Finance and Admin Assistant
Organization: Raising The Village
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Position: Full-time
About Raising The Village:
Raising The Village exists to find straightforward solutions to complex problems of inequality. We partner with last-mile, rural communities in Uganda to develop initiatives that pave the pathway out of ultra-poverty towards economic self-sufficiency. Our work focuses on guiding and equipping ultra-poor families to make empowering decisions, access new opportunities, and shape their future. Our goal is to reach 1 million people living in ultra-poverty by 2023.
Key Responsibilities:
- Extracting, reviewing, and filing supplier payment documents from email sent by Procurement and Logistics on a weekly basis.
- Ensuring completeness of supporting documentation for payment on a weekly basis.
- Computing WHT from taxable invoices to provide for Net payable Value on a weekly basis.
- Updating accurate information from taxable invoices in WHT Template for monthly return filing on a weekly basis.
- Updating and maintaining Data Collector’s PAYE and NSSF Template weekly.
- Ensuring financial documents, such as cash advance forms and cash request forms, are up to date, orderly, well-kept, and readily available for reference and audit.
- Withdrawing project activity funds from the bank, disbursing them, and keeping accurate records for all daily transactions.
- Updating all finance-related internal systems with financial data.
- Scanning and numbering of scanned finance documents on a weekly basis and sharing them with the Finance Officer for review.
- Participating in budgeting, budget tracking, and monitoring.
- Implementing financial policies.
- Sending and following up on invoices and receipts for proper accountability.
- Reviewing and reconciling project activity accountability documents.
- Reconciling any discrepancies or errors identified in accountability submissions.
- Reporting any practice that is against financial procedures to the finance leadership.
- Suggesting changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost savings.
- Managing all accountability documents and submitting them to the Finance Officer for review on a weekly basis.
- Providing support to staff by explaining financial information to ensure adherence to requirements and experience.
Preferred Technical Skills:
- Excellent mathematical skills and understanding of data privacy standards.
- Integrity, honesty, and critical thinking skills.
- Knowledge of accounting and financial regulations.
- Ability to travel at least 30% of the time to different districts of RTV field operations.
- Excellent computer skills, including Excel and Microsoft Word.
- Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
- Good time management skills.
- Strong ethics with an ability to manage confidential data.
Education, Qualification, and Experience:
- Degree in Business Administration or Bachelor’s Degree in any other relevant field.
- A minimum of 2 years of proven experience in Finance Management, Administration, and Accounting.
- Knowledge of WHT, PAYE, and NSSF filing will be an added advantage.
- Any level of CPA or ACCA will be an added advantage.
Application Process: To apply, please submit your application by August 6, 2024.
How to Apply:
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Industry: NGO
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Raising The Village is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We highly encourage women candidates to apply.