About this Job
Q-Sourcing Servtec is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
On behalf of our client Ripple Effect and its partners (DFCU Foundation, MUCOBADI, ACFODE), we are looking for 2(two) competent, skilled, and experienced Project Accountants.
| Job title | Project Accountant | ||
| Department/Team | Programmes | ||
| Job Family | FMS – Finance Management Services | ||
| Reporting to | Project Manager | ||
| No. of direct reports | 1 | ||
| Location | Pallisa – 1 Vacancy
Soroti -1 position |
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| Employer (s) | MUCOBADI ,
DFCU Foundation |
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About the Project
The Youth Economic Empowerment through Livestock Development (YEELD) Program is a five-year initiative aimed at improving the socio-economic well-being and resilience of financially disadvantaged young people aged 18–35 years in the Teso, Bukedi, and Ankole sub-regions of Uganda through livestock value chains. The program seeks to create 250,000 work opportunities, including for 200,000 (80%) young women, 5% persons with disabilities (PWDs), and 3% refugees and displaced persons (RDPs). YEELD is being implemented across 20 districts in the three sub-regions through a consortium coordinated by Ripple Effect, dfcu Foundation, and Multi Community Based Development Initiative (MUCOBADI), and Action For Development (ACFODE) as a Gender and Social Inclusion partner in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation.
Role Purpose
The overall purpose of the job is to manage project finances effectively by ensuring accurate reporting, proper use of funds, strong controls, and compliance with donor and organizational requirements, while supporting teams to plan, monitor, and use resources efficiently.
To support the Project Manager and project teams in all finance and administration functions and ensure that the YEELD program offices are running smoothly by providing administrative support.
Provide financial support to project staff including regular review meetings where the postholder shares project finances and highlights any issues. Oversee the process of making payments for the project activities in accordance with budgets. Take the lead in the provision of financial-related information to donors in line with their requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Safeguarding
We are committed to creating a safe and rewarding environments for all of our people, including staff, participants, partners, volunteers, children, and vulnerable adults. It is a shared responsibility to ensure that everyone is treated properly and protected from harm, exploitation, and abuse. To fulfil this commitment, we have established a robust Safeguarding Policy that everyone working with us is expected to follow, along with a confidential whistle-blowing procedure that allows individuals to raise any concerns they may have.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
- A bachelor’s degree, with a major in accounting and/or a full professional qualification in A.C.C.A, CPA, CIMA or equivalent.
- Partial professional qualification in ACCA, CPA or equivalent, or a post-graduate qualification in a relevant field is desirable.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential:
- A minimum of three years’ post qualification experience.
- Internal Control Procedures. Experience in communicating financial matters, especially to non-finance staff. Sub-grantee/partner portfolio management.
Skills and Attributes
- Creativity & reasoning: The role requires a good understanding of the programme activities and how these relate with the accounting and budgeting function.
- Communication and interaction: The role requires clear communication skills. One should be able to clearly communicate to the staff on financial matters and to support staff in understanding financial policies and procedures. The role also will involve communicating with other stakeholders including donors, partners, vendors and service providers.
- Stewardship: The role should have a good level of computer literacy and demonstrated ability to capture data/information using different advanced computer software, produce computer-based reports, read and interpret financial information and interact and respond appropriately to the donor, head office and other Organisation countries through IT media
- Judgements & actions: The role works within broad guidelines that include facilitating the project staff and coordinating with the head office, donor and sub-grantee, and thus should be able to plan their time accordingly to ensure all areas are supported. The role involves high level of interaction with staff and other project actors for effective technical and advisory role. One should clearly understand the relationship between the project activities and the budget, and the variances that arise from this relationship, and to ensure that expenditure is within budget, and to be able to relate any variances to future activity and budget reforecasts.
- Working environment: To enhance close supervision, the role requires occasional travel to the field and support other project district sites on financial matters. The role will involve occasional field trips to better understand the programme activities, but also to ensure that financial policies are being followed by staff and partners. The role will involve interacting closely with the Project Manager on financial and programme matters and also working with other finance staff based at the head office.
- Computer skills and knowledge in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and any accounting packages
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and internal control procedures.
- Report writing skills
- Good networking skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Full understanding of all technical aspects of the Organisation programme
- Strong people management ability
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Team player
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to communicate basic financial matters, especially to non-finance staff
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Have empathy with Organisation’s Christian foundation and core values
- An initiator and self-driven
- A team leader, builder, and developer
- A broad and mature thinker
- A strategic thinker with an eye for detail
- Creative and innovative
- A team player. Flexible.
- Understands the importance of confidentiality especially for data.
Desirable
- Experience in NGO work.
- Experience in using accounting software
- Experience in use of online banking
- Experience working in a role that supports other (field) offices
All candidates who meet the criteria outlined as above are encouraged apply under the job vacancy “QSSU-PROJECT ACCOUNTANT”
Application Link:
https://jobs.qsourcing.com/jobs/Careers/735362000018005427/QSSU-PROJECT-ACCOUNTANT?source=CareerSite
Note:
Deadline for applications is not later than 8:00am Tuesday 30th, June 2025
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Our client is committed to maintaining a transparent and ethical recruitment process. Please be advised that all applications and recruitment services are provided entirely free of charge. At no stage of the hiring process does our client request or accept any form of payment.
If you have any concerns, inquiries, or suspect any fraudulent activity related to this recruitment process, please contact our client directly at: uganda@rippleeffect.org
Q-SOURCING SERVTEC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ANY SOLICITATION WILL LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION.