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Job Title:    Treasury Manager    

Organization:  Airtel Uganda

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Head Finance

About Organisation:

Airtel was launched in Uganda in 1995 and is Uganda’s most innovative mobile phone operator, which has introduced many “firsts” in the telecommunication sector such as: Pre-paid plans, Post-paid plans, International roaming, Dedicated customer care, One rate to all networks, Fax and Data, Call forwarding, Per second billing, Freedom Forever and Mobile Top up.  Airtel Uganda Limited is the country’s fastest growing telecom company, and a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited – a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 16 countries across Asia and Africa.

Job Summary:   The Treasury manager will handle the functions of tax and treasury to ensure effective planning and management of cash, minimize risk and implementation of controls in line with company policies and procedures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Proactively identifies analyses ways to improve the cash cycle and where appropriate, makes recommendations for cost saving, propriety, and efficiency.
• Analyses and reports on the weekly petty cash transactions and approves the cash counts.
• Approves the daily reconciliation of cash, cheque, and online (RTGS/TT) deposits and actual receipts and cash counts before banking.
• Ensures that the daily liquidity report (DLR) is accurate and circulated to schedule.
• Ensure tax compliance within the operating company.
• Approve allocation and de-allocation.
• Oversee and approve reconciliations of Airtel Money accounts.
• Manage cash drop processes.
• Ensure that all bank account signatories and bank agents are up to date.
• Prepare, obtain approval, and implement the necessary changes and updates in bank account signatories.
• Manage the implementation of “online” banking and ensure that there are sufficient controls in place and that these are reviewed periodically.
• Ensure that funds are held in optimum deposit or current accounts.
• Manage the “outsourced” cash flow collection from the retail shops.
• Manage the companies’ foreign exchange exposures, transactions, and negotiate “best rates”.
• Negotiate and manage liquidity financing for dealers, staff, and the company as appropriate.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Professional accounting qualifications like ACCA, CPA, ACA, CIMA will be an added advantage.
• Postgraduate qualification in a related field will be an added advantage.
• At least five years of experience in a busy accounting/tax office.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a tax authority or tax consulting environment.
• Knowledge of the telecommunications industry.
• Excellent knowledge of local tax laws.
• Accustomed to working in fast-moving and changing environments and to deadlines.

Please note.

• Attach copies of all academic documents.
• Soliciting of influence of any nature will lead to an automatic disqualification.
• We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applicants who do not hear from us within 2 weeks from the closing date should consider their applications unsuccessful.
• Airtel Uganda is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we remain fully committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

How to Apply:




All suitably qualified and interested candidates are invited to submit their applications to the email address below. Please attach your CV, academic qualifications and day phone contact. Send Email to: vacancies@ug.Airtel.com and clearly indicate the email subject as “Treasury Manager.”

Deadline: 19th July 2024.

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