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• Ensure and prepare monthly business review
  reports, MIS, Opex reports for Uganda on a timely and accurate basis.
• Be the lead in finance controls and
  management of inventory in Uganda and ensure controls and management
  reports are done timely to facilitate visibility on the inventory
  position.
• Manage order to cash process ensuring all transactions
  are correctly recorded, analyzed and financial controls on the cycle are
  documented and implemented fully.
• Be the finance contact on all grant
  related activities ensuring correct recording and reporting of transaction
  relating to grants.
• Project leader of Culture change task
  force to develop initiatives that will help the organization meet its
  goals
• Ensuring accurate
  month-close/quarter-close and year-close processes and manage all
  financial reporting responsibilities.
• Lead closure of all statutory and tax
  audits, external and internal audits
• Finalization of the financial statements
  and perform the required analytical review of the financial statements
• Discuss audit queries and close all issues
  raised by the auditors.
• Manage tax and overall account
  reconciliations to ensure the balance sheet is stated accurately.
• Responsible for accurate and reliable
  trial balance financial data of the Africa OPCOs.
• Responsible for ensuring accounting in
  accordance with local IFRS and US GAAP
• Manage all direct and indirect tax
  filings, reporting, analysis and all of its underlying processes
• Partner with global finance teams to
  execute finance initiatives across organization as required from time to
  time.
• Drive visibility into management cost
  accounting, project margins analysis and other key financial metrics.
• Responsible for creation of masters with
  all the relevant information of the customers and vendors and maintenance
  of necessary documents for them

• The applicant should preferably hold a
  relevant university degree with CPA/ACCA qualification.
• A minimum of eight years’ experience with
  at least 5 years in a senior Financial position
• Team management experience.
• Competent in using computers.
• Should be flexible, willing to stretch and
  achieve over and above base expectations.
• Integrity, trust and self-confidence.
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in ERP systems
• Willing to participate and engage in
  operations in addition to finance.
• Excellent analytical skills, able to
  clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers,
  generate alternatives and drive positive change.
• Clear thinking/problem solving, able to
  lead projects/process improvement within operations/finance function
• Able to break down complex issues into
  simpler steps and resolve them.
• Ability to prioritize & promote
  teamwork.
• Sound Accounting knowledge
• Arbitration and organizational skills
• Computer literacy and advanced Excel
  knowledge
• Knowledge of Employment Legislation

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