Finance Officer
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- Full-time
- Posted 16 hours ago
- Apply Before: May 29, 2026
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Job Detail
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Job ID 1017994
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Experience 3 Years
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
Job Description
Specific Responsibilities
Financial Operations and Management Support
- Preparation and processing of payments after verifying the supporting documents and ensure proper delivery of cheques and filing of receipts.
- Updating cashbooks and perform monthly cash and bank reconciliations.
- Review and reconciliation of staff advance and recording the same in the system
- Liaise closely with HR to review and reconcile the staff benefits accounts
- Monthly payroll reconciliations and payments
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements including filing of monthly statutory returns and reconciling the same with the relevant government bodies
- Determine the office’s cash requirements, ensuring timely accounting and replenishment of petty cash with complete supporting documents.
- Lead in preparing the monthly accounts and record all transactions in QuickBooks.
- Update and maintain the fixed assets register and reconcile the general ledger including calculation of depreciation
- Support the Finance & Operations Manager to prepare financial budgets and financial reports for donor proposals, presentations and other engagements.
- Update budget trackers and report any variances.
- Provide periodic reports for internal and external communications to the team and stakeholders.
- Assist in procurement processes, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and donor requirements.
- Collaborate with the supervisor and other team members in preparation for periodic financial audits.
- Maintain organized filing of all account records.
- Supervise the work of the junior staff within the portfolio.
- Maintaining open and fluid communications with all vendors and contractors.
- Any other responsibilities as assigned within the portfolio.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Studies or equivalent
- CPAK/ ACCA Qualification
Skills and Experience
- Minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience with 2-3 years in supervisory experience working in or with organisations in Africa, preferably women’s rights or social justice-oriented organisations.
- Familiarity with grantmaking is an added advantage.
- Experience working with QuickBooks software is an added advantage.
- Excellent written and verbal communications in English. Frenchlinguistic abilities would be plus.
- Good attention to detail and ability to work with minimal supervision
- Strong analytical, presentation, planning and organisational skills.
- Ability to perform detailed work, frequently of a confidential nature and/or to handle a large volume of work systematically, optimally and accurately.
- Passionate about UAF-Africa’s mission, committed to teamwork, and achieving results, including a commitment to trust-based transformative grantmaking, community-led development, and grassroots movement building.
- Experience working in a virtual setup with seamless task coordination, managing multiple deadlines.
- Proven experience working effectively in a cross-cultural team.
- Flexible and willing to perform other tasks as assigned, in a fast-paced, team-oriented work environment
- UAF-Africa is a part of a global UAF-Sisterhood network, and staff are expected to occasionally work collaboratively with UAF-Sister Funds.
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