Summary
Date Posted: Monday, August 26, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Action Africa Help International (AAH-I) is a regional African-led non-governmental organisation that supports livelihood-challenged communities in East and Southern Africa to sustainably improve their well-being and standard of living. With Country Programmes in South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, Djibouti and Ethiopia. AAH-I has over 25 years’ experience working with communities in conflict and post-conflict situations, including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities. More recently AAH-I has expanded its activities to work with other marginalized communities, including pastoralists and people living in informal urban settlements To ensure all financial processes are functioning effectively and efficiently, monitor financial results to detect risks and address them. H/She will plan, execute and evaluate all activities of financial management of AAH-I Uganda Country Programme. The holder will be responsible for creating, reviewing, updating and enforcing compliance of the Programme’s financial policies and procedures. .

Job Responsibilities:
• Lead in the country budgeting process and provide technical advice to support proposal
• writing in line with AAH-I Finance and Resource Mobilisation guidelines and procedures.
• Supervise, train and appraise country accounting staff, support and maintain a
• competent & motivated “finance team” through giving constructive feedback, coaching
• and mentoring in line with the Human Resources Manual.
• Periodically review and implement financial policies to mitigate any financial risks in line with AAH-I guidelines and donor policies.
• Monitor all functions and programs/projects under charge are performed within
• budgetary parameters, to include performing costs control activities, monitoring
• revenues and expenditures and ensuring sound fiscal control in accordance with
• Generally Accepted Accounting Practices.
• Review and monitor accuracy of work generated in the country accounts office in relation to billing, payroll processing, accounts payable, drafting checks and accounts receivable in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practices.
• Maintain and reconcile bank accounts for all funds from field accounting support
• personnel.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications:
• A Bachelor’s (honors) degree in Commerce, Accounting or Finance with
• A Master’s degree in Financial Management, Accounting, Economics or a related field
• from a recognized institution.
• A professional qualification in Finance or Accounting (Membership of CPA)
• Good computer applications knowledge in respect to accounting, budgeting and cash
• control. As a minimum, this would include an understanding of MS Office and Excel
• coupled with a strong understanding of Finance and accounting software and knowledge
• of Sage Enterprise Management system.
• Minimum relevant experience required
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in similar or higher position with at least 3 years in a
• Non-Government Organisation.
• Additional Skills & Competences

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
Interested candidates should email application letter and CV (with 3 referees) addressed to
recruithq@actionafricahelp.org  to be received by 30th August, 2019. The email Subject Line must show the job title of the position applied for. AAH-I is an equal-opportunity employer. We thank candidates for their high interest in the opportunities we publish on our website.
Due to the high number of applications we receive, we will only get back to shortlisted candidates. Recruitment will be done on a rolling basis.
For more information and job application details, see; Action Africa Help International Finance Manager Jobs in Kenya

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