Accountant NGO Job Careers – Finnish Refugee Council (FRC)

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Job Title:  Accountant

Organization: Finnish
Refugee Council (FRC)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to: Human
Resource & Finance Manager

About US:

Finnish Refugee
Council (FRC) is an INGO promoting adult education and community development
among refugees since 1997 as an operational partner to UNHCR and OPM.

           

Job Summary:  The Accountant will provide professional
technical finance and accounting services, to keep a clean accounting system
and procedures, and ensure timely reporting.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Payment
preparations (30%)

  • Oversee all financial transactions to ensure conformity with
    approved accounting and budgetary control systems, procedures and
    regulations.
  • Prepare and maintain staff payroll; posting of salary, NSSF and PAYE
    payments into electronic system, and preparation of salary slips to staff.
  • Ensure all statutory filings and payments are prepared and remitted
    on a timely basis.
  • Support the Program Manager to check advance requests from staff for
    project work.

Accounting and
Financial Reporting (60%)

  • Follow up and receive accountability of advances from project staff.
  • Prepare monthly project cash accounts and book keeping, and bank
    reconciliations by 10th of every month, inclusive of monthly and annual
    income and expenditure statements for both HQ and donors.
  • Assure that all finance related documents are stored appropriately
    in the FRC electronic filing system.
  • Review the monthly audit trail and reports to ensure accuracy.
  • Support HQ in the internal and external audit of accounts.

Other (10%)

  • Lead as focal point on all related issues with Statutory Regulators.
  • Assist in controlling the approved budgets, and ensure that
    expenditures comply with grant/donor agreements.
  • Assist in preparation of project proposal’s budgets.
  • Carry out field verification visits for the different projects when
    relevant.
  • Undertake any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

  • The ideal candidate for the Finnish Refugee Council (FRC) Accountant
    job must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business
    Administration, Commerce and Other degrees can be considered, if
    accompanied with full professional accounting qualification such as ACCA
    and CPA.
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management an advantage.
  • Three years of relevant experience in a finance role.
  • Flexible with good communication, feedback, interpersonal and
    assertive.

How to Apply:

All candidates
should send their Email applications to frcugandaadmin@refugeecouncil.fi  

Please include in
your application letter:

  • Gross salary request,
  • Maximum 4-page long CV
  • Contact details (email and telephone) of
    3 professional reference persons.

Deadline: 31st July 2019

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