Finance Manager at Education & Training Company in Uganda

Job Title: Finance Manager

Employer: Education & Training Company

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 30th Sept 2013

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Financial Management:

• Lead organization’s Uganda financial operations to ensure timely monthly financial reporting and proper financial controls.
• Manage financial accounting firm, bill payments, and petty cash transactions
• Run budgeting, financial reporting and expense analysis process to ensure adherence to budget
• Evaluate operations to identify cost containment and increased revenue opportunities, and recommend operational changes to senior leadership team.

2. Facilitate Strategic Planning Process:

• Facilitate the development and tracking of organization-wide annual goals
• Make strategic recommendations and advise on cost structuring and plans of senior leadership
• Manage budget and project goal progress and produce variance reports

3. Leadership of Administrative Team:
• Develop and train a team of four to facilitate all administrative needs
• Direct strategy for office(s) and facilities maintenance, including the creation of a central filing system, equipment and supplies inventory, and provision of contract services
• Manage all Information & Communication Technology systems and planning

4. Logistics:
• Coordinate procurement, including systems to receive and inspect inventory, issue or request payment from vendors, receive and analyze bids, research of products and services
• Oversee coordination of large events and group visits


Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant should possess 3-6 years experience managing logistics, finance and/or operations functions
• Superb organizational and systems-building skills
• Work experience at a large (50+ person) organization or one that has achieved significant growth
• Proven track record of internal motivation for high achievement
• Strong desire to work in a youthful, energetic, fast-changing work environment
• Love for youth and strong value of education
• Proven ability to overcome challenges, both strategic and logistical, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to push a project to completion
• Experience in managing, mentoring and developing inexperienced staff
• Strong ability to communicate with diverse groups, explain opinions and positions to foster mutual understanding and respect, use empathy to persuade others, keep key people informed, and facilitate a positive and productive group dynamic

Terms and Compensation:

Compensation based on experience. Two-year beginning contract with opportunity to renew. Health insurance benefit.

How to Apply:
Please follow the instructions as stated below as failure to do so could lead to disqualification.
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Only successful candidates will be contacted. For all other inquiries please contact our offices directly.