Finance Officer at GOAL Uganda, Kabarole & Hoima

Job Title: Finance Officer
Location: Kabarole & Hoima
Reports to: Finance Coordinator

Application Deadline: 8th March 2026

Program Background

The Agrifood System Transformation for Youth Employment (ASTYE) Uganda program

ASTYE is a 5-year transformative initiative designed to enable dignified and fulfilling work opportunities primarily for financially disadvantaged young women, refugees, and vulnerable groups by addressing structural barriers in Uganda’s Agrifood system. Aligned with Uganda’s Vision 2040, the National Development Plan and Government of Uganda Agriculture Value Chain Development Strategy, the program will contribute to national efforts toward poverty alleviation, economic growth, as well food and nutrition security. Additionally, ASTYE is part of the Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works strategy in Uganda, which aims to empower 4.3 million young Ugandans, particularly young women, by addressing structural barriers to employment and providing them with the skills and resources to succeed.

Specifically, GOAL will implement component one to reach 500,000 financially disadvantaged young people, with 456,000 transiting into work and 336,000 securing dignified and fulfilling work. As the program is young women-centric, 80% of the total outreach target will be young women within Uganda’s agrifood ecosystem. Furthermore, 5% of the total youth in work target will be refugees, and another 5% will be people with disabilities.

General Description of the Role

The Finance Officer will be responsible for providing support to the Financial Coordinator with donor reporting requirements, following up on payments to private sectors actors, supporting partnership compliance team with completion of due diligence whenever requested and any other ad hoc finance requirements for GOAL programs.

The key responsibilities of the role will be:

• Month-end Reporting: Timely updating of Fort Portal/Hoima monthly cashbooks
• Safe custody: Maintain safe custody of the organisation cash kept at the field office.
• Payments: Timely processing of cash payments to staff, project participants and suppliers based on approved payments requisitions
• Monitoring floats outstanding and ensuring they are cleared as soon as activities are completed.
• Budgeting: Provide support to the Finance Manager in developing accurate and realistic projects and annual budgets
• Monthly Budget Monitoring Reviews: Providing support to Finance Manager in reviewing monthly Budget Monitoring Tools (BMT) as well as updating forecasts.
• Reporting: Provide timely and accurate weekly and monthly financial reports to Kampala Finance Team.
• Liaising with Finance Manager and Finance in Kampala as necessary on finance related matters.
• Liaise with banks on any financial related matters.
• To support the organisation in ongoing risk management at a field level and to support the fulfilment of the GOAL Uganda finance plan objectives
• Ensure that monthly fund requests are sent to Kampala by the end of the month for the coming period.
• Finance represented in all Field based Logistics meetings e.g. supplier due diligence, supplier mapping, supplier complaints.
• Contractors Databases if any updated with payments weekly
• Lead in internal and external audit preparation in support to the country compliance teams for your locations.

Job Level Specifications

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration
• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role within the NGO sector
• Qualified or part qualified CPA, ACCA

Desirable

• Working knowledge of Sage or a similar package.
• Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Good team player, flexible

General Terms and Conditions

At GOAL, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please just contact our Recruitment Team at recruitment@ug.goal.ie

GOAL Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
GOAL is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. We foster an inclusive culture where all voices are heard and valued. We know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling GOAL’s commitment to equal employment opportunity and equal treatment. GOAL does not discriminate against any employee on the basis of sex, race, colour, ethnic background, tribe, birth, creed or religion or social or economic standing, political opinion, disability.

Code of Conduct and Accountability within GOAL

GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has values and behaviors framework which defines our code of conduct. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability.

• Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behavior protocols.
• Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area.
• Report any concerns about inappropriate behavior of a GOAL staff or partner.

Safeguarding

Children and vulnerable adults a must be safeguarded to the maximum extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury, and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

GOAL 

Established in 1977, GOAL is an international humanitarian agency and works with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and overcome humanitarian crises, and to assist those facing poverty and exclusion achieve greater resilience and well-being. GOAL envisions a world beyond humanitarian crises where poverty no longer exists, where vulnerable communities exposed to shocks and stresses are resilient, where barriers to well-being are removed and where everyone has equal rights and opportunities.

General Description of the Country Program 

First operational in Uganda in 1979, the current GOAL Uganda country program focuses on Health, (including WASH, Health Accountability and Nutrition); and a market-based systems approach to improving agricultural livelihoods and WASH. GOAL Uganda mainstreams gender, child protection, social behavior changes and resilience strategies across all programming. GOAL uses a mixture of direct implementation and partnerships with national and international civil society organizations, local government, the private sector and communities to give effect to our mission.

GOAL Uganda has a skilled team of over 110 personnel and has a head office in Kampala and field offices in 7 locations across Northern, Southwestern and Eastern regions of Uganda.  GOAL Uganda’s donors include the Mastercard Foundation, charity: water, Irish Aid, The Kingdom of Netherland Embassy in Uganda (EKN) and other private donors.

Interested applicants who meet the requirements should apply through the link with at least 3 reference contacts (current or former Line Manager) from the last three employers and daytime contact number by 8th March 2026.