Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, October 28 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
An events company is looking for personnel in various fields and below are some of the available positions.

Applications are invited from qualified personnel to fill the following positions

FINANCIAL MANAGER
As a Financial Manager, one’s major role is to ensure proper financial control and defined accountability. A Financial Manager is responsible for preparing and analyzing financial information to facilitate management’s decision making. Provide support by liaising with other departments on all finance matters, budgetary management and control. They are responsible for financial reporting and submission of statutory returns to authorities and ensure that the general finance and accounting operations are carried out in compliance with the relevant legislations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Review financial commitments and payments requests to ensure compliance with Plan Policies and procedures.
• Process all financial transactions on timely basis.
• Prepare and reconcile all bank accounts and booking ledgers on a monthly basis to ensure exceptions are identified and dealt with promptly.
• Help in preparation of financial management reports on a monthly basis for decision making.
• Perform physical verification of Assets at least twice a year to ensure that all assets are accurately valued and recorded in the assets register.
• Prepare monthly payroll and the related statutory returns; and ensure periodic PAYE, NSSF and WHT returns are done to ensure adherence to the Employment Act and Tax Laws.
• Monitor the expenditures to ensure that program funds are utilized appropriately by the close of the fiscal year.
• Verify, allocate, post, and reconcile financial transactions through quick books software.
• Prepare weekly cash flow statements and controlling expenditures and cash flow.
• Assisting with the preparation of year end accounts and statutory accounts like external audit.
• Managing and training staff when necessary.
• Filling and remitting taxes and other obligations.
• Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results to Management.
• Provide technical support and advice on management.
• Participate in financial standards setting and in forecast process.
• Prepare financial statements and produce budget according to schedule.
• Identification of the best service providers for better execution of assigned event
• Create awareness of the company and look out for potential customers
• Must ensure flexibility to do any other duty as assigned.

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS
A. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• National Diploma in Accounting and Finance or any related field.

B. EXPERIENCE
• At least three (3) years practical experience in financial management. Working in an events company would be an added advantage. A recommendation letter from a previous workplace and staying near Kampala and Jinja Cities would also be an added advantage.

C. AGE
• The applicant must be 21 - 32 years as at the close of the advert.

D. COMPETENCIES
(i) Technical Competencies.
• Good oral communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent analytical, detail-oriented and numerical skills.
• Ability to research, analyze and communicate complex information to non-financial people and to make useful and usable recommendations.
• High level of integrity with strong leadership and managerial abilities.
• Computer literacy skills.
• Honesty and transparency.
• Respect and professionalism.
• Time management and multitasking.
• Knowledge of the Ugandan laws on Finance and companies.
• Finance risk management.
• Ability to diagnose and solve problems.
• Ability to prove interest in events organization.
• Must be good at research and implementation.
• Must be a good listener to instruction
• Must have skills in Coordinating and monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with accounting software packages, like QuickBooks, Tally, oraclean would be an added advantage

(ii) Behavioral Competencies
• Be of high integrity and able to maintain confidentiality.
• Willingness to work towards further qualifications and to continue learning.
• Maintains professional knowledge by keeping abreast of developments and attending events
• Subtle and understanding approach combined with authoritative work ethics.
• A good team player in diverse environments
• Flexibility (ready to work beyond normal call of duty).
• Reliability with loyalty as a key factor.
• Resilience in delivering work.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure
Applications should be forwarded to creativeminds347@gmail.com stating the job title in the subject line.

Please take note of the following:
1) Applicants MUST append scanned copies of academic credentials and professional training certificates where possible to their applications to support their candidature.
2) Management reserves the right to terminate applicants found with concealed or falsified information and academic credentials.

Applications should reach NOT later than Friday November 10, 2023



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