Job Title: Accountant
Organization:
Okalang Law Chambers (OLC)
Okalang Law Chambers (OLC)
Duty Station:
Jinja, Uganda
Jinja, Uganda
About US:
Okalang Law Chambers (OLC)
is one of the most distinguished law firms in Uganda. It was started in Jinja
and its growth in clientele, size, reputation and experience has since seen it
open up a fully functional branch in Kampala to better serve its diverse and fast
growing clientele. Clients who find themselves or have instructions to be
carried out in either Jinja or Kampala can easily reach us and have their
instructions executed at either branch. Okalang Law Chambers carries out legal
services as a firm of Advocates, Solicitors, Legal Consultants, Legal
Investment and Tax Consultants, Commissioners for Oaths, Trademark and Patent
Agents, Receivers, Liquidators, General insolvency practitioners and Company
secretaries.
is one of the most distinguished law firms in Uganda. It was started in Jinja
and its growth in clientele, size, reputation and experience has since seen it
open up a fully functional branch in Kampala to better serve its diverse and fast
growing clientele. Clients who find themselves or have instructions to be
carried out in either Jinja or Kampala can easily reach us and have their
instructions executed at either branch. Okalang Law Chambers carries out legal
services as a firm of Advocates, Solicitors, Legal Consultants, Legal
Investment and Tax Consultants, Commissioners for Oaths, Trademark and Patent
Agents, Receivers, Liquidators, General insolvency practitioners and Company
secretaries.
Job Summary: The Legal Accountant will be billing clients,
paying invoices, banking & Bank reconciliation, doing inter account
transfers, data entry with outstanding numeracy and bookkeeping skills,
creating and presenting reports, business plans, budgets and financial
statement and to ensure that the firm’s finances are kept track of.
paying invoices, banking & Bank reconciliation, doing inter account
transfers, data entry with outstanding numeracy and bookkeeping skills,
creating and presenting reports, business plans, budgets and financial
statement and to ensure that the firm’s finances are kept track of.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensuring
that adequate records are kept. - Tasked
with the preparation of accounts and tax returns (knowledge of URA Returns
is a must) and auditing financial information. - Deliver
an effective and timely service to the firm by managing workload and
maintaining a high degree of accuracy. - Tasked
with reviewing and reconciling residual client account balances. - Controlling
the income and expenditure of the firm. - Administering
firm’s payrolls
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s (honours) Degree in Accounting and
Finance, Commerce, Business Administration (Accounting option) or Business
statistics. - At
least two years of related work experience - Resourcefulness,
initiative and maturity of judgment - Excellent
analytical and financial skills with good attention to detail and
demonstrable experience of reviewing and reconciling residual client
account balances. - Excellent
communication and relationship building skills will be necessary. - Possess
excellent IT skills, Accounting packages (knowledge of QuickBooks is a
must) and have excellent attention to detail. - Ability
to prioritize own workload and achieve deadlines is required. - Computer
proficiency with good knowledge of Microsoft programs.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested persons should send their application letter, detailed CV&
academic credentials via E-mail to [email protected]
interested persons should send their application letter, detailed CV&
academic credentials via E-mail to [email protected]
Deadline: 17th December 2016 by 5:00PM
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