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• The
  Districts Support Accountant will follow-up the districts and other
  implementing agencies for expenditure justifications
• Regularly
  review eligibility of expenditure in accordance with the financing
  agreement
• Routinely
  report on the operation of internal control including budget controls and
  report any deviations
• Prepare
  project reports to enable the withdrawal of funds from financers and
  manage the overall treasury/ cash flow planning aspects of the project.
• Assess
  compliance with Uganda laws and regulations governing the operation of the
  implementing institutions including accountancy standards and the
  requirements for audits and financial reporting.
• Regularly
  review external auditor’s reports (Audit Opinions and management letters);
  including any qualifications and whether any concerns raised by auditors
  have been adequately addressed.
• Review
  reports of IFAD/GoU supervision or review missions and follow-up on the
  implementation of agreed to actions.
• Keenly
  examine the financial management information provided to Project
  Coordinator, MoLG and IFAD, in terms of its adequacy and timeliness.
• Evaluate
  programme/project accounting procedures including the adequacy of
  financial reports in terms of accountability to multiple funding sources.
• Evaluate
  systems for asset management, provision for asset maintenance and
  replacement.
• Review
  documented accounting procedures and accounting manuals in terms of their
  adequacy, and correspondence between actual and documented procedures.
• Evaluate
  annual work plan and budgeting procedures, and budgetary control systems
  applied to monitor actual expenditures versus budget including commitment
  controls to avoid commitments beyond available resources.
• Review
  other aspects of the accounting and financial control systems including:
  cash management and banking; procurement of goods and services; advances
  and acquittals; authorisation of expenditure and budget/actual
  comparisons.

• The
  Districts Support Accountant should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce
  or Business Administration majoring in accounting option from a recognised
  University / Institution, plus professional qualifications like ACCA or
  CPA.
• A
  minimum of five years of relevant work experience
• Working
  knowledge of work planning, budgeting and reporting;
• Excellent
  quantitative and analytical skills;
• Computer-literate
  including accounting packages and well-versed in the use of Excel, Word
  and basic database set-ups.

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