Earn 4.3m monthly as one of the Accountants at Enabel
Job Title: Accountant (Several Job Opportunities)
Organisation: Enabel
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Salary: UGX 4,300,000 /= – UGX 4,800,000/=
About US:
Enabel, Belgian development agency, together with different Government Ministries, are implementing the bilateral Co-operation between Uganda & Belgium.
Job Summary: Enabel in Uganda is seeking to recruit a pool of Accountants fit to fill in positions with the different projects. Experience sought is mainly in Accounting and Grants.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
As Grants Officer
- Thoroughly study the Enabel grants guidelines and procedures;
- Provide support in the review of budgets/concepts/proposals for different calls. –
- Provide technical input in the formulation of Grants
- Grant guidelines; Take the leading role in training the Grant beneficiary and its selective partners in all Grant Management and Grant financial accountability principles along the Enabel Grant guidelines;
- Develop Grant accountability check lists for the Grant beneficiary and its selective partners;
- Verify the financial accountability submissions by the Grant beneficiary on its correctness and completion;
- Verify the Grant beneficiary financial replenishment requests and ensure the timely remittance of funds to the beneficiary;
- Advise your superiors and the Intervention Manager on the financial : – performance as well as bottlenecks of all Grants issued;
- Support Grantees during reporting processes to ensure submission (accurate and complete) of timely reports (Financial and Narrative) by Grantees including verification, review and quality checks of Financial reports;
- Review quarterly (financial and technical) reports from Grantees within the specified period using the approved Financial and Technical appraisal checklist; Follow up on budget change and & requests from the grantee,
- Identify capacity building needs of partners on Financial Management, Accounting, Procurement and Asset Management as well as Financial Reporting;
As Finance Officer:
- Ensure all approved invoices from external parties (contractors, suppliers…)are paid in time using the most appropriate transfer methods;
- Follow-up on all project financial transactions, maintain cash, bank and mobile money accounts as well as ensure monthly bank account reconciliations;
- Ensure liquidation of any internal advances and update advances outstanding by the end of each month and report accordingly to the Financial Controller;
- Follow up the advances and balances of suppliers accounts;
- Check all technical aspects of the accounting system in reference to available technical sheets on dedicated repositories:
- Prepare Monthly staff payrolls for bank transfers at the end of each month;
As Accountant:
- Ensure Accounting codes and budget lines are correct;
- Ensure quality and completeness and justification and supporting accounting documents for all expenses following the set guidelines;
- Record all Project expenses properly in the appropriate financial Management systems following the set guidelines; Produce monthly accounting statements for checking and control by the Financial Controller;
- Keep track of accounting data by putting reference on the specific documents on a monthly basis. Follow up on VAT and other mandatory tax issues
As Budget Support:
- Provide all necessary accounting data and information to the Financial Controller and the intervention Manager for them to be able to follow-upon Execution, budgeting and planning;
As Reporter:
- Prepare and generate monthly financial reports; Be responsible for transparent and consistent filing of all Finance, Banking and cash management documents.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce
- Qualified and or under taking anyone of the professional accounting courses e.g. CPA, ACCA
- At least five years of professional experience in Finance and Accounting, budget support / Grant management;
- Additional Training in Financial Management Procedures is of an added advantage;
- Strong experience in financial reporting and financial analysis;
- Knowledge of operational issues with Grant funding and its financial accountability issues are compulsory:
- Proven ability to work under tight deadlines (and deliver financial reports) on time;
- Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, etc.);
- Highly conversant with a Financial Management software:
- Strong analytical mind and goal oriented work attitude
Salary Package: Enabel will offer a monthly gross salary package of between UGX 4.3M-4.8M, Medical insurance and a 13th Month package paid in December. Salary is accordance to the years of experience.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should submit their hard copy applications including a cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) of 4 pages’ maximum and copies of relevant academic documents with names of at least 3 professional referees; their emails and telephone contacts to:
The Human Resource Officer; Plot 1B Lower Kololo Terrace,
P.O. Box 40131, Kampala.
On-line applications to be submitted to: Click Here
Deadline: Friday 19th March 2021 by 5pm.
NB: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and invited for a written test
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