The International Crane Foundation (ICF) is hiring an experienced, dynamic, committed and detail-orientated person to fill the position of Financial Accountant, who will assume responsibility for the financial management and administration of the ICF Uganda Office. The position will ensure that good governance and due diligence are established as needed, promoted, and adhered to in running a well organised, compliant and accountable office supporting field programme development and implementation.
Purpose of the Position

The purpose of the position is to effectively manage the financial processes in the IC Uganda Office and to provide support to the rest of the Finance team and the various projects, as necessary, to ensure the correct recording and reporting of financial matters for both internal use and for submission to donors.

Department: ICF Uganda (incorporating IF East Africa Regional Office)

Reports To: ICF Africa Finance Manager, with dotted line to ICF East Africa Regional Director

Based in: Kampala, Uganda with some travel.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES:

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Ensure all processes in the IC Uganda Office are comprehensively documented and are in adherence with IC Accounting and other policies, with documents retained and filed appropriately.
• Ensure that ICF Uganda staff understand and adhere to ICF accounting policies and procedures.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial records, including the general ledger, creditors and debtors, payroll, and other financial systems.
• Manage the month-end and year-end closing routines and running of monthly and annual management reports, including individual project reports for project managers in the ICT Uganda Office.
• Review management reports with the ICF Uganda Manager and ICF
  East Africa Regional Director.
• Review monthly trial balance and reconcile all balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
• Review, and preparation as appropriate, of regular and non-regular adjusting and allocating journals.
• Manage creditors and liability accounting, including administration, documentation and upload of accounting data into the accounting system.
• Oversee loading of payees and payments in the IC Uganda online banking portal.
• Manage debtors’ accounting, including staff advances, staff credit cards and upload of accounting data into the accounting system and, where required, preparation of invoices and follow-up.

BUDGETING, FORECASTING and REPORTING

• Prepare annual budgets for ICF Uganda and the ICF East Africa Regional Office, with the ICF Uganda Manager and the ICF East Africa Regional Director, and with support from the ICF Uganda team as a whole.
• Prepare budgets for donor proposals, with ICF Uganda Manager and ICF East Africa Regional Director and with support from the ICF Uganda team as a whole.
• Prepare donor financial reports in accordance with grant/contract requirements.