Job Title: Senior Accountant (2 Jobs)
Organisation: Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is a semi-autonomous agency under the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities. UWA was established in 1996 and is managed in accordance with the Wildlife Act Cap 200.
Job Summary: To maintain ledger books and post transactions in compliance with accounting principles and regulations
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Verifying completeness of payment requisitions, justification and documentation of financial transactions
- Providing data schedules to facilitate financial and management reporting
- Maintaining up to date books of accounts, ledger and bank reconciliations, financial records and assets register
- Preparing remittances/transfers schedules of funds from the wildlife fund to operations accounts/receipts for operations
- Liaising with URA and NSSF on statutory compliance
- Preparing quarterly and annual revenue and forecasts and monitoring revenue collection at the different collection centres
- Establishing mechanisms to ensure conformance in handling of revenue collection at the different collection centres
- Reviewing and monitoring customer balances ensuring that the approved credit limits are not surpassed
- Reviewing tax schedules and guiding on tax matters to ensure statutory compliance on VAT
- Preparing financial investment proposals
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- An Honors Bachelor’s Degree in either Finance and Accounting, Commerce (Accounting), or Business Administration (Accounting) from a recognized University.
- Full professional accounting qualification with membership to CPA or ACCA
OR
- Full Professional accounting qualifications with a Master degree in Business Administration (Accounting or Finance) from a recognized University
Experience
- At least three (03) years relevant experience, three (3) of which should have been as Accountant from a reputable Organization.
Competences
Technical
- Planning and Budgeting
- Financial Management
- Expenditure management and Budgetary control
- Financial reporting
- Risk management and Assurance
- Information and Communications Technology
Behavioral
- Innovative and Proactive
- Decision Making and Problem Solving
- Effective communication
- Ethics and Integrity
- Inter-personal relations
How to Apply:
Applicants should submit their duly completed application forms found on the link provided below. Hard copies will not be accepted.
Instructions for submission
- Attach a cover letter indicating your interest in the job you choose as well as the academic documents scanned as one pdf document (the system will not accept more than one file).
- Applicants shortlisted for interviews shall be required to present originals of their academic certificates and transcripts at the time of the interviews.
Address:
The Executive Director
Uganda Wildlife Authority
Plot 7 Kira Road, Kamwokya
P.O. Box 3530
KAMPALA
Deadline: 20th June,2025 by 5.00 pm
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