Background

Cerba Lancet Uganda Limited is the leading provider of private diagnostic pathology services in Uganda. Incorporated and registered in Uganda since April 2005 and part of Cerba Lancet group of laboratories in East Africa under Cerba Lancet Kenya based in Nairobi, Kenya, and a member of Cerba Lancet Africa group of Laboratories in Africa with headquarters in South Africa.

Cerba Lancet Uganda Ltd has over 14 laboratories located in different towns in Uganda with two laboratories recommended for continuous ISO 15189 accreditation by SANAS and four by KENAS. This makes Cerba Lancet Uganda the leading pathology diagnostic company in Uganda with five accredited labs.

Location: Bweyogerere - Kampala head office opposite UNBS HEAD QUARTERS

Direct Report: Country General Manager

General description

Position Overview:

The Finance Manager office holder is to deliver a complete set of financials that accurately reflects the financial status of the company, implement and maintain the departmental policies and strategies within the guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

Finance Duties

• Accountable for delivering a completed set of financial Statements to the business by ensuring that income statement Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flow and Statement of Changes in Equity are accurate and reflects the current financial status of the organization
• Achieving financial results according to budget i.e profit & loss
• Checking and authorizing all payments treat goes through the system and ensuring system and process integrity to ensure correct payments are made
• Ensuring and checking control accounts are balanced
• Responsible for the fixed asset register upkeep to ensure correct capturing and records
• Building a GL recon file check all recons and sign off to ensure financial integrity
• Prepares monthly financial reports in order to monitor work and performance status as well as determine expenditure trends of the organization and provide input into strategic planning of the organization.
• Implement credit control policy and coordinate and facilitate debt collection
• Assist Chief Finance Officer in annual planning processes for budgets, staffing and operational matters in support of the achievement of organizational strategic objectives.
• Coordinate financial policy, monitors all monthly reports and ensures that they are submitted and also ensures the management rules in force within the group are applied with the Finance Department
• Maintains an accurate filing and record keeping system for all financial statements and company documents.
• Prepares and monitors financial forecasts.
• Monitors financial details to ensure legal compliance.
• Analyzes revenue, expenses, cash flows, and balance sheets.
• Ensures that billing is done on time and participate in recovery of difficulty clients.
• Responsible of all taxes compliance.
• Facilitates internal, external and statutory audits.
• Ensures that the company’s Debtor’s book is fully reconciled with clients’ book.
• Ensures that the company’s creditors book is fully reconciled with suppliers’ book.
• Provides advice to the company in the investment decisions.

Managerial Duties

• Contributes as a member of senior management team in a region to annual planning processes for budgets, marketing, staffing and operational matters.
• Participates in the execution of changes to procedures, policies, and systems to facilitate expansion, compliance, and scaling of the business
• Adheres to professional conduct requirements in line with organizational policy and relevant professional bodies, ethical standards and monitors compliance of own employees in this regard
• Attends in-service training and seminars and participates in continuing professional development (CPD) activities to continuously update knowledge and skills as well as comply with professional registration requirements.
• Performs supervisory responsibilities including the following, conflict resolution (IR matters), encourage team development through leadership, motivation, lead by example, involved in the disciplinary, processes, monitoring of time and attendance and evaluation of employee performance on work methods according to company policy and procedure.
• Performs investigations into and resolution of customer complaints to ensure a positive image of the organization by clients and patients and to promote the services of Lancet Laboratories.
• Attending and Reporting of all department matters in Management meeting
• Manage ISO process for the finance department and administration for all staff in the department
• Manage a staff compliment to ensure optimization of resources and productivity
• Provides day to day direction and management of finance and accounts department and support functions to fulfil organization objectives, achieving specific goals maximization of profit and efficiency.

Administrative Duties

• Oversees Administrative function of the company.
• Oversees and conduct teaching, coaching, mentoring, and training and motivates of Admin personnel, interns and students in Administration techniques, processes and systems, if assigned by Manager and deemed competent.
• Any other duty that may be assigned to the manager

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in Business Administration (finance or a related field).
• Certification in any of the following ACCA/CIMA/CPA (Requirement)
• Minimum of 3 to 5 Years Relevant Working Experience in Similar Role
• Relevant management studies is an added advantage.

• Accountable for delivering a completed set of financial Statements to the business by ensuring that income statement Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flow and Statement of Changes in Equity are accurate and reflects the current financial status of the organization
• Achieving financial results according to budget i.e profit & loss
• Checking and authorizing all payments treat goes through the system and ensuring system and process integrity to ensure correct payments are made
• Ensuring and checking control accounts are balanced
• Responsible for the fixed asset register upkeep to ensure correct capturing and records
• Building a GL recon file check all recons and sign off to ensure financial integrity
• Prepares monthly financial reports in order to monitor work and performance status as well as determine expenditure trends of the organization and provide input into strategic planning of the organization.
• Implement credit control policy and coordinate and facilitate debt collection
• Assist Chief Finance Officer in annual planning processes for budgets, staffing and operational matters in support of the achievement of organizational strategic objectives.
• Coordinate financial policy, monitors all monthly reports and ensures that they are submitted and also ensures the management rules in force within the group are applied with the Finance Department
• Maintains an accurate filing and record keeping system for all financial statements and company documents.
• Prepares and monitors financial forecasts.
• Monitors financial details to ensure legal compliance.
• Analyzes revenue, expenses, cash flows, and balance sheets.
• Ensures that billing is done on time and participate in recovery of difficulty clients.
• Responsible of all taxes compliance.
• Facilitates internal, external and statutory audits.
• Ensures that the company’s Debtor’s book is fully reconciled with clients’ book.
• Ensures that the company’s creditors book is fully reconciled with suppliers’ book.
• Provides advice to the company in the investment decisions.
• Contributes as a member of senior management team in a region to annual planning processes for budgets, marketing, staffing and operational matters.
• Participates in the execution of changes to procedures, policies, and systems to facilitate expansion, compliance, and scaling of the business
• Adheres to professional conduct requirements in line with organizational policy and relevant professional bodies, ethical standards and monitors compliance of own employees in this regard
• Attends in-service training and seminars and participates in continuing professional development (CPD) activities to continuously update knowledge and skills as well as comply with professional registration requirements.
• Performs supervisory responsibilities including the following, conflict resolution (IR matters), encourage team development through leadership, motivation, lead by example, involved in the disciplinary, processes, monitoring of time and attendance and evaluation of employee performance on work methods according to company policy and procedure.
• Performs investigations into and resolution of customer complaints to ensure a positive image of the organization by clients and patients and to promote the services of Lancet Laboratories.
• Attending and Reporting of all department matters in Management meeting
• Manage ISO process for the finance department and administration for all staff in the department
• Manage a staff compliment to ensure optimization of resources and productivity
• Provides day to day direction and management of finance and accounts department and support functions to fulfil organization objectives, achieving specific goals maximization of profit and efficiency.
• Oversees Administrative function of the company.
• Oversees and conduct teaching, coaching, mentoring, and training and motivates of Admin personnel, interns and students in Administration techniques, processes and systems, if assigned by Manager and deemed competent.
• Any other duty that may be assigned to the manager

• Relevant degree in Business Administration (finance or a related field).
• Certification in any of the following ACCA/CIMA/CPA (Requirement)
• Minimum of 3 to 5 Years Relevant Working Experience in Similar Role
• Relevant management studies is an added advantage.