Financial Accountant Jobs – FIG Consult Limited
Job Title: Financial Accountant
Organisation: FIG Consult Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
FIG Consult Limited is a leading Human Resource Consultancy. They are recruiting on behalf of a valuable client.
Job Summary: The Accountant will be responsible for receivables management, payables management, management of statutory requirements, and preparing monthly financial reports.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Preparing accounts and tax returns
- Administering payrolls and controlling income and expenditure
- Auditing financial information
- Compiling and presenting reports, budgets, business plans, commentaries and financial statements
- Analysing accounts and business plans
- Providing tax planning services with reference to current legislation
- Financial forecasting and risk analysis
- Negotiating the terms of business deals and moves with clients and associated organizations
- Payables Management: The financial accountant will be responsible for the recognition of supplier invoices and processing payments.
- Reporting: prepare monthly and quarterly reports including but not limited to the statement of comprehensive income (P&L), statement of financial position (Balance sheet), and analysing the financial trends in terms costs, revenue, financial obligations, and predicting future revenues and expenditures and advising management accordingly.
- Budgeting and budget management: The financial accountant will be responsible for monitoring the budgets and make forecast and advise management accordingly
- Banking and cash management: the financial accountant will assist in banking the collections and carrying out bank reconciliations.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a BSc (Finance and Accounting).
- A minimum of two years of related work experience
- Practical experience in using computerized financial accounting packages.
- Experience in using computerized accounting systems
- Bank reconciliation experience
- Experience in debt collection is desired
- Significant experience in filing returns
- Analytical, forecasting and accounting skills
- Good numerical skills
- Basic accounting knowledge
- Dependable, honest and able to maintain confidentiality
- Good team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Well-developed oral, written (report writing) communication skills
- Self-motivated, able to prioritize work and follow up tasks and issues to the end
- Computer literacy i.e. proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Email)
How to Apply:
All candidates should send their updated CVs and cover letters to ugandanjobline@gmail.com. Please also include a cover letter that should clearly state your salary expectation and indicate the position title as subject of Email.
Deadline: 13th October 2019
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