Vacancy title:
Finance Manager

Jobs at:
Baylor-Uganda

Deadline of this Job:
23rd April 2018

Duty Station:
Fort portal, Uganda

JOB DETAILS:
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa, Eastern Europe and North America

Baylor Uganda is seeking an experienced professional to fill the following position:

Role Position: Finance Manager (01 position: Fort portal Regional Office)

Reporting to the Director of Finance, the successful candidate will review & monitor the implementation of Baylor Uganda financial & accounting systems & guidelines & managing the performance of the Finance Department

Overall responsibilities: The Finance Manager will develop and maintain a system of keeping proper books of accounts, Initiate the timely preparation of accurate Financial Statements and Management Reports, Write quarterly and annual reports in regard to the performance of department, Prepare monthly analysis of performance against the budget, Commit to invoicing all documents on a daily basis, Develop a finance department staff rotation schedule and appraise, support and maintain a competent & motivated “finance team” Review the reconciliation on all bank accounts and ensure the update of all cash accounts , Prepare the monthly reports for reporting to BIPAI, prepare files with all supporting documents, Review the reconciliation of all balance sheet items supporting the monthly operating reports, Review all schedules supporting the Balance sheet to ensure that they are accurate, complete, Prepare the CDC reports for Director’s review, Approve the liquidation of all program advances and enforce the compliance on all outstanding balances, Review reconciliations for accounts payable ledgers to ensure that statutory deductions have been correctly deducted, paid and submitted to statutory authorities , Prepare & monitor actual expenditure Vs budgeted expenditure reports

Required Qualification, Experience and Competencies:

• A Degree in Commerce, Accounting /Finance. MBA (Finance/Accounting Major)
  Membership of ACCA, CPA
  
• The candidate must have at least four (4) years of working experience in a related managerial post.
  
• Good IT skills in Microsoft Office packages, knowledge of Navision

Behavioural competencies:

• Team and communications skills
  
• Must be dynamic,
  
• Persuasive &convincing,
  
• Self- motivated and able to demonstrate high initiative.

Job application procedure
If you believe that you are the right candidate for the above position, please email your application to: applications@baylor-Uganda.org 

Applications should include a cover letter, CV, daytime telephone contact and three traceable professional references; and should be emailed or hand delivered by 20 April 2018. You must have at least a credit 6 in MATHEMATICS and ENGLISH at Ordirnary Level (UCE). Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview. Applications should be addressed to:

THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER,
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION-UGANDA
BLOCK 5 MULAGO HOSIPITAL, P.O. BOX 72052 CLOCK TOWER, KAMPALA