Living Goods Chief Accountant Job Vacancy in Uganda

Job Title: Chief Accountant

Organisation: Living Goods

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

About Living Goods:

Living Goods supports
networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching
families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable,
high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters,
clean cook stoves, and solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing less than a
disruptive reinvention of distribution in emerging markets, through networks of
franchised micro-entreprene

urs who leverage Living Goods’ brand, buying power
and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible prices to
the people who need them most. By combining the best practices from the worlds
of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is creating a
fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of underserved
communities.

Living Goods supports
a network of over 600 micro-entrepreneurs in Uganda who teach families in their
communities how to improve health and well-being while selling affordable,
high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters,
clean cook-stoves, and solar lights.

Job Summary: The Living Goods Chief Accountant will be responsible
for leading and managing the accounting function of Living Goods Uganda. This will be a key role in supporting Living
Goods’ operations with responsibilities included but not limited to: managing
general ledger and QuickBooks transactions, preparation of monthly
reconciliations, fixed asset management, and updating the POS system. Gradually
this position will expand to cover accounting functions for Kenya and the USA.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for all general ledger accounts and
daily posting of transactions into QuickBooks accounting system.
Responsible for timely closure of the general
ledger on a monthly basis (both Kenya and Uganda).
Preparation of all respective monthly
reconciliations and journals (bank reconciliation, inter-company
reconciliation, supplier reconciliation, staff receivables reconciliation,
inventory reconciliation, petty cash reconciliation).
Intuitively review of payment vouchers to ensure
they are supported by supplier reconciliations and all other relevant
documents.
Establish and monitor relationships with
creditors and debtors.
Responsible for monthly payroll preparations and
statutory deductions monthly returns.
Responsible for fixed assets management and
maintenance of a proper fixed assets register.
Monthly review of balance sheet accounts.
Responsible for updating the POS with price
changes and other promotional drives as will be communicated from time to
time.
Responsible for sales collection reconciliation
ensuring all sales collections at branches are banked.
Responsible for monthly inventory reconciliation
and follow up on any shrink identified.
Participate fully in implementation of financial
controls and procedures.
Perform any other accounting tasks that will be
allocated from time to time

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The candidate should possess a Bachelor’s Degree
in Accounting, Finance or other related field from a recognized
university.
Professional qualification in accounting; CPA or
ACCA.
The candidate must have a strong background in
accounting with a minimum of four years’ experience in a similar role and
working knowledge of ERP and Quickbooks.
You may be a fit for Living Goods if you embody a
combination of entrepreneurial tenacity and a strong drive for continuous
learning and improvement.
Past exposure and experience and working
knowledge of an ERP and accounting packages. Experience using QuickBooks
will be an added advantage.
Past exposure and experience in the retail
industry will be an added advantage.