Finance Assistant job at Raising The Village

About the Organization

Raising The Village works to end extreme poverty by eliminating immediate barriers of scarcity, nurturing income generation activities and building local capacity, while moving communities toward economic self-sufficiency. We partner with some of the most remote and impoverished communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. These “last mile” villages have limited access to basic services including health and water, operating outside of the economic pyramid. Partner villages survive on household incomes as low as $0.10/day. At these levels, families subsist without a safety net and are pushed back further into extreme poverty by circumstances and susceptible to the smallest of shocks including family illness, poor harvest or inflation.

Job Description

We are Raising The Village (RTV) – an international development organization and a registered charity – on a mission to end ultra-poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Raising The Village is a fast-growing organization on an accelerated growth path. We have 180+ national staff in Uganda and a team of 10 people in North America working together to lift communities out of ultra-poverty in last-mile villages. We operate at the intersection of direct implementation and advanced data analytics to inform progress, decision-making, and impact. To date we have supported more than 1 million people through our innovative holistic approach and are on track to expand to reaching one million people annually in the region by 2027. We have achieved this tremendous growth with the support of our incredible partners from all around the globe who believe in our model and impact.
Overall Responsibilities
The Finance Assistant supports the Finance Officer in the field districts under the projects in the areas of Bookkeeping, budget formulation, financial planning and monitoring, reporting, accounting/budget execution etc. within the field Districts and also provide financial advisory services to the Field Officers.

Duties and Responsibilities

Financial Management and Reporting
Ensure that financial documents are up to date at all times, orderly, well kept, and readily available for reference and audit, when required such as cash advance forms, cash request forms etc.
Withdraw project activities Funds from the bank, disburse and keep accurate records for all daily transactions
Prepare expenditure cash log to manage daily cash activities at the field offices and share them with the Finance Officer on a weekly basis
Scanning and numbering of the scanned finance documents on a weekly basis and share them with Finance Officer for review
Take part in budgeting, budget tracking and monitoring
Implementation of financial policies
Help oversee and manage individual accounts for the assigned field officers
Send and follow up on invoices for proper accountability

Review and reconcile project activities accountabilities documentations
Reconcile any discrepancies or errors identified in accountability submissions
Report any practice that is against financial procedures to the Finance Officer or Finance Manager or management team as might be required
Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost saving
Manage all the accountability documents and submitting it to the Finance Officer for review on a weekly basis
Provide support to staff through explaining financial information to ensure adherence to financial processes and procedures
Review all mobile money transactions to ensure that they meet all conditions for payments and pass them for approval

Enroll for QuickBooks Accounting Online Certificate Course

Qualification, Experiences and Competencies

Excellent mathematical skills; understanding of data privacy standards; integrity; honesty critical thinking skills;
Knowledge of accounting and financial regulations
travel at least 30% of the time to different districts of RTV field operations
computer skills including Excel and Microsoft word.
Excellent analytical and numerical skills
time management skills
Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data.
Education, Qualification and experience
Degree in accounting or Business administration majoring in accounting, or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance will be an added advantage.
A minimum of (2) two years of professional experience in providing accounting, and Bookkeeping, and proven experience in a Finance Management and Accounting or Audit.
Knowledge with Beyonic payments system will be an added advantage
Any level of CPA or ACCA will be an added advantage.