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Accounts and Administration Manager

Job description

Harris Hill the Charity Recruitment Specialist are working with an Italian NGO who work in Uganda. We are looking for a resourceful Finance and Administrator Manager for a local Ugandan hospital. This is an exciting, once in a life time opportunity for someone who genuinely wants to travel aboard and work to make a positive difference in many lives.

You will be employed by Italian NGO with an Italian contract and deployed on location at the Hospital as The Finance & Administration Manager.
You will be working on site at the Hospital in Uganda and a residence will also be provided as part of the package.
The position comes with a house in the Hospital grounds.

The conditions of the contract will be defined depending on candidates experience and the salary will be up to 50,000. The training and probation period will be 6 months.

The Accounting and Administration Manager reports to the Institutional Director of the Hospital. And will be in charge of the following departments/sections/offices/functions with in the Hospital.
Accounting
Procurement
On-site retail stores
Personnel office (including the calculation and payment of salaries)
Projects (the finance of the project and accountability)
Taxes and social security
Security

You will also be responsible for:
A number of qualified accountants, cashiers, other admin staff
The accounting software of the Hospital (Microsoft Navision)


The successful candidate will have:
- a degree in management accounting (or an equivalent accounting qualification)
- at least 4 years of experience in audit and the preparation of year end accounts
- experience in cost analysis by cost centres and projects
- experience in procurement (managing retail stores is desirable)
- at least a 2 years experience in managing teams
- intermediate/advanced experience in Microsoft Excel

If you're looking for a new challenge and you are searching for an exciting role overseas this could be the perfect opportunity for you.