Omal Jacob

I am currently Finance and Administration Officer for IMPACT- Transforming Natural Resource Management, Uganda. I am a MBA (Finance and Accounting) holder with 17 years of working experience in accountancy, financial management and administration. Specifically in accountancy and financial management I handled financial accounting, grant accounting and management, financial reporting, financial planning and monitoring, budget management and control. In area of administration I handled human resource management, general administration, office management, logistics and procurement management. Other areas of experience include the following but not limited to capacity building and training of non-finance staffs and local partners in financial management and administration. All these years of experience were in conflict and post conflict areas in South Sudan and Uganda. I managed multiple donor grants with multiyear funding in Health, Education, Justice, Agriculture, Livelihood, Child protection, Emergency Relief Distributions in the aforementioned countries. I have comprehensive knowledge of the following donors USAID, EU, GAC, UN Agencies UN Agencies (UNHCR, UNFPA, UNICEF, and UNWOMEN) other donors and foundations. I have hands of experience in computerized accounting software SAGE and QuickBooks. I directly supervised an average of 6 national staffs in finance, grant and administration department. I have had relevant courses and trainings in the following areas to augment my work in development and humanitarian aid organizations: Postgraduate diploma in project planning and management, Security training, Supervising/managing human resources training, Participatory rural appraisal and participatory integrated community development training, Computer training. Consultancy experiences • November 2014, Upper Nile Youth Development Association (UNYDA), South Sudan: Training of non-finance project managers, budget holders and senior management team on practical financial management and reporting. • November 2014, Upper Nile Youth Development Association (UNYDA), South Sudan: Development of practical financial management and reporting, training manual. • December 2014, Recourse for Development Agent (REDA), South Sudan: Development of financial management, accounting and procurement manual. • December 2014, Recourse for Development Agent (REDA), South Sudan: Development of Human Resource (HR) Policy manual.