Accounts assistant job at Institute for Social Transformation (IST)
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Vacancy title:
Accounts assistant

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Education, and Training , Category: Accounting & Finance ]

Jobs at:

Institute for Social Transformation (IST)

Deadline of this Job:
22 March 2023  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Purpose & scope of the assignment
IST seeks to recruit a highly competent person to fill the position of an Accountants Assistant. The Accountants Assistant will work together with the Accountant in ensuring that IST finance department runs more efficiently.

Major Duties and Responsibilities
• Assist the Accountant in preparing monthly reports and bank reconciliation statements.
• Assist the finance officer in processing payment in compliance with IST finance policies and procedures.
• Maintain and update the assets register.
• Maintaining and updating the ledger accounts, monthly reconciliation of suppliers’ accounts.
• Ensure that expenses are coded properly and that documentation is complete and presented in chronological order.
• Assist the finance officer in Issuing of program advances and subsequent follow-up on accountability.
• Assist the Accountant in ensuring that all financial documents and vouchers are filed appropriately.
• Assist the Accountant in the coordination of office administration.
• Assist in banking of field advance balances.
• Assist the Finance Officer in preparation for external and internal audits.
• Any other duties assigned by the Accountant and Executive Director
• Finance / budget
• Prepares the planning of the financial needs for forth coming periods.
• Maintains the petty cash box, with all due accounting and security precautions.
• Prepares the elements for the budget analysis. Maintains the budget forecast tool.
• Monitors the development of expenditure, ensuring that budget overruns do not occur and prepares requests for possible amendments.

Others

• Carries out any other duties that may reasonably or exceptionally be required to ensure the smooth operation of IST’s work, such as substituting for absent colleagues, etc

Information / reporting
The FA will submit the Weekly and monthly expenditure reports.

Education Requirements
• Degree or Diploma in Accounting and Finance
• Knowledge in Accounting software (QuickBooks)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Competencies:

• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to work in a team and good interpersonal skills.
• Good computer applications skills.
• Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision.
• Ability to work under time pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in diversified environments.
• Attention to details.
• Ability to learn fast.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education:
Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure
Email: isocialtransformation32@gmail.com and copy in moureenwagubi@gmail.com Tel: +256-414665496


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22 March 2023
Job Info
Job Category: Accounting/ Finance jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 22 March 2023
Duty Station: Kampala
Posted: 16-03-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 16-03-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 16-03-2077
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