Several Finance Officer Job Opportunities – International Freight Company
Job Title: Finance Officer (Several Fresher Jobs)
Organisation: FIG Consult Limited (International Freight Company)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
FIG Consult Limited is recruiting for a new re-known International Freight Company.
Job Summary: The Finance Officer will ensure excellent administration and control of the finance function giving priority to effective internal controls and profitability of the business.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare annual budgets.
- Oversee the preparation of annual audits and ensure final approved audit reports
- The incumbent will draft and ensure implementation of sound financial policies.
- Ensure achievement of company financial goals through timely reporting, scheduling of expenditures, analyzing adverse variances and initiating corrective action among others.
- Prepare weekly and monthly financial reports on a timely basis.
- Take lead of the company in avoiding legal challenges by understanding current and proposed legislation and by recommending new financial and internal control procedures.
- Guide other departments into interpreting accounting policies and drafting departmental annual budgets.
- Supervise and ensure that all accounting records are maintained on time and kept safely.
- Update and maintain utmost confidentiality of all financial information at all times.
- Keenly monitor all departmental expenditures to ensure adherence to approved budget.
- The incumbent will ensure that all statutory financial obligations are settled within the recommended time.
- Ensure that credit customers are invoiced immediately after completing the job.
- The incumbent will ensure that all verbal and written external queries from Customers and suppliers are responded to immediately with proof.
- Ensure that procurement procedures are adhered to as stipulated in the Quality manual.
- Approve Annual Departmental budgets
- Supervise external auditors
- Reprimand Accounts personnel or suggest corrective actions on any employee involved in financial impropriety.
- Send weekly finance report
- Perform any other duty as will be assigned by the Supervisor from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Finance Officer job placement must hold a first Class Bachelor’s degree majoring in Business or Accounting qualification.
- Possession of Professional Accounting qualification such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA is desired.
- At least two years’ experience in the same or similar position
- Hands on Computer knowledge with use of accounting package, preferably Tally ERP9, Navision.
- Customer care, team building, performance management
- Good team player
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent financial report writing skills
NB: This is a temporary assignment for a period of 4 months. The applicant should be ready to start work immediately.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their cover letters and updated CVs via email to ugandanjobline@gmail.com with the subject line quoted as “Finance Officer – International Freight Company
Deadline: 18th June 2018 by 5.00pm
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