Branch Accountant Jobs – DSV Swift Freight International (U) Limited

Job Title: Branch
Accountant
Organisation: DSV Swift
Freight International (U) Limited
Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda
About Us:
NFT Consult, a leading HR
Consultancy firm, seeks to recruit for it valuable client, a global supplier of
transport and logistics solutions with offices in more than 70 countries and an
international network of partners and agents. The company has three divisions
i.e. DSV Road, DSV Air & Sea and DSV Solutions.  NFT Human Resource Solutions are customer
tailored per industry requirements and are geared towards increased cost
savings, process improvement leading to improved efficiency and effectiveness
yet simultaneously strengthening quality and control of resources.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Vouchers
  • Preparation
    of day-to-day general ledger vouchers and job-related journal vouchers.
  • To
    effect cancellation of cash payment/receipt vouchers wrongly posted.
  • Ensure
    proper supporting to payment vouchers. 
  • Ensure
    proper invoice/pre-alert attached with each receipt.
  • Verify
    exchange rate collected in case of local currency.
  • Ensure
    filing of vouchers in the appropriate files.
  • Set-off
    entries for debtors and creditors accounts.
  • Exchange
    rate set-off entries for transactions in local currency.
  • Month-end
    journal entries for finalization of accounts
2. Legal Compliance
  • Check
    the monthly sales day book and purchase day book as prepared by the
    cashier.
  • Ensure
    the preparation and filing of VAT, NSSF, PAYE and Withholding returns
    every month.
  • Ensure
    the preparation and filing of City Council return every quarter.
  • Ensure
    the preparation and filing of Advance tax return every quarter.
  • Ensure
    the preparation and filing of Directors return every year.
3. Intercompany & Agents
  • Responsible
    for conducting intercompany reconciliation and balance confirmation with
    other stations.
  • Sending
    SOA on fortnightly basis.
  • Accounting
    of entries in ICM-inbox.
  • Send
    reminders to other stations to transfer confirmed balance to Dubai.
  • Send
    reminders to agents as and when payments become due
4. General
  • Coordinate
    with auditors, lawyers, insurers, bankers and tax authorities.
  • Coordinate
    with local branches relating to deposit of money into bank, reimbursement
    for expenses, monthly expenses statement and balance confirmation.
  • Coordinate
    with Operations in job costing, job closing and GP analysis.
  • Maintenance
    of employee files, leaves, staff loans.
  • Maintaining
    insurance policies and renewal.
  • Maintaining
    the stationery requirement of office.
  • Maintaining
    the fixed assets register.
5. MIS Reports
  • Finalization
    of monthly accounts and preparation of performance report.
  • Preparation
    of other monthly, fortnightly and daily MIS reports.
  • Preparation
    of GP reports and Debtors Analysis on fortnightly basis.
  • Compilation
    and preparation of various other reports as advised by management from
    time to time.
  • Finalization
    of Trial Balance for local audit report filing.
6. Financial Activities:
  • Checking
    and ensuring the cash payment vouchers are posted in correct accounts.
  • Checking
    and verifying the cashier cash balance daily and ensure preparation,
    approval of cash book.
  • Receive
    the daily collections from cashier and safe-keeping.
  • Deposit
    cash into the bank after keeping aside minimum funds requirement.
  • Making
    sure that there is enough currency-wise cash balances in the office.
  • Maintaining
    cheque books and issuing payment to suppliers, creditors as and when due.
  • Remittance
    of funds to overseas and local agents as and when payments become due.
  • Remittance
    of funds to origin stations as when bank balances reach transferable
    stage.
  • Preparation
    of invoice detail as per local banking regulations for the T.T
    remittances.
  • Ensure
    minimum bank balances to let cheques pass.
  • Bank
    Reconciliation every two weeks.
  • Checking
    the actual expenses/income in comparison to budget and prepare variances.
  • Preparation
    of monthly payroll and ensure disbursement to staff.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The
    candidate should hold a Bachelor’s degree in relevant field i.e.
    Accounting, Business Administration with a major in Finance or Accounting,
    Bachelor of Commerce.
  • Professional
    qualification i.e. ACCA, CPA and related.
  • A
    minimum of three years related experience preferably with a busy working
    environment.
  • Excellent
    analytical skills
  • Ability
    to work under pressure with minimum supervision
  • Good
    problem solving skills and ability.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified
candidates should visit the web link below and create a profile on the NFT
Consult website by entering their e-mail addresses. Please visit web link below
and click Apply now if convinced you have the job requirements. The
applications/CVs should be prepared in English and submitted in either MS Word
or PDF format will be considered.

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