Finance Officer, Uganda Country Program, Africa Region

About PATH

PATH is an international nonprofit focused on improving health equity. Drawing on more than four decades of experience and broad expertise across science, economics, technology, advocacy, and related fields, the organization develops and expands practical solutions to major health challenges worldwide.

Its work accelerates innovation through five key platforms: vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations. By collaborating with partners globally, especially across Africa and Asia, PATH helps bring innovations into wide use to meet the most urgent health needs and deliver measurable improvements in health outcomes.

Role Overview

The Finance Officer supports day-to-day financial processing, including vendor invoice handling, month-end reporting, reconciliations, balance sheet review and aging analysis, while ensuring all work is completed accurately and on time.

Key Responsibilities

• Check vendor and service-provider payment documents, as well as staff advance requests, for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with internal controls.
• Raise payments for fully approved vouchers by uploading them promptly to the relevant payment platforms.
• Verify tax invoices to confirm whether VAT charges are valid for each vendor.
• Review payment vouchers and requests to ensure correct coding and proper budget approval.
• Prepare monthly journals that support the month-end close process.
• Submit monthly statutory filings and related payments for NSSF, PAYE, WHT, and LST within the required deadlines.
• Prepare monthly salary journals.
• Process mobile money payments through the mobile money platform and produce the necessary reconciliation reports.
• Review monthly fuel usage records and allocate expenses using mileage from vehicle logs and reports.
• Support month-end closing by reviewing balance sheet accounts for aging, following up on outstanding items, and preparing correction journals when required.
• Maintain financial records and documents promptly and on a monthly basis.
• Ensure transaction support documents are securely attached and organized in a logical filing system.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and track any unresolved items until cleared.
• Work with department and project leads to estimate periodic cash needs and help maintain adequate liquidity throughout the year.
• Monitor mobile money balances and request top-ups so payments can continue without interruption.
• Review bank transactions regularly to confirm that payments are properly executed, only valid payments are processed from PATH’s cashbook, and bounced funds are reprocessed quickly.
• Take part in finance and operations team meetings.
• Coordinate with banks and other institutions on matters related to the finance officer role.
• Help ensure that all activities are carried out transparently, collaboratively, and in line with PATH policies and procedures.

Requirements

• A minimum bachelor’s degree, ideally in Accounting or Finance.
• Professional qualification in CPA or ACCA is a strong advantage.
• At least 5 years of progressive experience in a busy accounting environment, preferably within an NGO or donor-funded organization.
• Knowledge of institutional rules and regulations.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Integrity, sincerity, honesty, respectfulness, a positive attitude, and a team-oriented approach.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills.
• Good time management abilities.
• Capacity to perform well under pressure.
• Practical experience using an accounting software package.

Additional Information

Current PATH employees are expected to sign in before applying. The role is based in Uganda and is a full-time, on-site position.