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Job Title:
Senior Finance Officer
Employer:
Raising The Village
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Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
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Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Tuesday, 6 August 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:
6 Aug 2024
Senior Finance Officer job at Raising The Village
Raising The Village
Job Description
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
About Raising The Village
We are Raising The Village (RTV) – an international development organization and a registered charity – on a mission to end ultra-poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Raising The Village is a fast-growing organization on an accelerated growth path. We have 180+ national staff in Uganda and a team of 10 people in North America working together to lift communities out of ultra-poverty in last-mile villages. We operate at the intersection of direct implementation and advanced data analytics to inform progress, decision-making, and impact. To date we have supported more than 1 million people through our innovative holistic approach and are on track to expand to reaching one million people annually in the region by 2027. We have achieved this tremendous growth with the support of our incredible partners from all around the globe who believe in our model and impact.
Overall Responsibilities
Senior Finance Officer
The Senior Finance Officer will be reporting to the Senior Finance Manager. The Senior Finance officer provides support to the senior Finance Manager in the areas of Bookkeeping, capacity building and growth of Finance officers, budget formulation and tracking, financial planning and monitoring, Accounting and donor reporting. In addition to provision of financial advisory services to non-finance staff and direct supervision of finance officers
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Ensure that Finance Officers complete their work and have the required support and supervision
Provide leadership to cross-functional teams representing the Field Finance Policies and Operations.
Ensure that Accounting System entry data is accurate and timely.
Review Finance Officer reporting to ensure accuracy.
Training and Development of Finance Officers.
Provide ad-hoc and regular reporting to Canada and Fundraising Team where necessary
Periodically review policies to ensure they are up to date.
Ensure roll-out of new policies within field offices.
Assess and recommend improvements to cash management, field office accounting and controls
Reviewing of Beyonic payments.
Leading the Bookkeeping processes and ensuring that this is done by 15th of every month with all the final accounts reconciliation and filing of supporting documents.
Update internal systems with financial data. Specifically sage intact and Sage 50 Accounting Premium
Support the administrator with reconciliation of Payroll, NSSF, WHT and PAYE when asked
Prepare monthly financial reports and share with responsible teams for their reference
Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost saving
Provide support to staff through trainings to ensure adherence to financial processes and procedures.
Support the senior Finance Manager with donor reports.
Represent the SFM in management meetings.
Spearheading and overseeing the process of Data contractors pay to ensure that right amounts are being paid by finance officers as well as validating the deductions before payments.
Consolidation and analysis of departmental and Office budgets during Mid-Year budget review and annual budgeting.
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Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance or any related course.
A minimum of (3) three years of professional experience in providing accounting and Bookkeeping, and proven experience in a senior finance role.
CPA or ACCA level III or level IV would be of an added advantage
Proven experience with Sage Accounting Software would be of great advantage
Good understanding of financial management procedures implemented by international donors
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