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Job Title:  Assistant Accountant (Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: Uganda National Institute of Teacher Education

Duty Station: Wakiso, Uganda

About Organisation:

Uganda National Institute of Teacher Education was commissioned with the focus on practice and hand-on experiences as basis of teaching and learning. Vocationalisation spans through all teacher education programme courses.

Job Summary:  The Assistant Accountant will perform general accounting duties involving tracking accountability, up-dating and maintaining books of accounts of the institute

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing custody for accounting records and documents;
• Processing deferred tax payments, tax returns and keeping records thereof;
• Posting financial transactions, cashbooks, subsidiary ledgers to General ledger and maintain up-to-date record of books of accounts;
• Preparing and reconciling payroll transaction reports;
• Entering transactions into the commitment control register;
• Keeping custody of cash/imprest, effect payments, and maintain up-to-date cash book records; and
• Preparing draft monthly reconciliation reports.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• An Honors Bachelor’s Degree in either Finance and Accounting or Business Administration (Accounting option) or Business Studies (Accounting option) or Commerce (Accounting option) from a recognized University or Institution.

OR

• Full professional qualification in Accountancy such as ACCA, CPA, ACIS and CPE obtained from a recognized Institution and accredited by Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU).

Competencies

• Technical: Planning and Budgeting; Expenditure management and Budgetary control; Financial record management; Risk management and Assurance; Information and Communications Technology
• Behavioural: Concern for quality and standards; Decision Making and Problem Solving; Communicating effectively; Ethics and Integrity; Time Management; Team work

How to Apply:

All applications should be accompanied with the following:

• Certified photocopies of all Academic and Professional Certificates and
• Transcripts;
• A curriculum Vitae;
• Three (3) Reference letters (Professional, Personal and Academic)
• A recent coloured passport size photograph; and
• A copy of the National Identity Card

Eligible female candidates are encouraged to apply. Only short-listed applicants shall be contacted for the interview and final selection process. All applications should be addressed and hand delivered to:

The Institute Secretary Designate,

Uganda National Institute of Teacher Education,

Kitikifumba-Shimoni, Kira Municipality,

P.O. Box 7112, Kampala.

Deadline: 12th July, 2024 by 5:00pm East African Standard Time.

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