Vacancy title:
Accountant

Jobs at:
SEEP Uganda Limited ( SUL )

Deadline of this Job:
15th October 2018

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: 3rd October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

JOB DETAILS:
SEEP Uganda Limited ( SUL ) is a Non-deposit taking Microfinance Company incorporated under the laws of Uganda in April 2017. For 7(Seven) years SEEP (Socio-Economic Empowerment Program) was actively implemented as a Microfinance program under AIDS Healthcare Foundation - Uganda Cares benefting HIV positive living patients only at several clinic locations all over the country. With operations in Central, Eastern and Southwestern regions of Uganda, the company is seeking to significantly grow the current client base. The company now seeks to hire highly competent, dynamic and experienced persons to fill the following position;
position; Accountant

This role shall be at management committee level and the jobholder is expected to provide leadership in administration, human resource and operations. The Accountant is responsible for the daily financial functions related to the collection, accuracy, recording, analysis and presentation of the company’s financial operations. The accountant usually has a variety of administrative roles within the company’s operations. The holder of the position performs among others the following duties;

• Processing payment requests after verifying supporting documents as per financial policy, contract with vendors and understanding budget implications
  
• Track income and repayment of loans
  
• Make provision of expenditure on a monthly basis.
  
• Issue receipts for funds received and account for it in books of accounts.
  
• Liaison with banks to ensure timely payment processing.
  
• Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement.
  
• Post all checks and journal vouchers on computer, printing memos after posting and treating them accordingly.
  
• Book keeping and primary accounting records and petty cash imprest management;
  
• Filing and coding of all vouchers/documents as per chart of accounts, including proper veri¬ cation of receipts and payments to ensure accuracy of information;
  
• Ensuring proper classification of transactions as assets, liabilities, income and expenses, and must check on all entries entered in the system; to ascertain their genuineness, accuracy and who authorized them;
  
• Preparing of monthly and yearly reports of all Income and Expenditure results, trial balance extraction, bank reconciliation and income statements;
  

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelors of Commerce/Finance Degree (Accounting), BBA (Accounting) or in any other relevant/related field. Possession of CPA/ACCA is an added advantage
  

Experience:

• Should have at least 5 years accounting experience in a regulated financial institution.
  
• Computer literacy will be an added advantage.
  
• Should be willing to travel in any part of the country.