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Accountant (Internal Recruitment) – Aldelia Uganda
Job Title: Accountant (Internal Recruitment)
Organisation: Aldelia Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Aldelia is a global leading human resources company founded in 2005 and specialised in recruitment, outsourcing and payroll management services to blue-chip multinationals and fast-growing SMEs. The group operates in more than 30 countries across all industries and disciplines on four continents.
Our mission is to create a better future for people by delivering compliant, world-class and innovative HR solutions to the companies and communities we serve.
Job Summary: The accountant will be responsible for all accounting functions of the entity in the country assigned.
The main tasks are bookkeeping and reporting in line with the Finance Calendar Deadlines, receivable management, vendor management, payroll, invoice preparation and tracking; following -up with clients for outstanding payments, providing data, reports preparation and data input; dealing with auditors on annual basis and any other ad-hoc activities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Draft monthly sales invoices for clients, maintain the invoice register and prepare Statement of Accounts that should be sent with the monthly invoices.
- Collate all purchase and sales invoices as well as intercompany recharges, issued and received and send them to the external account by no later than the 5th of the following month as well as saving the documents in the relevant folders of our Finance drive.
- Obtain the bank transactions and prepare a cash book in excel.
- Review the information provided by the accountant and liaise with other Group Finance Members to reconcile the intercompany transactions.
- Generate the Aged Debtors on a weekly basis and contact the clients whose invoices are overdue to chase for payment.
- Responsible to obtain payroll information and prepare the monthly payroll run.
- Liaise with the accountant to obtain monthly reports and prepare monthly management accounts.
- Once we implement the new accounting software the bookkeeping would be brought in-house and the individual will have to do the bookkeeping.
- When the bookkeeping is done in-house, all accounts must be reconciled on a monthly basis and a summary of accruals, prepayments and accrued income that match the totals on the Trial Balance must be prepared every month together with the management accounts.
- Provide information to the Group Finance Manager to enable him/her to prepare weekly reports like the cash forecast.
- Ensure tax compliance in the country assigned.
- Liaise with the banker for the discounting of invoices (IDF).
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree ideally in Finance.
- A minimum of three years’ experience in finance or accounting.
- Membership of a relevant Professional body is desirable.
- Technical knowledge of ledger and accounting procedures is essential.
- Language Requirements: Proficiency in English is required. Proficiency in French or Portuguese is subject to the region the country is located.
Skills
- High level of reliability, precision and attention to detail.
- Organization and +time management skills is highly essential.
- Strong ability to effectively multi-task.
- Demonstrate high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Can consistently meet competing demands through effective prioritising, in a results orientated environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required.
- Behaviours: Performance, Efficiency, Teamwork, Diligence, Congeniality.
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
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