Duty Description
About Malaria Consortium:
Malaria Consortium is the world’s leading not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. Malaria Consortium works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
About USAID MAPD Project:
The Malaria Action Program for Districts (MAPD) project is a 5-year USAID/PMI funded project. The project aims to prevent and control Malaria illnesses and deaths in order to minimise the social economic effects of the disease among the overall population of Uganda especially in children under 5 years of age. The project will be implemented starting in August 2016, and will cover 43 districts with a total population of more than 13 million. The Malaria Action Program for Districts project offers a partnership uniquely positioned to deliver this implementation rollout. Partners include Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO), Banyan Global, Deloitte &Touché Uganda, Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) and Communication for Development Foundation-Uganda (CDFU).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Calculate and request the field office’s monthly cash needs with the budget heads and Area Coordinators with the objectives to minimise month end cash and bank balances, whilst at the same time having adequate funds available for operational needs.
- Arrange for timely bank transfers to the field office and ensure proper accounting of transfers.
- Act as cheque signatories.
- Check the accuracy and validity of the transactions of the field office
- Keenly check the correct procedures including appropriate approvals are followed for all transactions
- Prepare the monthly return to submit to the financial Accountant within three days of the month end, including bank reconciliation and petty cash count sheets.
- Keenly review the coding of the field reports with budget holders.
- The jobholder will prepare the bank reconciliation for the field office and follow up on any outstanding items.
- Close the field books of accounts monthly according to the timetable.
- In charge of keeping petty cash using imprested record, making requisitions and issues as approved by an authorised MC personnel.
- Count petty cash on a monthly basis with appropriate person
- Post Ensure that all payments to vendors are in compliance with government tax requirements (V.A.T, WHT).
- Maintain a register for all accountabilities submitted to eliminate claims that accountabilities are submitted and lost
Required Qualifications
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Malaria Consortium Field Finance Officer career placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and/or Finance
- One year of work experience in a similar role
- Extensive knowledge and experience in using at least 1 accounting package
- Knowledge and experience using MS-Office packages
- Experience of working in the NGO sector is desired
- Good excel and other software skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Keen attention to detail
- Fluent in English, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;
- Flexible in approach to tasks and working hours
- Good analytical skills are desirable
How to Apply:
All interested applicants are encouraged to apply online at the web link below.
https://recruitment.malariaconsortium.org/VacancyDetails.aspx?VacancyID=1473