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The Senior Finance Advisor will provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for all financial and administrative functions of the GROWTH program. This role ensures compliance with donor requirements and TechnoServe policies, maintains strong financial controls, and supports seamless program delivery across regional offices. This role will oversee subawards, financial management and reporting, while enabling technical teams to focus on achieving impact. As a key member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), the Senior Finance Advisor will contribute to program-wide decision-making and ensure operational excellence that drives efficiency, accountability, and sustainability.

Financial Management and Analysis

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of all financial systems to ensure efficiency, compliance, and accountability.
• Supervise finance teams, ensuring seamless support services to regional and technical staff.
• Ensure reliability, integrity and accuracy of data entered into the system by the finance team by reviewing & approving transactions before posting.
• Review all cash receipts/credits to ensure that revenue is recognized in accordance with corporate policies and that program budgets have been created in the financial system to track expenditure of the funds received.
• Oversee the Subawards Advisor and monitor subawards and compliance with subaward agreements and TechnoServe sub-award manual.
• Ensure GROWTH is implemented with sound financial and administrative practices;
• Ensure that all processes and procurements adhere to corporate policy, legal and contractual obligations and corporate and donor standards.
• Oversee program budgets to ensure spending rates are on target.
• Produce financial reports for internal and external consumption (to include total grant amount, spend to date, spend this year, amount remaining, cash received, cash remaining/ short and estimated months remaining);
• Prepare the annual budget proposals to the donor in collaboration with the Program Director;
• Resolve any discrepancies and errors in a timely manner.
• Manage Program Payroll and leave and ensure timely submission of pension deductions and statutory returns i.e. PAYE, NSSF, WHT, VAT
• Process payments and manage cash float
• Prepare monthly reconciliation for all the accounts by ensuring that entries are posted correctly and also prepare the supporting schedules for the trial balance
• Monitor the liquidity position of the project to ensure that business cash flow adequately supports project activities
• Ensure all taxation and legislative requirements of Uganda are complied with at all times.
• Oversee the Program audit by preparing and maintaining audit files for review by internal and external auditors
• Any other tasks or duties assigned from time to time
• Ensure effective internal controls and risk management systems to safeguard resources and prevent fraud or misuse of funds.

Program Coordination:

• Provide overall coordination and quality monitoring of GROWTH team’s finances.
• Work closely with Regional Program Manager to ensure that program work plans and financial programs are in sync.
• Share spending analyses and trends with program team members to help synchronize program and financial decision-making processes.
• Coordinate with TechnoServe Uganda’s Controller on program’s contribution to country budget.
• Interface with other country, regional and HQ staff.
• Ensure financial information is shared and flows transparently within the program team and to other organizational levels, as appropriate.
• Work with program team to identify financial/administrative needs.
• Liaise with donor representative regarding financial and administrative oversight, as needed.