Vacancy title:
Finance Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Healthcare, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
Health Access Connect

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, April 18 2025

Duty Station:
Kampala city | Kampala city, with frequent travels to the field | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, April 9 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Reports to: Finance & Administration Manager
Organization: Health Access Connect, https://healthaccessconnect.org

About Us
The mission of Health Access Connect is to link remote communities to healthcare. HAC currently pursues this mission through three programs:
1. Medicycles: We use microfinance Boda Bodas to bring Ugandan government health workers to set up one-day mobile clinics in remote villages. In those clinics, health workers give HIV testing, antiretroviral treatment, immunizations, perinatal services, family planning, and many other services available in rural health centers.
2. Technical Advising: We collaborate with the Africa Resource Center and the Uganda Ministry of Health to teach and empower PEPFAR implementing partner organizations to implement the HAC outreach clinic model in an effort to improve service provision to people living with HIV and all other residents of remote communities.
3. Treat & Teach: We improve access to family planning in the communities of Masaka and Kalangala districts by a) providing low-density high-frequency certificate training to health workers, b) setting up outreach clinics in remote communities, c) generating demand by collaborating with community health workers (VHTs), and d) reducing commodity stockouts by providing buffer stocks and improving commodity tracking at partner health facilities.

Job Summary
The Finance Officer will work with HAC staff and partners to efficiently and effectively implement the Finance department processes as well as Office administration so as to ensure value creation and building of sustainability within the organization

Key Duties & Responsibilities
1. Record all bank,cash and mobile money transactions
2. Record all staff and program expenses
3. Carry out monthly reconciliations for all accounts.
4. Following up on accountability and reporting any discrepancies.
5. Follow up on Insurance (Health and Automobile)
6. Filing receipts, invoices and all finance documentation
7. Support actively in the external audit process.
8. Follow up with the procurement needs of the organization
9. Take part in the tightening of the financial controls.
10. Support in end month reporting
11. Update all finance spreadsheets that are utilised by the programs department
12. Support in preparation of payroll and filing returns.
 
Qualifications, Technical Competences, Skills, and Experience
EDUCATION
● Bachelors’ degree in Business Administration/Commerce/Finance or Economics with a bias in Accounting or its equivalent.
● CPA / ACCA or any other relevant professional course at level one qualification will be an added advantage.

WORK EXPERIENCE
● At least two years of relevant work experience
● Experience working with QuickBooks is an added advantage
● Experience in reconciliations
● Experience in using digital payment platforms

REQUIRED
● Strong writing skills in English
● Fluency in both spoken and written English.
● Computer skills: proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
● Proficiency in using google suite
● Ready to make frequent field visits.

Compensation
This position is designed as a consultant (40 hours/week) position. Compensation is UGX 1,100,000 per month before taxes. Field travel expenses will be paid for by Health Access Connect.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Applications should be submitted to the https://odoo.healthaccessconnect.org/jobs/detail/finance-officer-49  Link by Friday 18th April 2025.

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