Finance and Support Services Manager

About the role

Sightsavers are currently seeking an experienced Finance and Support Services Manager (FSSM) to oversee and supervise the development, co-ordination, and management of Sightsavers’ finance and administration in the Uganda Country office.

As the FSSM you will be responsible for a number of specified areas of the overall finance and administration function, through close collaboration with colleagues, partners and others, and will identify areas for growth and improvement.

The responsibilities of the role include:

Financial Management

• Ensure financial control and managing risk
• Ensure the conformity to the organisational Financial Framework
• Ensure compliance to local regulations and governance requirements

Administration and Support Services (20%)

• Lead in facilitating the implementation of administrative organizational policies and procedure, including ensuring that Minimum Operating Security Standard are implemented
• Manage, with support from the Admin Officer and Senior Driver, logistics, supplies, and purchases as per procurement policy and procedures
• Manage, with support from the Admin Officer and Senior Driver, office vehicle usage and ensure that the logbooks are filled correctly and analysed monthly
• Management of assets as per defined policies

Project and Programme Management (20%)

• Provide programme support in the following areas:
• Support, administer and strengthen financial management, accountability, and capacities of partners in accordance with the Sightsavers Partnership Development Policy
• Support collaboration between finance and programme teams for joint review of project/programme reports, planning and analysis

Managing Accounting System

• Provide programme support in the following areas:
• Support Country Director and Senior Programme Manager in preparing budgets and forecasts, reviewing programme expenditure, budgets revisions (whenever required)
• Ensuring timely completion and submission of all financial annual reports for both restricted and unrestricted funded projects as per agreed timelines
• Oversee financial monitoring of partners at all levels

Human Resource Management

• Implement HR policies and procedures such as payroll and training etc
• Manage and facilitate the staff development plans
• Support and line manage administrative staff

Skills and Experience

As the successful candidate you will have relevant working experience, or a professional accounting qualification or a master’s qualification or bachelor’s degree in relevant field. You will also possess working experience in a similar role, ideally within an INGO.

Further requirements include:

• Experience of financial management, programme & project management, HRM and administration
• Project Financial management and data analysis skills
• Ability to represent Sightsavers with key external stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills (both oral & written)
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• IT skill – Excel, MS Word, an accounting package and Emailing
• Ability to understand and work with project budgets, forecasts, and reports

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Next Steps

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit your CV via our recruitment portal and answer all of the application questions. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

The selection process will include a first and second stage interview, with the first stage involving a written task and oral interview, candidates successful from there will be invited to the 2 stage oral interview. We anticipate the process starting during the week of 20 January 2025.

Closing date: 5 January 2025

As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.