Job Title: Credit Officer
Organization: Uganda Martyrs University (UMU)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Chief Finance Officer
About UMU:
Uganda Martyrs
University (UMU) is a faith-based private university established in 1993, and
owned by the Uganda Episcopal Conference. UMU received a civil University
Charter in 2005 from government, to legitimize its existence and autonomy. UMU
offers full-time, weekend/part time, and distance-learning courses. Students
are drawn from a variety of backgrounds and countries like Uganda, the rest of
Africa and world-wide.
University (UMU) is a faith-based private university established in 1993, and
owned by the Uganda Episcopal Conference. UMU received a civil University
Charter in 2005 from government, to legitimize its existence and autonomy. UMU
offers full-time, weekend/part time, and distance-learning courses. Students
are drawn from a variety of backgrounds and countries like Uganda, the rest of
Africa and world-wide.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervising, invoicing, student accounts and scholarships of staff.
- Listening and communication with students, guardians and other
customers. - Quickly responding to queries from sponsors, staff and other
stakeholders concerning fees. - Establishing a system of capturing, analysing and implementing
customer feedback with a view of improving quality of service to out
customers. - Ensuring accurate interpretation and implementation of University
policies relating to incomes and debtors. - Ensuring that all incomes are invoiced centrally from the credit
control section. - Guiding Management on strategic change to credit management systems,
objectives, departments and structures. - Creating awareness to the University Community on the role,
functioning and benefits of credit management section. - Maintaining good interdepartmental relations, particularly with
Registry, for higher performance. - Guiding Committees and teams on the impact of various decisions
taken relating to incomes streams as well as adequacy of University debt
collection systems and policies. - Offering leadership to the credit control section that promotes
ownership and fell responsibility. - Preparing audit schedules relating to income aid debtors and handle
all audit queries arising from the reviews. - Establishing a reporting system for student numbers, incomes and
debtors account balances for generation of information and reports for
Chief Finance Officer on regular basis. - Ensuring that adjustments to debtors account i.e. credit notes,
debit notes are properly documented, reviewed and approved. - Ensuring that reconciliation of all debtor accounts is performed at
least twice a year. - Establishing an efficient filing and retrieval system for incomes
and debtors. - Performing any other duty assigned to you by the relevant authority.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The Credit Officer must hold a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance) or Master’s Degree in Commerce, or a Master of
Science in Accounting and Finance with ACCA or CPA. - At least five years’ experience in a busy firm/organization.
- Good working knowledge about the Accounting packages is an added
advantage.
How to Apply:
All candidates are
strongly encouraged to send their handwritten application letters,
strongly encouraged to send their handwritten application letters,
Updated CVs and photocopies
of their academic documents together with letters from two referees to:
of their academic documents together with letters from two referees to:
Director, Human
Resources
Resources
Uganda Martyrs
University
University
P.O. Box 5498
Kampala, Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 15th November, 2014
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