Summary
Date Posted: Monday, February 28, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
BACKGROUND:
John Snow, Incorporated (JSI) is recruiting for several positions for their five-year USAID-funded U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative Uganda Malaria Reduction Activity (PUMRA). PUMRA aims to improve the survival and well-being of Uganda’s most vulnerable pregnant women and children in selected regions. The Activity will work with the Government of Uganda to improve technical, managerial, financial, and leadership capacity at all levels of the health system.

Position Title: Compliance Manager
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Position Type: Full-time
Position Category: Local Hire, In-Country
Reports to: Chief of Party
Start Date: April 1, 2022 (flexible)

Application instructions:
Please submit a cover letter and CV to pumrajobs@jsi.com  by March 11, 2022

Job Summary
The Compliance Manager is a full-time position based in Kampala. They will work closely with the Director of Finance & Administration and finance and operations staff to ensure that Activity policies and processes are understood and consistently implemented and documented by staff in Kampala and regional offices. The Compliance Manager will primarily serve in an internal auditing function for the project, ensuring that activities and payments are properly supported and verified and working to mitigate against fraudulent activity. They will report to the Chief of Party.

Responsibilities
• Ensure thorough familiarity with JSI manuals, resources, and policies and procedures;
• Ensure policy and procedure manuals are up-to date, issued and signed off on by staff (liaising with HR or other counterparts);
• Work closely with the Director of Finance & Administration to review and update, as necessary, fraud mitigation systems at the central and regional levels;
• Coordinate roll out of any policy updates or process clarifications in coordination with Director Finance & Administration, including fraud prevention, operations, and finance policies;
• Conduct trainings and/or technical assistance for staff in JSI policy, fraud and ethics reporting, finance and operations, donor rules and regulations;
• Routinely travel to regional offices to ensure that policies and procedures are understood and consistently applied and documented, and conduct random spot check verifications on activities and beneficiary payments;
• Review/spot check files in PUMRA offices to ensure project documentation meets JSI and donor requirements;
• Leads process of completing annual file checklist;
• Periodically travel to PUMRA activities sites to assess status of JSI support including spot checks of ongoing activities;
• Periodically verify payments to vendors, participants, and beneficiaries of PUMRA;
• Liaise with staff to identify any bottlenecks or process improvements possible within JSI policy;
• Participate in training activities for staff; and
• Carry out other tasks as assigned by the Chief of Party

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required in Management, Finance, Public Health, International Development, or related field; Master’s preferred;
• Minimum 7 years’ experience with fraud mitigation, internal auditing, and compliance of donor-funded projects;
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in financial management and/or operations on USG-funded projects;
• Ability to travel to regional Activity sites, on short notice, to conduct random spot checks and verifications of activities and beneficiary payments;
• Demonstrated experience applying US Government rules and regulations in their work;
• Experience with USAID Contracts and USG acquisition (FAR) rules and regulations is an added advantage;
• Demonstrated competence to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality;
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to implement procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members;
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and manage various activities in a team setting with minimal supervision;
• Strong time management/task prioritization skills;
• Experience with QuickBooks accounting system desired;
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills; and
• Computer literacy required (especially Excel, MSWord and Windows).

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Application instructions:
Please submit a cover letter and CV to pumrajobs@jsi.com  by March 11, 2022.

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