Job Title: Financial Accountant
Organisation: FIG Consult Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
FIG Consult Limited
is a leading Human Resource Consultancy. They are recruiting on behalf of a
valuable client.
Job Summary: The Accountant will be responsible for receivables management,
payables management, management of statutory requirements, and preparing
monthly financial reports.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Preparing accounts and tax returns
- Administering payrolls and controlling
income and expenditure - Auditing financial information
- Compiling and presenting reports,
budgets, business plans, commentaries and financial statements - Analysing accounts and business plans
- Providing tax planning services with
reference to current legislation - Financial forecasting and risk analysis
- Negotiating the terms of business deals
and moves with clients and associated organizations - Payables
Management: The financial
accountant will be responsible for the recognition of supplier invoices
and processing payments. - Reporting: prepare monthly and quarterly
reports including but not limited to the statement of comprehensive income
(P&L), statement of financial position (Balance sheet), and analysing
the financial trends in terms costs, revenue, financial obligations, and
predicting future revenues and expenditures and advising management
accordingly. - Budgeting
and budget management: The
financial accountant will be responsible for monitoring the budgets and
make forecast and advise management accordingly - Banking
and cash management: the
financial accountant will assist in banking the collections and carrying
out bank reconciliations.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a BSc (Finance
and Accounting). - A minimum of two years of related work experience
- Practical experience in using
computerized financial accounting packages. - Experience in using computerized
accounting systems - Bank reconciliation experience
- Experience in debt collection is desired
- Significant experience in filing returns
- Analytical, forecasting and accounting
skills - Good numerical skills
- Basic accounting knowledge
- Dependable, honest and able to maintain
confidentiality - Good team player with strong
interpersonal skills - Well-developed oral, written (report
writing) communication skills - Self-motivated, able to prioritize work
and follow up tasks and issues to the end - Computer literacy i.e. proficiency in MS
Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Email)
How to Apply:
All candidates should
send their updated CVs and cover letters to [email protected].
Please also include a cover letter that should clearly state your salary
expectation and indicate the position title as subject of Email.
Deadline: 13th October 2019
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