PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.
PATH seeks to recruit a Finance Assistant for Advocacy for Better Health, who will assist in the administration of the financial business functions of a unit. He/she should be able to use various computer software and systems to perform various accounting duties. He/she will exercises judgement in selecting and applying established procedures correctly and determining when to refer problems to the supervisor.
Specific duties and responsibilities;
- Processes and/or oversees the processing of financial/business forms.
- Perform routine calculations to produce analyses and reports as requested by the supervisor.
- Creates, send, and follow up on invoices.
- Review and adhere to department budget.
- Collect and enter data for various financial spreadsheets.
- Adhere to the company’s or organization’s financial policies and procedures.
- Attend finance department and company-wide meetings.
- Answer questions and provide assistance to stakeholders, customers, and clients as needed.
- Report any troubling discoveries or suspicion of wrongdoing to the proper authorities.
- Reconcile any discrepancies or errors identified by conversing with employees and/or clients.
- Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost reductions.
- Maintains proper filing of finance documents, cancels “PAID” on paid vouchers.
- Compiles RATs and TERs submitted to finance office for payment and retirement respectively.
- Scanning of vouchers, reports and other documents for onward upload to PATH working space.
- Reviewing and uploading mobile money wallets.
- Supports the finance officer in following and tracking outstanding project staff advances.
- Supports in ensuring completeness of documentation.
- Bank reconciliations.
- Supports in following up receipts from service providers for VAT reports that are submitted to USAID on quarterly basis.
- Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or Business Administration in Accounting.
- At least 2 to 3 years of related financial/office experience required.
- Computer competency requiring word-processing, spreadsheet and database software knowledge and experience.
You must currently have legal authorization to work in Uganda.
PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.
More Information
- Job City Kampala
