War Child Senior Finance and Compliance Officer Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs

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War Child Senior Finance and Compliance Officer Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

War Child Uganda looking for “Senior Finance and Compliance Officer”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before March 20, 2024.

War Child International is a network of three independent non-governmental organisations: War Child UK, War Child Holland, and War Child Canada, each legally, operationally, and financially independent but sharing a common brand identity and mission to support children and young people affected by armed conflict and war. They work with parents, caregivers, community members, NGOs, governments, corporations, and other partners worldwide to ensure children have access to protection as well as education and psychosocial support. War Child has its work rooted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The War Child has published a job vacancy announcement on March 09, 2024 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Senior Finance and Compliance Officer to be based in Kampala, Uganda.

War Child Job Vacancy 2024

Control and Compliance to Assigned grants (30%)

Responsible for ensuring full compliance with donor requirements and WCH policies and for providing management with all financial and compliance administrative aspects of assigned projects while adhering to local laws and regulations.
Support the FM Plan, perform and report on internal verifications to ensure that financial control, financial guidelines of donor requirements and other control procedures are in place and properly implemented and managed in the organization.
Performing procedures to identify occurrence of financial errors (poor/lack of proper supporting documents, miscoding, non-compliance with WCH’s delegation authority, procurement threshold, incurring excess expenditure without prior approval, non-compliance with donor requirements) or fraud (theft, bribery, forgery, misuse of assets, etc.) and bringing any findings to the attention of the FM and the senior management (CD, PM & OM).
Review thoroughly all financial documents of projects funded by asigned donors and ensure the expenditure incurred fully comply with donor requirements before any donor audit takes place.
Ensure compliance with all tax liabilities by partners.
Assist the FM with the management of donor funds and timely production of donor reports, internal quarterly and annual financial reports.
Assist budget holders with preparation of donor and organizational budgets; ensure compliance with donor regulations.
Assist the FM in the process of obtaining explanations of variances between budget and actual spending, income etc.
Coordinate with the relevant programme staff and ensure monthly review of BvAs and incorporate feedback.
Review financial reports and transactions provided by the partner on a timely basis, and provide feedback to partners (as required) and keep PIM and FM informed
Support and maintaining proactive links with partners to ensure compliance Donor requirements, WCH policies and national laws.
Provide support, supervision and oversight function of partners compliance to ensure that the overall project implementation complies with donor and WCH regulations and policies;
Work closely with the implementing partner finance/Grants team to ensure compliance by providing trainings and regular technical assistances and assist with budgetary and finance needs.
Participate in the assessment of the financial management capacity of WCH’s partners, identifying capacity gaps on annual basis, recommend actions to address the gaps and make follow ups with relevant staff for timely implementation.

Position in Organization:

Publish date: 06/03/2024
Senior Finance & Compliance Officer
Duty Station: Kampala,
Reports to: Finance Manager

Qualification:

Support the FM train and develop the capacity of WCH’s grant teams and partners to ensure that a good standard of financial management is maintained
Under take financial training of budget-holders, to assist them in enforcing financial controls & making decisions based on financial reports.
Other financial duties and general systems support
Support training of staff in procurement, budget management and systems policies and procedures as appropriate.

Others

Adhere to the standards of conduct outlined in Code of Conduct (CoC) with Associated Policies; the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking Policy.
Support and promote the standards outlined in the WCH and donor Code of Conduct and related policies to the team.
Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the FIM.