Finance Director – Kampala – The AIDS Support Organization

About US:
The AIDS Support Organization (TASO Uganda) is an organisation contributing to a process of preventing HIV infection, restoring hope and improving the quality of Life of persons, families and communities affected by HIV infection and disease.

Job Summary: The Finance Director will support TASO in the development and implementation of strategies that will ensure that the organisation’s financial resources are adequate, well managed and properly utilised for effective implementation of the planned activities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Enable and co-ordinate development and maintenance of a sound financial management system for the organization
· The incumbent will ensure compliance and adherence to the financial systems by all finance and accounts personnel
· Actively monitor and enforce periodic updating and review of the effectiveness of the internal control system
· Oversee the preparation of the long-term, annual and ad hoc budgets and enforce required budgetary controls
· Approve expenditures up to prescribed limits, and in accordance with existing policies and regulations
· Develop budgetary performance reports /return formats, and see that it is applied by the relevant staff.
· Offer technical guidance to management on financial aspects.
· Efficiently and effectively manage the organization’s financial resources in conformity p with the financial and accounting policies and regulations
· Significantly contribute to the organisation’s strategic planning process by providing necessary inputs in areas of expertise and responsibility Ensure timely compilation and submission of statutory financial returns and related management reports.
· Foster satisfactory liquidity management of the organization by reviewing the liquidity statements of the various departments and centres, and take appropriate actions

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicant should preferably hold a good Master’s Degree in Finance and Accounts or Masters in Business Administration with professional qualifications such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA
· At least eight years’ work experience in Finance, Accounting or Auditing, four of which should have been at senior managerial levels in organisations similar to TASO
· Demonstrated knowledge of donor financial accounting procedures
· Working knowledge of HIV related work
· Excellent planning, budgeting, reporting and auditing skills

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are invited to send an application letter, resume, copies of academic certificates, testimonials and three referees.
All interested Candidates MUST attach a fully filled Application Form, download here, or pick it from any TASO Centre and register in the applications book.

Please send your applications to:
The Director, Human Resource & Administration,
P.O. Box 10443,
Kampala. Uganda

OR Hand deliver your application to TASO HQ level II, located at Old Mulago Hospital

Deadline: 18th September, 2015 by 4:30 pm.

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