Financial Accountant Jobs at IT Company in Uganda

Job Title: Financial Accountant

About this job

Our client is an IT Company seeking to recruit result driven and motivated individuals for the Vacancy above;

Job Objective:

    Ensure that Company books of account are maintained according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and International Financial Reporting Standards.
    Ensure that Company books of account are updated in a timely manner so as to inform management in decision making and provide relevant and timely information to other stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

    Ensure that all transactions are recorded properly in the general ledger.
    Responsible for recording all expenditure transactions including payables’ in the system before payments are made to the creditors.
    Responsible for recording all receipts including receivables in the system
    Responsible for posting all orders received and issued thus updating customers and supplier accounts in the system
    Preparing all vouchers for payment and ensuring the necessary supporting documentation is attached.
    Assisting External Auditors with Audit requests and preparation of Audit Schedules and organising for External Auditors including providing support vouchers.
    Handling monthly ledger reconciliations of nominated accounts including WHT account.
    Make timely payments of staff salaries to their individual accounts so that we keep the staff motivated
    Make timely payment of monthly operating costs
    Maintain a fixed asset register for the Company assets and regularly update it when there is movement. Compute depreciation charge on a monthly basis and propose the relevant adjustments
    Review petty cash payments on a weekly basis and upon seeking relevant approval post entries into the system
    Regularly conduct cash counts and prepare cash certificates of amount held in the safe
    Do monthly stock taking exercises valuation of stock and make journal entries to recognise stock consumption in a particular month.
    Responsible for preparing Monthly VAT Returns to Uganda Revenue Authority
    Responsible for preparing Monthly PAYE Returns before the due to date to Uganda Revenue Authority and ensure the hardcopies are later presented to URA for endorsement.
    Responsible for preparing Monthly NSSF Returns to National Social Security Fund.

Qualifications:

    1st Class or Upper Second Class Accounting /Finance or Business Administration with a specialty in Accounting Degree or Equivalent.
    Full or Part Accounting Qualification from a reputable professional accounting body NAVISION(compulsory)
    Report preparation, Documentation, Analytical review, Supervision, proficiency in use of Navision package
    Knowledge of IT sector , Procurement
    Atleast 2 years work experience.

How to Apply:

Please follow the instructions as stated below as failure to do so could lead to disqualification.

1. Send an Application letter and CV/Resume.

2. Merge these two documents into one document in either word or pdf format.

3. Do not attach or send any scanned documents, these are sometimes too large for our inbox.

4. Include the job title and/or reference number in the subject line of the email address   and send your application by email to tsjobs@nftconsult.com

5. Only successful candidates will be contacted. For all other inquiries please contact our offices directly.


Deadline: 18th June 2012