Job Title: Accountant
Organisation: Ranchers Finest
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Chief Finance Officer
About Organisation:
Ranchers Finest (U) Ltd is Uganda’s premier meat processing company. Ranchers Finest sets the standard for quality and excellence. We offer the very best in processed meats and sausages, prepared locally and pre-packaged for sealed-in freshness.
Job Summary: The Accountant will ensure compliance, internal controls, adherence to financial policies and procedures, completeness, accuracy, timeliness and proper record keeping of transactions related to organizational revenues, receivables, payables , payroll, and tax filings.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Income accounting, reconciliations and follow up on receivables (Scrutiny and Verification)
- Generate and verify revenue entries for the accounting system, obtain and ensure accurate postings in the accounting system.
- Ensure and verify reconciliations between bank, and ERP system on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
Payables and Payroll
- Put in place a payments’ tracking system. Approve and monitor payments to ensure payments are done in accordance with targets for processing time.
- Reconcile all payables accounts on a monthly basis.
- Ensure payroll is processed in a timely manner, review for accuracy and submit for approval.
- Ensure PAYE returns and VAT fillings are filed in a timely manner on monthly basis
Cash and bank
- Oversee timely preparation and verification of bank reconciliation statements.
- Ensure proper controls on petty cash and reconciliation on periodic basis.
- Fixed Assets
- Maintain updated Fixed Assets register and depreciation expense as per the fixed assets schedule.
- Ensure that all assets in all the units are properly tagged and insured.
Budgeting and Reporting
- Assist during budget exercise to in the completion of budget templates, follow up on timely collection of data on budgetary assumptions in liaison with the relevant departments.
- Prepare periodic financial reports (monthly/quarterly/annual)
- Timely prepare schedules for internal, interim and annual audits.
- Support timely filling of company and income tax returns as per the statutory set timelines.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- CPA(U) and or ACCA certification.
- 3+ consecutive years of experience as an accounting manager or senior accounting position.
- Experience in managing a small accounts team of 2-5 staff.
- Experience in preparing financial statements, reconciliations and preparing for audit.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a detailed CV to [email protected]
Deadline: 21st July 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36