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Job Title:   Regional Accountant

Organisation: Finance Trust Bank (FTB)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Senior Accountant – Management Reporting

About US:

Finance Trust Bank (FTB) was licensed as a Tier 1 Commercial Bank on 11th November, 2013, taking over the financial services business of Uganda Finance Trust Limited (MDI). Today, Finance Trust Bank is a fully-fledged commercial bank serving a clientele of over 500,000 depositors and over 37,000 borrowers, through a network of 35 branches countrywide. The bank offers a variety of Products and services including; Savings, Current accounts, Loans, Money transfer services and Bills payments to its target market which comprises of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs, salary earners and youth.

Job Summary:  The Regional Accountant will ensure proper Management reporting to internal stakeholders and assist management to take appropriate decisions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in developing annual branch budgets and targets in line with the finance division guidelines
• Prepare and review weekly and monthly reports on the utilization of suspense accounts and report on their status to the regional office and give recommendations
• Posting of internally generated requests to support Branch & HQ Operations.
• Management of all Insurance payables
• Fixed Assets Management
• Grants Management in line with the requirements of IFRSs and Grant agreements.
• Timely reconciliation of all suspense accounts and prompt resolution of any identified anomalies.
• Revenue Assurance for all other incomes and any identified leakages followed up for timely closure.
• Reconciliation of all staff-related general ledgers.
• Stock Management
• Timely Support to branches on finance-related matters.
• Timely Provision of data required by both internal and external stakeholders and
• performing any other duties assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or Business Administration with major in Accounting
• Al least level 2 of professional qualifications from ACCA or CPA
• Three years of working experience in a busy profit oriented Organisation.
• Knowledge of accounting principles.
• Willingness to meet deadlines on a consistent basis
• Excellent Computer skills
• Demonstrated high integrity, independence, objectivity, confidentiality and professionalism.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Good report writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to reflect on one’s own work as well as the wider consequences of financial decisions.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Extreme trustworthiness

NB: The position carries an attractive salary and benefits package.

How to Apply:

All Suitably qualified candidates should address their application to Head, Human Resource, Finance Trust Bank, TWED PLAZA, Plot 22B, Lumumba Avenue, Kampala, Uganda, and email it to jobs@financetrust.co.ug as well as photocopies of academic testimonials, and a CV. The CV should include telephone contacts and email addresses of three referees, one of who should be the most recent employer.

Deadline: 31^st August 2023

Please note that in line with the Bank procedures, no job offers are made online.

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