Head Finance & Planning
Full time @Law Development Centre posted 2 days ago in Legal Services Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 21461
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Career Level Officer
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Experience 3 Years
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Gender Both
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Industry Legal Services
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
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Job Type Full time
Job Description
Job Title: Head Finance & Planning (1)
- Reports to: Director
- Salary Grade: LS3
- Type of Contract: Fixed Term (4 Years)
Job Purpose
- Initiate, develop and monitor the implementation of financial control systems, policies and procedures to maintain financial discipline at LDC.
- Develop comprehensive institutional plans for the Law Development Centre.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Initiate, monitor and review timely preparation and submission of management accounts and financial statements and forecasts.
- Coordinate and manage the annual budgeting and planning process.
- Develop and monitor the implementation of the LDC strategic plan and ensure that periodical reviews are conducted.
- Monitor the financial performance of LDC against approved revenue and expenditure estimates and prepare regular reports.
- Facilitate capacity building of staff on matters of financial statutory reporting.
- Identify new avenues for LDC to acquire more development partners and develop proposals to generate funds.
- Supervise, guide and manage staff performance.
- Assist the Accounting Officer in managing LDC income and expenditure.
- Monitor and review the cost structure for all LDC products.
- Develop and monitor the implementation of strategies for internal, external and donor audits.
- Assist the Accounting Officer to prepare responses to audit queries and implement audit recommendations.
- Advise non-finance staff in understanding and interpretation of financial matters.
- Advise management and LDC Management Committee on budgetary controls.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Director.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s (Hon) degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Professional qualification such as ACCA, ACA, CPA or ICSA is a must.
- Membership of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda.
- Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
- At least eight (8) years’ work experience, 5 of which should have been at senior financial management and accounting level.
Key Competencies
- Strategic planning.
- Strong relationship management skills.
- Creativity and innovation.
- Change management.
- High integrity.
- Results orientation.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Team building.
- ICT and digital literacy.
Application Procedure
All eligible candidates should submit their applications with detailed and up to date CVs, certified copies of academic transcripts and certificates and any other supporting documents, daytime telephone contacts and addresses of two referees (including the current employer where applicable) to:
The Secretary / Head Human Resource and Administration
Law Development Centre,
P.O. Box 7117, Kampala
Applications clearly stating the position applied for should be hand delivered to the LDC reception at Kampala, Mbarara, Lira or Mbale campus, or soft copy sent by email in PDF format as a single file to:
Deadline
- Friday 05th June, 2026 by 5:00pm
Note
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
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