Finance Assistant Volunteer – UNDP Uganda Jobs

Job Title: Finance Assistant Volunteer

Organization: UNDP Uganda

Duration: 12 months

Duty station: Kampala

Roles and responsibilities:

• Sourcing and compilation of Value Added Tax (VAT) Vouchers from Supplier payment Invoices.
• Organization of the VAT monitoring and compilation processes including soliciting of supplier invoices with VAT component, accessing the Uganda Government Tax body (Uganda Revenue Authority – URA) Portal, posting therein the Supplier Invoices amounts and VAT components and online submission of posted data for validation.
• Make copies of the validated Invoices and arranging them in order of the validated data aimed at preparing to submit to URA both the originals and copies for physical verification
• Printing of summarized data sheet from URA Portal for CO sign-off by Head of Office or designated official.
• Organize delivery of the hard copies (Originals and related copies) to the URA Head Office (VAT department) for physical verification and authentication of claims.
• Delivery back to Country Office (CO) of the original hard copy documents of payment Invoices for safe custody.
• Monitoring of sums reimbursed by URA via UNDP Bank Account aimed at reconciling the amounts refunded with the amounts initially claimed and production of related reports with a view of reversing any unrefunded amounts to the related projects.
• Filing of the Supplier Invoices whose VAT components were refunded into the main filing system.
• Maintain proper and accurate filing of all Finance process documents in accordance with maintenance and implementation of the Finance document/file management system
• Follow up with other Finance related initiatives and activities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 0 years of experience in Sourcing, filing and use of automated financial systems at the national and/or international level.
• Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development.
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel.
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment.
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Sound security awareness.
• Have affinity with or interest in UNDP’s mandate and volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

How To Apply:

Interested applicants should submit their applications online via the link below:

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Application Deadline: 14th July 2023