Officer, Finance (Bugiri) en Evidence Action · Bugiri, Eastern Region, Uganda

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Evidence Action · Presencial · Bugiri, Eastern Region, Uganda

About Evidence Action

At Evidence Action, we deliver data-driven interventions that transform lives at an unprecedented scale. We identify neglected global health issues and deploy proven solutions, forging healthier futures for generations.

Our model operationalizes leading academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists). We measure progress and outcomes at every stage to ensure we’re making a real impact for people living in poverty and suffering from preventable or treatable health issues. Operating across 9 countries, our team of 800+ has reached over 500 million people, working closely with governments to scale these interventions.

Our Deworm the World program has delivered over 2 billion treatments, significantly reducing worm prevalence and generating more than $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains.
Through Safe Water Now, we’ve saved the lives of over 15,000 children.
Our Accelerator explores untapped opportunities in global health, testing low-cost interventions with the greatest potential to save and improve lives.

At Evidence Action, your colleagues are your greatest asset. You'll partner with high-caliber colleagues in an environment blending innovation, autonomy, and teamwork. Our team excels in disruptive thinking and believes in rolling up our sleeves to get things done. If you're looking to work flexibly and with purpose, join a team that delivers measurable change for millions.

The Role Overview

The Officer, Finance will 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 also act as a resource and/or coordinate resources between Field and country-based programs, and perform other duties as defined by the Associate, Accountant with a dotted line of Country finance lead/leadership.

Direct reports-None

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.

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.

Key Performance Indicators

Staff Advance Accountability
Petty Cash Management
Assets and Fuel Management
Financial Management
Team Support

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (Major in Accounting, Finance), Commerce, Accounting, Finance.

CPA or ACCA in progress is an added advantage.
Minimum of two (2) to three (3) years of accounting systems/softwares with experience in a credible organization, preferably with NGOs.
You have good working knowledge of all major accounting/finance best practices within NGOs.
Detailed knowledge of report writing.
Professionalism, integrity, and teamwork.
Effective communication skills in English.
Advanced Microsoft Word and Excel competency.
Ability to multitask and manage difficult situations with tact.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Flexible in a dynamic, diverse environment.
Able to work independently with problem-solving abilities.

Working conditions
The official working hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm from Monday to Friday. However, this job requires a flexible person as one may work beyond official working hours including weekends. In addition, the job holder may be given an assignment within a short period of time. This job is physically demanding so good physical and mental health are key.

Position Location

This role will be based in Bugiri, Uganda.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of Ugandan employment visa at this time. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Uganda for roles based in Uganda.

Benefits

Comprehensive health insurance-Medical cover (Self and dependents)
Pension/Retirement savings options
Paid leave
Avenues for engagement and recognition

Evidence Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to representation and inclusion. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.

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Sobre Evidence Action

We do development differently.

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. We take a data-driven approach to identifying and scaling interventions which deliver outsized impact for the hundreds of millions of impoverished individuals who are our clients. We deploy deep expertise in building for scale, coupled with a focus on rigorous measurement and continuous program improvement, to ensure these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions.

We deliver tremendous impact.

Our programs – in health, nutrition, and safe water – have grown since our founding in 2013 to reach over 280 million people annually. Our Deworm the World Initiative has helped governments across Asia and Africa deliver over 1.3 billion childhood deworming treatments – which have been shown to increase long-term income by 13%. This places deworming among the most cost-effective income generation programs in the world, as ranked by charity evaluators such as GiveWell and The Life You Can Save. Our Dispensers for Safe Water program provides sustained safe water access to over 4 million people in rural Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi. Our last-mile delivery network services communities through a free-to-use, human-centric design that increases usage over 5 times that of traditional water treatment options, preventing childhood illness and deaths caused by unsafe water. Dispensers for Safe Water has been recognized by Charity Navigator for its high cost-effectiveness, by Expo2020 as one of only 25 Global Best Practice Programmes, and a chlorine dispenser now resides in the Nobel Museum, selected by 2019 Nobel laureate Michael Kremer – whose work was integral to the program’s development.

We drive innovation.

Evidence Action’s Accelerator builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We thoughtfully advance promising new programs through a rigorous, 6 stage process – from desk research to testing at large scale. We are ruthless in exiting programs which do not meet our criteria on scalability, evidence of impact, and cost-effectiveness, ensuring that the programs that do advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people.

We are global.

Over 400 individuals work on our programs across eight countries – Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda, India, and the United States, including both Evidence Action staff and close partners. We are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and the impact that together we create. 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. This spirit, and our culture, are guided by a set of core values that underpin our work. These values embody our focus on evidence, urgency, iteration, and incessance in our search for solutions.

We have big ambitions.

Our goal is to double our impact by 2024, 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 need to grow our team. We are looking for people who share our passion for following the evidence, seeking cost-effective ways of working, and operating at scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and iterate to achieve the best solutions – and know that people with these skills come from many professional backgrounds.

If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us.