Job Title: Assistant Accountant – 3 Posts
Employer: SOS Children’s VillagesDuty Station: Entebbe, Fort Portal & Gulu, Uganda
Brief Job Description:
Required Duties & Responsibilities:
• Monitoring cash flow and bank account for SOS Children’s Village Entebbe
• Responsible for revenue collection and control
• In charge of Budget preparation and control.
• Routinely making payments to staff, suppliers etc and ensuring that all payments are authorised and backed up with proper receipts, invoices and other relevant documentation.
• In charge of Payment voucher control, ensuring that payment vouchers are available and well numbered.
• Store and file all the payment vouchers ensuring that they are secure and well labeled
• Maintaining fixed asset register for the Village
• In charge of monthly bank reconciliations.
• Ensuring that laid down procurement procedures is followed and supplier invoices are paid in good time.
• Manage all account payables and receivables
• Receipt all the KG school fees and ensure that the school fees reconciliation register is up to-date.
• Receipt and update Medical Centre revenue and cash book ensuring that they are banked within 24 hours.
• Offer technically support in implementing all banking requirements for the village
• Update the SOS Childrens’ Villages bank registers
Required Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
• The applicant should possess a good University degree in accounting, business administration, commerce or other equivalent professional qualification in accounting (e.g. at least CPA or ACCA level 2)
• A minimum of two to three years’ accounting experience in a busy organisation/setting. Additional experience in NGO community funded programmes including managing donor grants will be of great advantage.
• Prior experience and knowledge in the use of Navision accounting software.
• Excellent communication skills, written & spoken English
Age: between 26 – 35 years.
How to Apply For this JOB:
All applications should include a detailed Curriculum Vita, current salary information, copies of academic transcripts and certificates, a passport size photograph, telephone contact and details of at least 3 references should be addressed to:
The Human Resource Coordinator,
SOS Children’s Villages Uganda,
P. O. Box 27510, Kampala, Uganda
OR
Physically drop off your application at the gate, SOS National Office Entebbe, Abaita Ababiri – 25 Kms, Entebbe Road. Uganda
OR
E-mail your applications to: jobs@sosuganda.org
NB: Only Short listed applicants will be contacted.
The Application Deadline: 14th March 2014