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Head Finance & Planning (1) at The Law Development Centre (LDC) Uganda, Kampala

Law Development Centre (LDC)

Head Finance & Planning (1) at The Law Development Centre (LDC) Uganda, Kampala

Law Development Centre (LDC)

Full time Job

Date Posted: May 22, 2026

Application deadline:

Expired on: June 4, 2026 5:00pm

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Job description

1. Initiate, develop and monitor the implementation of financial control systems, policies and
procedures to maintain financial discipline at LDC.
2. Develop comprehensive institutional plans for the Law Development Centre.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. To initiate, monitor and review timely preparation and submission of management accounts
and financial statements and forecasts.
2. To coordinate and manage the annual budgeting and planning process.
3. To develop and monitor the implementation of the LDC strategic plan and ensure that
periodical reviews are conducted.
4. To monitor the financial performance of LDC against approved revenue and expenditure
estimates and prepare regular reports.
5. To facilitate capacity building of staff on matters of financial statutory reporting to ensure
timely completion of key financial plans and processes.
6. To identify new avenues for LDC to acquire more development partners and develop
proposals to generate funds for LDC.
7. To supervise, guide and manage staff performance directly under him/her.
8. To assist the Accounting Officer in managing LDC income and expenditure.
9. To monitor regularly and review the cost structure for all LDC products to ensure proper fees
are charged.
10. To develop and monitor the implementation of a strategy for facilitating periodic internal,
external and donor audits.
11. To assist the Accounting Officer to prepare responses to audit queries and implement audit
recommendations.
12. To advise non-finance staff in understanding and interpretation of financial matters.
13. To advise management and LDC Management Committee on Budgetary controls.
14. To perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Director.
Qualifications and Experience
1. A Bachelor’s (Hon) degree in Accounting or Finance.
2. Possession of relevant professional qualification such as ACCA, ACA, or CPA, ICSA is a
must.
3. Membership of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda.
4. Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
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5. At least eight (8) years’ work experience, 5 of which should have been at a senior financial
management and accounting level in a busy public or reputable private organisation.
Key Competencies
 He/she should be a strategic planner.
 Strong relationship management skills.
 He /she should be creative and innovative.
 Ability to embrace change management.
 He/she should be a person of high integrity.
 He /she must be results oriented.
 Effective communication and interpersonal relations skills.
 He/she should be a team builder.
 ICT and digital literacy.

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, day time telephone contacts and addresses of two referees (including the current employer where Mapplicable) 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: hr@ldc.ac.ug
Deadline: Friday 05th June, 2026 by 5:00pm
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted

Application deadline:

Expired on: June 4, 2026

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