Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, August 12 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Summary:
The accountant will play an important role in the development of Noonday Children’s Homes finance role in Uganda and will have an excellent opportunity to create the framework needed for success. This person must be an executor, and he/she must get multiple projects done with excellence and meet deadlines. He/she will provide accurate and timely financial and statistical information required by management to make short-term and long-term decisions.

Specific Responsibilities:
• Develop Noonday’s financial framework for accountability purposes.
• Perform all accounting functions including general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, purchasing, bank and account reconciliations.
• Manage payment of expenses for children’s needs, in-country travel, infrastructure, and general operations.
• Prepare and generate Organizational financial reports on a monthly/periodic basis as required by the Management Team.
• Compile and file monthly returns (PAYE, NSSF, WHT, etc.) for NCH Uganda employees and/or suppliers before the prescribed deadlines and submit to the payables desk for processing.
• Recommend and implement sound fiscal policies, procedures, and controls.
• Visit Noonday property periodically and ensure costs are in line with local prices.
• Carry out additional assignments as needed.

Skills and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or relevant field required; solid understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and internal controls is imperative.
• Three years of relevant work experience preferred, ideally with an international NGO.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Applications preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, proven ability to communicate financial information to leadership and staff.
• Experience in budget development, planning, and monitoring.
• Experience developing and monitoring grant budgets preferred.
• Proven ability to produce a professional work product quickly and independently.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and take them to completion.
• Proven ability in financial analysis and reporting.

Critical Qualities
• Commitment to lead by example following the Christian Faith and living a life that honors Jesus Christ.
• Personal Integrity.
• Impeccable attention to detail, excellent organizational, planning, prioritizing, and time management skills.
• Personable, articulate, discerning, emotionally intelligent.
• The ability to effectively communicate financial information to leadership and staff in a distributed organization.
• Self-motivated, organized, disciplined with priorities, efficient, works well under stress, exhibits mature judgment.
• Strict confidentiality, strong ethic of service, sustained positive attitude, passion for NCH’s mission and goals.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• All interested and qualified persons are encouraged to submit their Cover letter and Resumé to the Country Director by email to humancapital@talisconsults.com  quoting the position.
Applications will be accepted until 5:00 pm on 18th August 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Disclaimer: Noonday Children’s Homes DOES NOT charge any kind of fee(s) at whichever stage of the recruitment process.
• This recruitment is through Talis Consults Ltd.

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