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Job Title:      Finance Officer

Organization: Capital
Markets Authority (CMA)

Duty Station: 
Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Finance
Manager

About US:

The Capital Markets
Authority (CMA) is a statutory body, established in 1996 by the Capital Markets
Authority Act (Cap 84) as amended, to promote, develop and regulate the capital
markets industry. CMA is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the
Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.

Job Summary:  The Finance Officer will mainly prepare,
maintain & report on financial activities in accordance with CMA financial
policies, regulations and generally accepted accounting standards.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Participate
in the preparation of final accounts in accordance with CMA policies,
regulations and international financial reporting standards;

·       
Participate
in preparation, monitoring and control of CMA’s annual budget;

·       
Coordinate
external and internal audits, ensure that adequate preparation is done and all
documentation required is availed in time; and prepare responses to audit
queries for management approval;

·       
Prepare
quarterly financial reports for submission to Ministry of Finance Planning and
Economic Development;

·       
Maintain
and continuously update the fixed assets and investment register;

·       
Prepare
payments; write payment vouchers, cheques and post transactions in the banking
system;

·       
Prepare
the monthly payroll and accompanying schedules and remit statutory deductions
by the due date in compliance with relevant regulations and laws;

·       
Reconcile
receivables and payables account and take appropriate action;

·       
Post
transactions in the accounting system and prepare monthly bank reconciliation
statements;

·       
Prepare
invoices and ensure that all outstanding amounts are collected by the due
dates;

·       
Assist
in preparation of Board Committee Minutes;

·       
Manage
office petty cash;

·       
Any
other related duties that may be assigned from time to time

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The applicant
should have minimum of Level 2 attained in the previous 2 years of an
internationally recognized professional Accounting body e.g. ICPAU, ICPAK,
ACCA, CIMA etc is required. Any Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university
is an added advantage.

·       
A minimum
of three years of accounting or auditing experience gained from a reputable
private or public sector organization, or audit firm;

·       
Experience
in preparing final accounts is desirable.

·       
Working
knowledge of the Tally accounting software is preferred

·       
Budget
preparation and monitoring

·       
Effective
report writing skills

·       
Leadership
potential

·       
High
Integrity & professionalism

·       
Ability
to work under tight deadlines with minimal supervision.

·       
Desirable
interpersonal skills

·       
Effective
oral and written communication and presentation skills

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should hand deliver or send via email (in
standard tile types, namely Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) in a single
attachment, and should not exceed 10MB) their applications together with a
recent CV (with 3 references), copies of Academic Transcripts and/or
Certificates addressed to:

The Human Resource
& Administration Officer,

Capital Markets
Authority,

8th Floor, Jubilee
Insurance Center,

Plot 14 Parliament
Avenue,

P.O Box 24565
Kampala. Uganda

Email: info@cmauganda.co.ug

Deadline: 26^th June 2020 by 5:00pm

NOTE:

·       
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

·       
Your
application will only be reviewed if you have fulfilled all the above stated
requirements, including submission of documents in standard tile types. Zipped
tiles, links and / or multiple attachments are not acceptable.

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