Senior Finance & Compliance Officer ( Temporay Position)

Temporary, Part-time · Uganda - Kampala office

3,750,642 - 5,773,941 Sh per month

Your mission

War Child Holland (WCH), now War Child Alliance (WCA) is an independent and impartial international non-governmental organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. War Child works in 14 countries to improve the resilience and well-being of children, delivering vital child protection, education and psycho-social support.

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Control and Compliance (30%)

Responsible for ensuring full compliance with donor requirements and WCH policies and for providing management with all financial and compliance administrative aspects of projects while adhering to local laws and regulations.
Support the FM Plan, perform and report on internal verifications to ensure that financial control, financial guidelines of donor requirements and other control procedures are in place and properly implemented and managed in the organization.
Performing procedures to identify occurrence of financial errors (poor/lack of proper supporting documents, miscoding, non-compliance with WCH’s delegation authority, procurement threshold, incurring excess expenditure without prior approval, non-compliance with donor requirements) or fraud (theft, bribery, forgery, misuse of assets, etc.) and bringing any findings to the attention of the FM and the senior management (CD, PM & OM).
Review thoroughly all financial documents of projects funded by major donors and ensure the expenditure incurred fully comply with donor requirements before any donor audit takes place.
Ensure compliance with all tax liabilities.

Donor Grant Management & Financial Reporting (30%)

Assist the FM with the management of donor funds and timely production of donor reports, internal quarterly and annual financial reports.
Assist budget holders with preparation of donor and organizational budgets; ensure compliance with donor regulations.
Assist the FM in the process of obtaining explanations of variances between budget and actual spending, income etc.
Coordinate with the relevant programme staff and ensure monthly review of BvAs and incorporate feedback

Partnership and Engagement (30%)

Review financial reports and transactions provided by the partner on a timely basis, and provide feedback to partners (as required) and keep PM and FM, RFA informed
Support and maintaining proactive links with partners to ensure compliance Donor requirements, WCH policies and national laws.
Provide support, supervision and oversight function of partners compliance to ensure that the overall project implementation complies with donor and WCH regulations and policies;
Work closely with the implementing partner finance/Grants team to ensure compliance by providing trainings and regular technical assistances and assist with budgetary and finance needs.
Participate in the assessment of the financial management capacity of WCH’s partners, identifying capacity gaps on annual basis, recommend actions to address the gaps and make follow ups with relevant staff for timely implementation.
Review partners’ external audit reports and following up any issues raised in the audit reports.
Make recommendations to the FM and Management on the performance of WCH’s partners with special focus on the key areas that require management attention for immediate improvement (findings rated as high risk).
Assess the finance skills of both finance and key non-finance staff of partner organizations by using the partner assessment tool and other relevant tools.
Preparation of monthly cash flow and ensuring adequate monetary levels of partners.

Capacity Building (10%)

Support the FM train and develop the capacity of WCH’s finance teams to ensure that a good standard of financial management is maintained
Under take financial training of budget-holders, to assist them in enforcing financial controls & making decisions based on financial reports.
Other financial duties and general systems support
Support training of staff in procurement, budget management and systems policies and procedures as appropriate.
Adhere to the standards of conduct outlined in Code of Conduct (CoC) with Associated Policies; the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking Policy.
Support and promote the standards outlined in the WCH and donor Code of Conduct and related policies to the team.
Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the PM, FM, RFA and Country Director.

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About us

The War Child Alliance is an international non-governmental organization committed to providing psychosocial support, child protection, youth empowerment programming and quality education to the children affected by armed conflict. We implement evidence-based interventions to empower key stakeholders—including governments, educators, caregivers, and communities—to foster children’s wellbeing, education, and self-determination. We work with global teams with team members being based in different locations. War Child is currently operates in: Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine (soon to be registered), and Yemen. We also have offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Learn more about War Child and our programmes https://www.warchild.net/

Safeguarding and Integrity
Our work with children and at-risk adults to keep them safe is the most important thing we do. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in all areas of our work. We have zero tolerance for any behaviours and practices that puts children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse and/or harm. All (prospective) employees will be expected to be compliant with and sign up to our Child Safeguarding policy, our Code of Conduct and PSEA: Adults at Risk Policy. You can find the Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk policy here: Integrity & Safeguarding - Home

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Belonging (DEIB)
We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to ensuring that all our people and job applicants are treated fairly, irrespective of where, what or whom they were born, or of other characteristics. We want to offer a safe and inclusive workplace where all our people, especially those who are currently marginalised or underrepresented, can be themselves at work. You can read our Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Belonging (DEIB) policy on our website, and if you have any questions about our commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Belonging (DEIB) do get in touch: DEIB.team@warchild.net

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