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Finance Officer job at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
Posted by: great-volunteer
Posted date: 2026-Feb-19
Location: Tawila/North Darfur, Kampala
Finance Officer 2026-02-18T20:28:47+00:00 Danish Refugee Council (DRC) https://cdn.ugashare.com/jsjobsdata/data/employer/comp_3179/logo/Danish%20Refugee%20Council%20(DRC).jpg https://drc.ngo/ FULL_TIME Tawila/North Darfur Kampala 00256 Uganda Professional Services Accounting & Finance, Social Services & Nonprofit 2026-02-25T17:00:00+00:00 8 Overall purpose of the role - Fulfil daily accounting tasks and assist in coordinating financial functions and services
- Producing relevant financial provisions and reports on a regular basis
- Support the team in strategic focus and ensure compliance with DRC procedures and guidelines at area level.
- Contributes to the development of base strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks
| DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES - Manage day-to-day accounting functions, including regular cash verification, cash/bank reconciliation, monthly cashbooks closing, advances’ reconciliation, timely submission of accounts to Coordination Office.
- Finalize monthly payroll in coordination with HR department.
- Ensure payments to suppliers and recurrent expenditures are made in a timely manner with the appropriate authorization.
- Control all the supporting documentation produced in the field office/sub office
- Brief the Area Support Services Manager on matters associated with finance on a bi-weekly and monthly basis.
- Work closely with the Area Support Services Manager to ensure that thorough and effective budgetary control is undertaken in North Darfur office and sub offices
- Oversee the project-end procedures, ensuring that all payments are finalized within the liquidation period and all payments have been made within the project period
- Ensure monthly meetings are held with project team leaders/lead officers to discuss key issues, reasons for these, and any remedial action that is required.
- Prepare for local audits in collaboration with Coordination office fielding requests as needed.
- Ensure that inventory and assets lists are maintained and regularly updated in coordination with logistics department.
- Monitor and ensure up to date balances in the balance sheet accounts that relate to Central area.
- Monitor the cash and bank balances and ensure that office is liquid enough to meet the DRC obligations to the third parties.
- Compile all the cash counts and payments tracker regularly.
| SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES Experience and technical competencies: - Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in financial/accounting field
- Advanced proficiency in Excel
- Basic proficiency in PowerPoint and Word
- Experience in working in NGOs
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS - University Degree in Finance/Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent professional qualification
LANGUAGESÂ Â - Written and verbal fluency in English and Arabic is mandatory.
- Manage day-to-day accounting functions, including regular cash verification, cash/bank reconciliation, monthly cashbooks closing, advances’ reconciliation, timely submission of accounts to Coordination Office.
- Finalize monthly payroll in coordination with HR department.
- Ensure payments to suppliers and recurrent expenditures are made in a timely manner with the appropriate authorization.
- Control all the supporting documentation produced in the field office/sub office
- Brief the Area Support Services Manager on matters associated with finance on a bi-weekly and monthly basis.
- Work closely with the Area Support Services Manager to ensure that thorough and effective budgetary control is undertaken in North Darfur office and sub offices
- Oversee the project-end procedures, ensuring that all payments are finalized within the liquidation period and all payments have been made within the project period
- Ensure monthly meetings are held with project team leaders/lead officers to discuss key issues, reasons for these, and any remedial action that is required.
- Prepare for local audits in collaboration with Coordination office fielding requests as needed.
- Ensure that inventory and assets lists are maintained and regularly updated in coordination with logistics department.
- Monitor and ensure up to date balances in the balance sheet accounts that relate to Central area.
- Monitor the cash and bank balances and ensure that office is liquid enough to meet the DRC obligations to the third parties.
- Compile all the cash counts and payments tracker regularly.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel
- Basic proficiency in PowerPoint and Word
- University Degree in Finance/Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent professional qualification
- Written and verbal fluency in English and Arabic is mandatory.
JOB-699620ff49269 Vacancy title:
Finance Officer Jobs at:
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, February 25 2026 Duty Station:
Tawila/North Darfur | Kampala Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, February 18 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed JOB DETAILS:
Overall purpose of the role - Fulfil daily accounting tasks and assist in coordinating financial functions and services
- Producing relevant financial provisions and reports on a regular basis
- Support the team in strategic focus and ensure compliance with DRC procedures and guidelines at area level.
- Contributes to the development of base strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks
| DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES - Manage day-to-day accounting functions, including regular cash verification, cash/bank reconciliation, monthly cashbooks closing, advances’ reconciliation, timely submission of accounts to Coordination Office.
- Finalize monthly payroll in coordination with HR department.
- Ensure payments to suppliers and recurrent expenditures are made in a timely manner with the appropriate authorization.
- Control all the supporting documentation produced in the field office/sub office
- Brief the Area Support Services Manager on matters associated with finance on a bi-weekly and monthly basis.
- Work closely with the Area Support Services Manager to ensure that thorough and effective budgetary control is undertaken in North Darfur office and sub offices
- Oversee the project-end procedures, ensuring that all payments are finalized within the liquidation period and all payments have been made within the project period
- Ensure monthly meetings are held with project team leaders/lead officers to discuss key issues, reasons for these, and any remedial action that is required.
- Prepare for local audits in collaboration with Coordination office fielding requests as needed.
- Ensure that inventory and assets lists are maintained and regularly updated in coordination with logistics department.
- Monitor and ensure up to date balances in the balance sheet accounts that relate to Central area.
- Monitor the cash and bank balances and ensure that office is liquid enough to meet the DRC obligations to the third parties.
- Compile all the cash counts and payments tracker regularly.
| SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES Experience and technical competencies: - Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in financial/accounting field
- Advanced proficiency in Excel
- Basic proficiency in PowerPoint and Word
- Experience in working in NGOs
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS - University Degree in Finance/Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent professional qualification
LANGUAGESÂ Â - Written and verbal fluency in English and Arabic is mandatory.
Work Hours: 8 Experience in Months: 24 Level of Education: bachelor degree Job application procedure
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