Entry Level Accounts Assistant Jobs – Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU)

Job Title:   Accounts Assistant
Organization: Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU)
Project Name: Uganda Skills Development Facility (USDF)
Funding Source: World Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to:  Project Accountant,
SDF
About World Bank USDF:
The
Government of Uganda has received credit from the World Bank towards
Implementation of the Uganda Competitive Fund for employer-led short term
training (Uganda Skills Development Facility -USDF). The Uganda competitive
fund for employer-led short-term training is part of the Skilling Uganda
Project addressing prevailing skills imbalances and shortages in Uganda. An
important element of the initiative is to facilitate collaboration between
training providers and industry to promote demand driven skills development
with special attention to innovative modes of training. The Fund is an
IDA-funded project expected to be managed by the Private Sector Foundation
Uganda (PSFU). The grant component of USDF aims at;
  • Component 1: Supporting training activities
    that lead to improved productivity and competitiveness in the formal and
    informal sectors, hereby creating new income opportunities
  • Component 2: Providing funding primarily for
    the improvement of the quality and relevance of existing skills systems
  • Component 3: Prioritising innovative new
    approaches to skills development with special attention to micro and small
    enterprises.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Follow-up payment acknowledgement and obtain
    receipts from service providers.
  • In charge of the maintenance of accounting
    records pertaining to main cash book and petty cash.
  • Filling of accounting records / documents
    including payment vouchers, receipts and bank records
  • Serve as the project agent with BOU, deliver
    and collect correspondence financial and accounts records from Bank of
    Uganda (BOU) e.g. bank statements etc and MoFPED and related Agencies.
  • Provide weekly status of outstanding
    payments, bank account balances with BOU, weekly bank cash banking &
    deposits
  • Actively facilitate project component to make
    payments for workshops and seminars.
  • Prepare and analyse advance schedules to
    preparing for retirement of advances and arrange accountability status
    updates to components
  • Keep advance register updated and prepare monthly
    report on outstanding advances
  • Prepare payments transactions authorized by
    the FMS and extract payment vouchers and attach supporting documents and
    maintain a proper filing system for the department. Process payment
    requests and check the expenditures to ensure all requisite attachments
    are attached.
  • Assist the Accountant in matters of stock
    taking of project inventory and assets.
  • Assist in the preparation of bank
    reconciliations.
  • Mileage booking into the system and ensuring
    the vehicle log books are updated all times. Generating vehicle and
    telephone usage reports
Key Performance Indicators:
  • Maintained accounting records pertaining to
    main cash book and petty cash.
  • Updated accounting records / documents on
    payments and receipts and bank records
  • Weekly status reports on outstanding
    payments, bank account balances with BOU, weekly bank cash banking &
    deposits
  • Updated advance register and listing of
    accountability from components
  • Monthly expenditure reports on motor vehicle
    and telephone usage.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant for the World Bank SDF Project Accounts
    Assistant job opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce,
    Business Administration (Accounting major) or related discipline.
  • The applicant must be pursuing or should have
    completed a professional accounting course e.g CPA or ACCA.
  • Art of innovation and ability to work with
    self-initiative.
  • Excellent communication, organization and
    interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent analytical skills, high level of
    proficiency in the use of computer applications especially spreadsheets
    and database, Computerized accounting systems e.g IFMS, Navision, Tally,
    QuickBooks
  • Impeccable level of integrity.
  • Age: Between 25 – 35 years
How to Apply:
All
candidates are encouraged to deliver their application letters, updated
curriculum vita and photocopies of academic and professional certificates to
the address below. Please clearly indicate the position being applied for on
top of the envelope.
The
Executive Director,
Private
Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU)
Plot
43, Nakasero Road,
P.
O. Box 7683, Kampala- Uganda.
Deadline: 20th June 2016 by 5:00PM
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