Accountant Jobs – MRC Uganda

Job Title: Accountant

Organisation: MRC Uganda

Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda

About Organisation:

The Medical Research Council (MRC UK) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence with dominant research themes in the areas of HIV and emerging infections, vaccines and immunity, and chronic diseases and cancer. Through a multidisciplinary approach, intersecting basic science, epidemiological research, social-behavioural research and the conduct of new intervention evaluation studies, the Unit contributes knowledge on changing epidemics and diseases, the evaluation of innovative health care options, treatment and prevention and the development of health policy and practice in Africa and worldwide. Following the signing of strategic transfer agreements between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Medical Research Council (MRC UK), the Unit formally joined LSHTM on 1st February 2018. The exciting new partnership will boost research capacity into current and emerging health issues in Africa and throughout the world. The Unit is based at the UVRI Entebbe campus with established outposts in Kalungu, Masaka, Wakiso and Kampala Districts.

Job Summary: The position holder will assist and deputize for the Finance Manager in terms of supervising the department and completing all monthly financial reports for head office and answering ad hoc queries. Providing direct support with audits of the Unit by interacting and preparing information, and audit trail data for either internal or external auditors. To provide supervision of accounting by ensuring that accounts procedures and internal controls are operated according to the Unit SOPs.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Cash managements and payments;
• Prepare weekly Liquidity reports, forecasting cash requirements for the month;
• Co-authorize payments, on-line or by cheque;
• Perform periodic and on-spot petty cash counts; review and sign-off cash count certificates;
• Review payments to ensure that they comply with MRC/UVRI & LSHTM policies and procedures; and,
• Scrutinize petty cash statements; review & check imprest reimbursement requests before processing, checking there are authentic receipts for all petty cash payment.
• Month-end reconciliations;
• Prepare monthly Bank and Cash reconciliation reports;
• Review and sign-off monthly VAT reconciliation reports and present proposals for following up long outstanding items; and,
• Review & sign-off Monthly reconciliation reports prepared by Accounts Officers.
• Fixed assets maintenance and reporting;
• Prepare and conduct two physical asset verifications per year for items on the Unit’s Asset register and prepare reports to be signed off by Accountant and Finance Manager;
• Prepare and conduct physical asset verifications for project specific asset registers;
• Maintain and update the Unit Asset Register held in LSHTM system; including additions, modifications, disposals; and,
• Prepare quarterly Asset Registers for review by Senior Accountant and Finance Manager.
• Tax management and reporting (VAT, WHT, etc);
• Prepare and submit annual company returns on URA portal;
• Review and sign-off monthly VAT returns;
• Follow up with URA on VAT refunds and suppliers for VAT not yet declared/remitted to URA; and,
• Review and sign-off monthly WHT returns and sending Certificates to respective Suppliers.
• Internal control & compliance reviews;
• Review accounting documents and reports to investigate reasons for any accounting entry anomaly, reviewing records;
• Conduct quarterly compliance visits to field station offices to assess internal controls;
• Check that finance SOPs are implemented in routine activities; and,
• Investigate reasons for any.

Financial Audits;

• Provide support to Finance Manager during audits of financial records and process.

Financial Audits;

• Delegated financial authority to approve petty cash invoices for payment, within policy limits, up to UGX 20,000,000 and GBP 100 or its Equivalent;
• Co-authorize LESO salary batch payments up to UGX 2,000,000,000 and cheque payments of up to UGX 19,999,999;
• Authorize local Supplier invoices for payment.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Commerce, or Business Administration;
• Professional Accountant qualification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA,);
• Any additional accounting qualification;
• At least three years’ experience in busy accounts office with direct supervision of personnel;
• Experience in a medical/Humanitarian organization;
• Should possess excellent skills with analytical tools, including MS Excel analytical tools, donor specific templates, etc;
• Demonstrated excellent knowledge of ERP and accounting software – MS Dynamics;
• Good written and verbal communication abilities in the English language, including ability to provide information for briefing;
• Personal integrity;
• Emotional resourcefulness;
• Ability to learn;
• Decision making;

Reliability;

• Openness to others;

Independence;

• Analytical thinking;
• Conceptual thinking;

Proactivity;

• Results orientation; and,
• Attention to detail.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 1st October 2026

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Level of Education: bachelor degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36