Accountant Job Placements – Unfiltered Pathways
Organisation: Unfiltered Pathways
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
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Job Summary: Responsible for day-to-day accounting operations in line with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the Finance department with objective of maintaining sound financials.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure any adverse audit findings are actioned appropriately.
- Maintain up to date reconciled GLs and related financial discrepancies.
- Timely & Accurate preparation and submission of Statutory returns i.e. NSSF, VAT, WHT
- Produce error-free accounting reports
- Support month-end and year-end close process
- Manage all accounting operations based on accounting principles and in compliance with internal SOPs
- Prepare asset, liability and capital account entries by compiling and analysing account information
- Conduct month-end and year-end close process on time
- Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
- Review and authorisation of Payments to suppliers
- Processes company’s payroll every pay period.
- Plan and execute programs for the systematic and timely follow-up and collection of Accounts Receivable
- Monitor and react appropriately to assigned accounts requiring individual attention and special credit arrangements
- Conduct collection calls as needed and ensure timely submission of invoices
- Performs credit investigations and resolve discrepancies identified in revenue reconciliations
- Creation and analysis of Accounts Receivable reports and timely reconciliations inn accordance with established procedures
- Follow up and ensure that allocations have been made and are in your custody for all authorised requisitions in a timely manner.
- Receive communication/ instructions from your supervisor(s) on cheque writing process – ensuring accuracy, timely follow up and in accordance with finance guidelines. Ensure all cheques are signed by authorised signatories. Issue authorised cheques according to the supervisor’s instructions.
- To ensure that the cheque payment vouchers and stubs are duly completed, authorised and purpose of payment clearly indicated before cheque disbursement/issued.
- To post all issued cheques into the system ensuring that expenses are posted to the right accounts in the system. Stamp all posted vouchers with the POSTED stamp
- Update the System with daily exchange rates for all functional currencies for RHMH.
- Verify daily collection reports both day and night and post any excesses or shortages into the system.
- Organise collections for banking on a daily basis.
- Receive day collections from cashiers and take it to the safe.
- To accurately disburse the allocations according to the authorised requisitions and in accordance with agreed financial documentation, signing & authorisation of petty cash vouchers, receipts e. t .c
- To ensure that there is a clear description of expenses on the petty cash voucher before disbursement. Verify attach receipts and other supporting documents to the payment voucher
- Prepare, examine, and analyse accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
- Summarize current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports Develop, maintain, and analyse budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
- Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
- Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel and direct their work activities.
- Support internal and external auditing services for business
- Summarize current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports
- Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analysing account information
- Secure financial information by completing database backups
- Verify, allocate, post and reconcile transactions
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Degree in Business/Accounting
- Proven working experience as Accountant
- Thorough knowledge of accounting and finance principles and procedures
- Fully Qualified CPA or ACCA
- Ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail under tight deadlines
- Capacity to use own initiative
- Strong analytical and financial reporting/modelling skills
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork
- Strong ethics and personal integrity
How to Apply:
All Qualified and interested applicants should email your details to hr@unfilteredpathways.com
Deadline: 31st August 2021
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