems.
Job Summary: Educate! prides in creating impact and spreading this impact to thousands more youth across the Country. The Finance Officer will be reporting to the Senior Finance Officer, The Finance Officer is responsible for Posting all finance transactions into QuickBooks. Maintain detailed records of supporting documentation for all payment transactions. Follow up on advances with all managers before the close of the monthly report. Any other tasks assigned from time to time.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
QuickBooks Posting (50%)
- Preparing journal vouchers.
- Entering all journal entries in QuickBooks by the 2nd working day of the subsequent month.
- Reconciling ledger accounts.
- Produce weekly transaction posting reports.
Staff Advance Management (20%)
- Monthly preparation of “Unclosed” staff advances report shared with concerned staff.
- Reconciling staff advance accounts.
- Follow up on staff to bank all unused funds.
- Advising the Finance Manager on staff refunds due to over-accounting.
Enforcing Controls and compliance (20%)
- Ensuring that all staff accountabilities are in line with the updated Common Cost.
- Flagging any policy compliance issues to the Finance Manager for action.
- Supporting the Finance manager with other finance administrative tasks as may be assigned from time to time.
Record Keeping (10%)
- Ensuring that all payments are fully supported by requisite documentation before filing.
- Maintain detailed and traceable records of supporting documentation for all payment transactions and journal vouchers.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and Accounting with at least one year’s experience working in a busy finance environment.
- At least two years pf experience in development work (NGO, Schools, Youth related work, Volunteers/Interns, School Practices, Church, Social Enterprises.
- Strong accounting background with hands on experience making double entry transactions.
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite, with excellent MS Word and Excel skills, Power point, Email, google drive etc
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- Must have knowledge in Finance and Account reconciliation, Double entry
- Thoroughness when accomplishing tasks and paying attention to detail
- Systems oriented, high integrity, Record keeping,
- Experience in multitasking in a fast – paced environment, set priorities, work independently as well as thrive a team.
- Fits our Five Cultural Tenets (see What is Educate! About? below); Learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.