Finance Manager

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War Child Canada (WCC) is hiring a Finance Manager to manage all finance activities, maintain financial database, and report on monthly basis to Headquarters, monitor expenditures and incomes, controls and coordinate staff, sub grant monitoring and follow up on policy -oriented matters.

Reports to:

Head of Finance and Operations

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic finance & leadership:

Provide strategic financial direction to the Country program, advising the Head of Finance and Operations and Country Director on financial planning, forecasting, and sustainability.

Support the Head of Finance & Operations in the annual budgeting and periodic reforecasting processes, ensuring alignment with programmatic goals and organizational strategy.

Review, implement, and maintain robust financial controls, policies, and systems to safeguard assets and ensure operational efficiency

With the support of the Grants and Compliance manager, drive the organizational risk management function, identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial and operational risks

Manage War Child Canada, Uganda program finances, including donations and other receipts, expenditures, major grants and correspondence concerning finances.

Manage the maintenance and reconciliation of bank, cash and general ledger accounts on a monthly basis

Prepare financial reports on a monthly and quarterly basis, including Budget variance-analysis, and manage financial reporting requirements for external funders and ensure these are integrated within WCC’s financial systems.

Manage payroll benefits, and taxes by making sure statutory rules and regulations are followed for example PAYE, NSSF and LST

Implement financial management manuals to ensure that each payment is unquestionably, verified, approved, authorized and supported by voucher, invoice and receipt.

Manage the annual reconciliation of financial accounts and the external audit, including the preparation of financial and audit working papers and other necessary documents to facilitate the audit process.

Implement and manage donor specific and the annual budgeting process.

Develop appropriate financial controls and in consultation with senior staff, ensure implementation throughout the organization.

Provide training and support on the use of the financial systems to appropriate WCC staff in the Country.

Staff training on organizational policies and procedures

Help oversee contractual and