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Reports to: Principal Planning Engineer
Organisation: Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited
Location: Head Office, Kampala, Uganda

Job Summary: The primary purpose is to maintain accurate financial and accounting records and efficient general ledger management processes to ensure timely statutory reporting and tax compliance.

Key Result Areas:
·         Preparation of all month end journals, including depreciation, journal voucher adjustments, prepayments, staff advances, interest charges, provisions and accruals.
·         Ensure all statement of Affairs position and Statement of Comprehensive Income accounts are reconciled and signed off on a monthly basis to month end deadlines.
·         Ensure Statutory taxes (Corporation Tax and VAT) are recorded appropriately within the accounts and reported on relevant returns to the Uganda Revenue Authority within statutory deadlines accurately.
·         Ensure timely and complete month – end and year-end accounts closure processes are performed, implemented and continuously monitored in accordance to International Financial Reporting Standards, Company policies and procedures and statutory requirements.
·         Review inputs of payment Vouchers, adjustment journals, coding and update general ledger and accrue tax invoices into the subsidiary accounts update of the general ledger.
·         Prepare draft statutory accounts with fully backed up audit file for annual Company audit in accordance with IFRRS, GAAP and Company policies.
·         Maintain and update the loans register and ledger
Ensure accuracy of Data Entry and Filing
·         Provide supporting analysis and documentation for tax advisors and Supervisors for tax returns.
·         Respond to financial inquiries by external Auditors, Internal Auditors and Supervisors by gathering, analyzing, summarising and interpreting data.
·         Update job knowledge by keeping current with financial regulations, standards and best practices and advising the Supervisors on the update of the accounting standards, policies and procedures so as to be update with the current trends and developments.
·         And carry-out any other duties as maybe assigned time to time.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
The desired person should have the following essential requirements;
·         A Bachelors degree in Commerce or Business Administration or Finance or any other business related field.
·         Part qualification and membership of the internationally recognised professional institutions such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA etc.
·         Not above 32 years of age
·         Be able to work with any of the Sun Systems Accounting packages 5.2,5.3 and or 5.4
·         Able to work with basic computer software like Ms-office packages
·         A minimum of three (3) years post University qualification experience as Financial Accountant preferably in Electricity Sector.
·         Excellent analytical ability
·         Committed to meeting deadlines
·         Efficient and effective in administration
·         Willing to work long hours
How to Apply:
Suitably qualified persons should send their applications enclosing photocopies of academic qualifications certificates and testimonials along with their curriculum vitae indicating contact postal address, daytime contact telephone, fax or e-mail and giving three referees to:
The Manager, Human Resource and Administration, Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited,  P.O. Box 7625, Kampala.

The closing date to receive applications is Monday 29th October, 2012.
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