Job Title: Accountant
Organisation: Fundi Bots
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Operations and Finance Manager
About US:
Fundi Bots was started in 2011 by Solomon King Benge as a hobby/passion project to help students understand science through robotics. Fundi Bots promotes improved, practical science education in African schools and communities through the provision of hands-on skills and project-based training, with a strong focus on rural and underprivileged regions and a push for equitable inclusion for girls.
Job Summary: Reporting to the Operations and Finance Manager, an Accountant will make critical financial decisions by collecting, tracking, and reviewing the company’s finances. He/ She will handle most of the administrative and transactional activities in the department.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Consolidate all requisition accountabilities to the General Ledger.
- Capture all General Ledger entries on the Electronic Accounting Tool.
- Perform monthly & quarterly accountability reviews & reconciliations.
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations.
- Prepare monthly payroll schedule.
- Prepare information for donor reporting on request and assist in the donor reporting process.
- Provide back-up for team members within the finance department.
- Participate in the budget monitoring process by preparing monthly periodic statements and up-to-date accounts with relevant schedules indicating actual against budget and variance explanations if any.
- Maintain historical records by microfilming and filing documents.
- Adhere to internal controls and compliance with financial accounting procedures.
- Costing of products made by the organization.
- Post customer payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions.
- Oversee the invoicing process, and ensure invoices are prepared and shared in a timely manner.
- Make a monthly report on revenues received from the different centers.
- Update receivables by totaling unpaid invoices.
- Post revenues by verifying and entering transactions.
- Summarize receivables by maintaining invoice accounts; coordinating monthly transfer to accounts receivable account; verifying totals; preparing report.
- Maintain a register of all invoices received from suppliers.
- Review all supplier invoices that have been captured and raise any concerns observed.
- Review and validate supporting documents for all transactions captured.
- Support the preparation of URA tax returns and NSSF.
- Support the preparation of the payments schedule with the Finance and Operations Manager
- Prepare payment requisition schedules.
- Disbursement of petty cash.
- Process supplier payments and ensuring proper reconciliations to customer accounts.
- Process supplier payments at agreed dates and closely monitor all bank accounts.
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of all payment transactions for periodic reporting.
- Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance, or a related discipline.
- Professional Certificate in CPA/ ACCA is preferred.
- Three years of experience in Finance
- Experience working in an NGO/ Nonprofit Organization
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
- Communication and collaboration skills
- Business Acumen
- Technological savvy
- Critical Thinking
- Analytical skills
- Collaboration skills
- Organization skills
Applicants should reside in Kampala.
How to Apply:
All candidates are strongly encouraged to send their updated CVs and application letters via Email to [email protected]
NB: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 24th August 2023
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