Job Title: Accountant (Several Job
Opportunities)
Organisation: Enabel
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Salary: UGX
4,300,000 /= – UGX 4,800,000/=
About US:
Enabel, Belgian
development agency, together with different Government Ministries, are
implementing the bilateral Co-operation between Uganda & Belgium.
Job Summary: Enabel in Uganda is seeking to recruit a pool
of Accountants fit to fill in positions with the different projects. Experience
sought is mainly in Accounting and Grants.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
As Grants Officer
·
Thoroughly
study the Enabel grants guidelines and procedures;
·
Provide
support in the review of budgets/concepts/proposals for different calls. –
Provide technical input in the formulation of Grants
·
Grant
guidelines; Take the leading role in training the Grant beneficiary and its
selective partners in all Grant Management and Grant financial accountability
principles along the Enabel Grant guidelines;
·
Develop
Grant accountability check lists for the Grant beneficiary and its selective
partners;
·
Verify
the financial accountability submissions by the Grant beneficiary on its
correctness and completion; Verify the Grant beneficiary financial
replenishment requests and ensure the timely remittance of funds to the
beneficiary;
·
Advise
your superiors and the Intervention Manager on the financial : – performance as
well as bottlenecks of all Grants issued; Support Grantees during reporting
processes to ensure submission (accurate and complete) of timely reports
(Financial and Narrative) by Grantees including verification, review and
quality checks of Financial reports; Review quarterly (financial and technical)
reports from Grantees within the specified period using the approved Financial
and Technical appraisal checklist; Follow up on budget change and &
requests from the grantee,
·
Identify
capacity building needs of partners on Financial Management, Accounting,
Procurement and Asset Management as well as Financial Reporting;
As Finance Officer:
·
Ensure
all approved invoices from external parties (contractors, suppliers…)
·
are paid
in time using the most appropriate transfer methods; Follow-up on all project
financial transactions, maintain cash, bank and mobile money accounts as well
as ensure monthly bank account reconciliations; Ensure liquidation of any
internal advances and update advances outstanding by the end of each month and
report accordingly to the Financial Controller;
·
Follow
up the advances and balances of suppliers accounts;
·
Check
all technical aspects of the accounting system in reference to available
technical sheets on dedicated repositories:
·
Prepare
Monthly staff payrolls for bank transfers at the end of each month;
As Accountant:
·
Ensure
Accounting codes and budget lines are correct;
·
Ensure
quality and completeness and justification and supporting accounting documents
for all expenses following the set guidelines;
·
Record
all Project expenses properly in the appropriate financial Management systems
following the set guidelines; Produce monthly accounting statements for
checking and control by the Financial Controller;
·
Keep
track of accounting data by putting reference on the specific documents on a
monthly basis. Follow up on VAT and other mandatory tax issues
As Budget Support:
·
Provide
all necessary accounting data and information to the Financial Controller and
the intervention Manager for them to be able to follow-upon Execution,
budgeting and planning;
As Reporter:
·
Prepare
and generate monthly financial reports; Be responsible for transparent and
consistent filing of all Finance, Banking and cash management documents.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·
The
applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting, Business
Administration, Commerce
·
Qualified
and or under taking anyone of the professional accounting courses e.g. CPA,
ACCA
·
At least
five years of professional experience in Finance and Accounting, budget support
/ Grant management;
·
Additional
Training in Financial Management Procedures is of an added advantage;
·
Strong
experience in financial reporting and financial analysis;
·
Knowledge
of operational issues with Grant funding and its financial accountability
issues are compulsory:
·
Proven
ability to work under tight deadlines (and deliver financial reports) on time;
·
Excellent
computer skills (Word, Excel, etc.);
·
Highly
conversant with a Financial Management software:
·
Strong
analytical mind and goal oriented work attitude
Salary Package:
Enabel will offer a monthly gross salary package of between UGX 4.3M-4.8M,
Medical insurance and a 13th Month package paid in December. Salary is
accordance to the years of experience.
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested applicants should submit their hard copy applications
including a cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) of 4 pages’ maximum and copies
of relevant academic documents with names of at least 3 professional referees;
their emails and telephone contacts to:
The Human Resource
Officer; Plot 1B Lower Kololo Terrace,
P.O. Box 40131,
Kampala.
On-line applications
to be submitted to: Click Here
Deadline: Friday 19th March 2021 by 5pm.
NB:
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and invited for a written test.
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