Job Title: Accountant
Organisation: Daks Couriers
Limited
Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: General Manager
About Daks:
Daks Couriers Limited is the leading local courier company in Uganda
with over 10 years of successful Courier business in Uganda and the Great Lakes
Region with partners worldwide, providing great shipping experience to our
clients. Currently with stakes in
Transport, Warehousing, Freight Forwarding, the vision of the company is to
become the best Courier and Logistics Company in the country and region as a
whole through excellent customer service, steady continuous improvement and
technological advancement.
with over 10 years of successful Courier business in Uganda and the Great Lakes
Region with partners worldwide, providing great shipping experience to our
clients. Currently with stakes in
Transport, Warehousing, Freight Forwarding, the vision of the company is to
become the best Courier and Logistics Company in the country and region as a
whole through excellent customer service, steady continuous improvement and
technological advancement.
Job Summary: The Accountant
will ensure excellent administration and control of the finance function giving
priority to effective internal controls and profitability of the business.
will ensure excellent administration and control of the finance function giving
priority to effective internal controls and profitability of the business.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Prepare annual budgets by 31st January
every year. - Oversee the preparation of annual audits
and ensure final approved audit reports are ready by February of the
following year - The incumbent will draft and ensure
implementation of sound financial policies. - Ensure achievement of company financial
goals through timely reporting, scheduling of expenditures, analyzing
adverse variances and initiating corrective action among others. - Prepare weekly and monthly financial
reports on a timely basis. - Take lead of the company in avoiding legal
challenges by understanding current and proposed legislation and by
recommending new financial and internal control procedures. - Guide other departments into interpreting
accounting policies and drafting departmental annual budgets. - Supervise and ensure that all accounting
records are maintained on time and kept safely. - Update and maintain utmost confidentiality
of all financial information at all times. - Keenly monitor all departmental
expenditures to ensure adherence to approved budget. - The incumbent will ensure that all
statutory financial obligations are settled within the recommended time. - Ensure that credit customers are invoiced
immediately after completing the job. - Supervise all accounts staff, liaise with
Human Resource Manager for all staff related issues that will include
recruitment, promotions, welfare, training, motivation among others. - The incumbent will ensure that all verbal
and written external queries from Customers and suppliers are responded to
immediately with proof. - Ensure that procurement procedures are
adhered to as stipulated in the Quality manual. - Supervise all Accounts Assistants
- Approve Annual Departmental budgets
- Supervise external auditors
- Reprimand Accounts personnel or suggest
corrective actions on any employee involved in financial impropriety. - Send weekly finance report
- Perform any other duty as will be assigned
by the Supervisor from time to time.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Annual audit reports must be ready by
February of the following year - Strict implementation and adherence to
approved annual departmental budgets. - Weekly reports must be submitted by
Saturday every week.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Daks Couriers
Accountant job placement must hold a first Class Bachelor’s degree
majoring in Business or Accounting qualification. - Professional Accounting qualification such
as ACCA, CPA, CIMA is a must - At least five years’ experience in the
same or similar position - Hands on Computer knowledge with use of
accounting package, preferably Tally ERP9, Navision. - Customer care, team building, performance
management - Good team player
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent financial report writing skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should hand deliver or
send their updated CVs to [email protected]
send their updated CVs to [email protected]
Deadline: 31st April 2017
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