FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT
Reports to SENIOR ACCOUNTANT – OPERATIONS
Job purpose; Compile and review financial information for accuracy, handle payment uploads on payment platforms (Bank, Mobile money & finance accounting system), manage staff accountabilities – handling liquidation & reimbursements, extract & review the branch sales & banking, carry out month end mobile money reconciliations. Provide guidance & clarity to the Finance Associates where need be and offering assistance to the Senior Accountants.
Key Duties / Functions
Payment Uploads: Upload payments on the bank, mobile money platforms and finance accounting system. Create and update beneficiary’s information in the payment platforms; update bank & cash balances on the payments list.
Treasury Management: Do mobile money reconciliations, bank agent on company accounts, prepare weekly cash flow reports, check & advise on inter-bank funds transfers.
Accounts Receivable Management: Liquidate staff accountabilities, upload staff reimbursement, conduct weekly reconciliations between cash sales & cash banked; and credit sales with credit collections
Audit and Compliance: Do the schedules for staff receivables, deposited fund, and sorting the audit sampled documents. Ensure policies around banking sales, credit & accountabilities are followed through
Modular Report Extractions; Draw staff receivable aged reports, Undeposited funds report, Weekly cash flow reports and Asset movement & allocation reports and other balance sheet Adhoc reports.
Education and Experience
Professional Certifications /Qualification:
Partial certification (e.g. CPA/ ACCA): Intermediate level Or Accounting or Commerce Bachelor’s Degree with 3 years’ experience
Other Skills and Competencies
Interpersonal Skills, Administrative skills, Communication Skills, Team leader/player, Computer usage – good with spreadsheets (Accounting software), Confidentiality & Integral traits, Multi-tasker & meeting deadlines, Accounting book keeping skills, Resourceful, Flexible and pays attention to details.
Decision making and accountability
- Advice on weekly liquidity status and inter-bank transfers
- Modify submitted accountabilities where there are insufficient support documents
- Describe the type of decisions made by this job that impact processes, clients and people e.g. modifying approval procedures, taking disciplinary action, staff re-deployment, feedback to give to client etc.)
- Feedback to clients – both internal & external
- Recommend amendments on approved staff accountability reports
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