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Job Title:
Finance Assistants
Employer:
Raising The Village
Location:
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Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Accounting Jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
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Kampala, Uganda
Raising The Village is a purpose-driven international non-profit organization committed to ending ultra-poverty in remote, rural communities by providing holistic, data-driven, and scalable solutions that address core needs such as income generation, healthcare, water, education, and infrastructure. With a strong reputation for impactful programming and sustainable development, Raising The Village is recognized for its innovative "last-mile" service delivery model that accelerates community development through partnerships with local governments and grassroots leadership. Since its inception in 2012, the organization has expanded significantly, working with over 800 villages and reaching more than one million people across Uganda.
The organization fosters a collaborative and values-driven work culture that prioritizes inclusivity, compassion, transparency, and excellence, offering meaningful job opportunities with competitive benefits, professional development, and flexible work arrangements for both local and international talent. By leveraging technology, continuous learning, and rigorous monitoring and evaluation, Raising The Village ensures its interventions create measurable impact and long-term resilience for underserved populations. Its core values—equity, impact, innovation, integrity, and community—are embedded in every project and partnership. As part of its commitment to corporate social responsibility, the organization prioritizes sustainability, capacity building, and community ownership to ensure lasting change. For more information, visit www.raisingthevillage.org.
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Full-time
Deadline:
9 Apr 2024
Finance Assistants job at Raising The Village
Raising The Village
Job Description
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
The Finance Assistant will support the Finance Team in the field districts under the projects in the areas of Bookkeeping, budget formulation, financial planning and monitoring, reporting, accounting/budget execution etc. within the field Districts and also provide financial advisory services to the Field Officers.
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Financial Management and Reporting
Ensure that financial documents are up to date at all times, orderly, well kept, and readily available for reference and audit, when required such as cash advance forms, cash request forms etc
Withdraw project activities Funds from the bank, disburse and keep accurate records for all daily transactions
Update all finance related internal systems with financial data
Prepare expenditure cash log to manage daily cash activities at the field offices and share them with FO on a weekly basis
Scanning and numbering of the scanned finance documents on a weekly basis and share them with FO for review
Take part in budgeting, budget tracking and monitoring
Implementation of financial policies
Help oversee and manage individual accounts for the assigned field officers
Send and follow up on invoices for proper accountability
Review and reconcile project activities accountabilities documentations
Reconcile any discrepancies or errors identified in accountability submissions
Report any practice that is against financial procedures to the Finance Officer or Finance and Administration Manager or management team as might be required
Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost saving
Manage all the accountability documents and submitting it to the Finance Officer for review on a weekly basis
Provide support to staff through explaining financial information to ensure adherence to financial processes and procedures
Review all mobile money transactions to ensure that they meet all conditions for payments and pass them for approval
Initiate payments through beyonic mobile money payment system, checking that correct beneficiaries are paid and flag any variance before payment
Monthly reconciliation and tracking of Village Start up fund collections
Participate in Monthly Sage projects reconciliations
Financial Monitoring
Review and prepare monthly reconciliations for the assigned field office
Manage office and project operations cash in the assigned field offices
Maintain the filing of all financial and accounting documents, files, and correspondence at field office and these should be ready for verification and confirmation at the end of every quarter.
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COMMERCIAL
SERVICES
INDUSTRIAL
SERVICES
RESIDENTIAL
Excellent mathematical skills; understanding of data privacy standards; integrity; honesty critical thinking skills;
Knowledge of accounting and financial regulations
Ability to travel at least 30% of the time to different districts of RTV field operations
Excellent computer skills including Excel and Microsoft word.
Excellent analytical and numerical skills
Good time management skills
Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data.
Education, Qualification and experience
Diploma in accounting or Business administration majoring in accounting, or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance will be an added advantage.
A minimum of (2) two years of professional experience in providing accounting, and
Bookkeeping, and proven experience in a Finance Management and Accounting or Audit.
Knowledge with Beyonic payments system will be an added advantage
Any level of CPA or ACCA will be an added advantage.
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