Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development – we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Our programs have grown since our founding in 2013 to reach over 515 million people globally with our interventions.
We are global. Across nine countries in Africa and Asia, our 700+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background – with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused.
We have big ambitions. Over the next decade, we’re setting our sights higher: We aim to reach over 600 million people globally to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action – because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we.
We need great people. Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us.
Job Purpose
• To ensure the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and booking transactions and proper serialization and safe filing of documents.
• The position has access to organization’s confidential information that need to be protected by adhering to organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• The Officer, Finance, will act as a resource and/or coordinate resources between Field and country based programs, and perform other duties as defined by the Country finance lead/leadership.
Duties and responsibilities:
Staff advance accountability:
• Monitoring advance usage and return period in relation to the activity timeline
• Ensuring timely review and submission of staff advance accountabilities.
• Ensuring completeness of staff advance accountabilities.
• Timely sharing of staff advances account statements and reports of cleared cases.
• Support in capacity building of the field staff.
Petty Cash Management:
• Verification of petty cash accountabilities and expenditure.
• Track and monitor on the cost effective usage of petty cash.
• Ensuring safe custody of petty cash.
• Submission of timely weekly cash counts and requisitions for petty cash replenishment.
Asset & Fuel Management:
• Ensuring safe custody and management of fleet and other assets
• Maintain an up to date asset and inventory register for the office location.
• Providing timely monthly recommendations and reports for assets and inventory.
• Support in fuel verification and monitoring of the fleet.
Financial Management:
• Verification of source documents before payments are made.
• Support field teams in monitoring utilization of disbursed funds to staff.
• Support in ensuring compliance to policies and procedures during activity implementation and any other funds expenses
• Support in monitoring and tracking of activity budget limit adherence and utilization.
• Support in the reviews of the field activity plans and budgets.
Team Support:
• Will regularly communicate with Finance and program leads to identify capacity needs.
• Represent the Finance team in various program meetings.
Qualifications and Traits:
• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field.
• Ongoing professional accounting certification will be an added advantage.
• At Least 1- 2 years’ work experience in a position with similar responsibilities.
• Strategic and tactical critical thinker with good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Confident decision maker who can communicate directions and solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical staff.
• Understanding of the business role (operations and Logistics) function within the programs and organization, and to set objectives based on that.
• Metrics driven performance philosophy.
• Proficiency with accounting systems, Microsoft applications, Skype.
• Proficient in spoken and written English & communication skills.
Working conditions
Primary work hours are (8:00am-5:00pm), Monday to Friday, in Evidence Action’s office. Off-hour work may be required as necessary for overseeing/completing planned activities, participating in conference calls across time-zones, or responding to emergency situations.
Position Location
The role will be based in Kampala, Uganda.
Benefits
• Private Health Insurance
• Pension Plan
• Paid Time Off
Equal Opportunity Statement
Evidence Action does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
Job application procedure
Visit the Evidence Action Website, under the careers page https://apply.workable.com/evidence-action/ , click on ‘’Officer, Finance’’ click apply and send in your application by Friday, 9th February, 2024.
More Information
- Address Kampala, Uganda, East Africa
