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Job Title:       Management Accountant

Organization: VisionFund Uganda Limited
(VFU)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports: Finance Officers

About US:

VisionFund
Uganda Limited (VFU) is a Microfinance institution and an affiliate of World
Vision Uganda (WVU), a child-focused Christian Organization that believes in
brighter futures for Children, empowering families to create incomes and jobs
by unlocking economic potential for communities to thrive. VisionFund Uganda is
also part of the bigger network of VisionFund International (VFI), with MFl’s
in 28 Countries worldwide

Job Summary: Planning and implementing the
company’s financial strategy, business information databases and costs inline
with the company objectives, business guidelines and data processing guide
lines

Critical Outputs

• Availability and optimal utilisation of
  funds
• Timely annual and other periodic budgets
• A proper payments function
• Timely submission of performance reports

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Treasury and Investment
Management

• Maintaining good internal liquidity and
  efficient fund management
• Identifying and evaluating all investment
  opportunities with a view to maximising revenues.
• Timely and accurate preparation of the
  Assets and Liabilities Management reports by the 5^th day of the
  following month i.e. economic analysis, liquidity risk analysis, interest
  rate risk and currency risk reports and compliance ratios.
• Supervising Head Office and branch wide
  weekly and monthly bank reconciliations and ensuring that no items are
  left outstanding for more than 30 days.

Financial Transactions
Management

• Reviewing the coding of all financial
  transactions to ensure conformity with the best accounting practices
• Managing the costing of all transactions
• Managing all expenses within the
  approved budget
• Checking payments for all the necessary
  supporting documents and compliance with local and international
  regulations
• Taking custody of all payment
  instruments and legal documents

Financial Planning and
control

• Participating in the preparation of the
  strategic business plan
• Coordinating the preparation of the
  annual operational and capital budgets
• Implementing,monitoring and controlling
  capital and operational expenditures
• Preparing detailed budget variance
  reports for both the capital and operational expenditure by branch and cost
  centre clearly explaining any variances and recommending course of action
  for adverse variations
• Coordinating the review of budgets as
  required by the management.
• Managing the company’ s operating cost
  base, achievements of low cost environment and generating reports on
  effective cost management inline with the company policy and payments
  system.
• Tracking and engineering cost reduction
  initiatives with a view to offering the best service at the least cost.

Management Reporting

• Preparing monthly management reports
  i.e. Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss statements analysis year on year,
  month on month, budget vs actual, forecasts, trend analysis and ratio
  analysis by Branch /Branch performance and consolidated level by the 5^th
  day of the following month.
• Analysing key performance indicators of
  the company and providing information to internal stakeholders for
  strategic decision making inline with the business plan
• Preparing Product costing and pricing
  reports by the 25^th day of the month following end of quarter
• Participating in the preparation of the
  annual report
• Obtain and update all inputs for the
  monthly RALCO reporting park

Human Resources Management

• Carrying out on the job
  training/knowledge transfer with respect t0 analytical techniques to
  entities external to finance department through active participation in
  line with the company’s training policy and objectives
• Developing, managing and evaluating the
  performance of reports with respect to the set key result areas inline
  with the HR policies
• Identifying training needs for subordinate
  staff.

Audit Function

• Participating in the preparation of
  final accounts and liaising with internal and external auditors in
  conducting annual audits

Supervises the effective
provision of administrative services

• Develop policies and ensure compliance
  in implementation.
• Supervise the work of the administration
  staff in procurement/ stores, utilization and control of vehicles, and
  telephone/internet utilization;
• Handles contract administration related
  to services, office premises, courier services, custodian services and the
  like
• Maintains insurance policies and ensures
  that all claims are settled without undue losses to the organization.

Any
other duties as may be assigned by supervisor. preparing reports, budgets,
commentaries and financial statements

• Undertaking financial administration and
  internal audits
• Liaising with managerial staff and other
  colleagues
• Supervising a team of accounting
  technicians
• Developing and managing financial
  systems/policies
• Negotiating and obtaining finance for
  major projects
• Controlling and forecasting income and
  expenditure
• Creating business strategies to generate
  shareholder value.

Other
Competencies/Attributes:

• Must be a committed Christian, able to
  stand above denominational diversities
• Attend and participate in the leadership
  of daily devotions.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate must hold a
  University Degree in Accountancy or Business Administration or BCOM.
• Experience in Microfinance is preferred
• A professional accountant (CPA/ACCA)
  with at least 4 years’ experience in the same field

How to apply:

Interested
candidates should send or hand deliver their CVs and copies of academic
certificates not later than 13th December 20l9 to the address provided below:

The
Human Resource Manager,

VisionFund
Uganda Ltd (VFU)

Plot
256, Makerere Kavule, P.O.Box, 2475i, Kampala, Uganda.

All
applications should be sent to info@visionfunduganda.co.ug  or hand delivered to

VisionFund
Uganda Head Office.

NB:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Deadline:  7th December 2019

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