Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Project Accountant Job Careers – Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)

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Job Title:  Accountant
Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and
Fisheries (MAAIF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Project Name: Enhancing National Food Security through
Increased Rice Production (ENRP) Project
Funding Source: Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
Reports to: Project Coordinator

About MAAIF:
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries received
funding from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to implement the Jeddah
Declaration initiative (2008) through Enhancing National Food Security through
Increased Rice Production (ENRP) project. The project is to provide short term
assistance to the Government of Uganda to withstand global food market and
climate shocks as well as medium to long term support to build and strengthen
the institutional and technical capacities, for sustained agricultural growth
that contributes to poverty alleviation and food security.

Job Summary: The Accountant will mainly
implement and oversee the running of a reliable financial management system in
accordance with the approved budgeted/ planned and the laid down accounting
procedures & operational guidelines.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Ensuring that all the
    payment vouchers are adequately supported with appropriate source
    documentation, duly authorized for payment and properly filed to
    facilitate easy retrieval and referencing.
  • Ensuring that approved
    bank accounts are maintained at adequate levels to enable scheduled
    payments to be made without delay, undertake timely cash flow projections
    and to observe good treasury & cash management practices.
  • Maintaining and
    updating all required financial records, including cashbooks, ledgers,
    commitment registers, contract registers and fixed asset registers.
  • Preparing monthly
    reconciliation statements for all bank accounts
  • Preparing timely
    withdrawal applications for replenishments to the special accounts (SA’s)
    as well as direct payments to suppliers and/or contractors, in accordance
    with the laid down procedure guidelines,
  • Preparing
    monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements and returns, as well as any
    other financial status reports required by Stakeholders
  • Ensuring accurate
    recording of all the project fixed assets in the Fixed Asset register
    (FAR) and subsequently carry out timely updates, reconciliation and
    verification of such assets acquired for the Project.
  • Ensuring that all the
    project fixed assets are correctly identified & physical verifications
    canied out on a regular basis to ascertain existence and condition(s) and
    that all fixed assets are adequately insured.
  • Providing support to
    the External Audit of the project’s Annual Financial Statement and any
    internal audit work that will be undertaken from time-to-time.
  • Performing any other
    tasks as may be assigned by Project Coordinator from time to time.
 Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal applicants
    should be a Ugandan citizen holding an honors Bachelors of Commerce Degree
    (Accounting option), Bachelor of Business Administration or its equivalent
  • At least five years
    relevant post qualification experience.
  • The ideal candidates with
    professional qualification such as ACCA or CPA will have added advantage. 
  • He/she should have hands on experience in accounting for multiple donor
    funded projects; 
  • Proficiency in Computer software applications &
    spreadsheets and have superb knowledge of International accounting and
    auditing standards in the public and private sectors.
  • Possess a high levels
    of professionalism and integrity.
  • Age: 28 years and
    above

How to Apply:
Please send your applications
with a detailed CV indicating contact addresses and details of three references
should be submitted during official working hours to: The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, P.O. Box 102, Entebbe,
Uganda. Please obtain forms from the Public Service Commission or Ministry of
Agriculture Headquarters and government ministries and departments. Download It here.


Deadline: 2nd May 2016

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