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 [email protected] 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: 31st August 2023
Please note that in line with the Bank procedures, no job offers are made online.
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