Job Title: Assistant Accountant
Organisation: SOS Children’s Villages
Duty Station: Kakiri, Uganda
Reports to: Project Accountant
About SOS:
SOS Children’s Villages Uganda is an
indigenous non-government, social development organisation affiliated to SOS
Children’s Villages International, a worldwide child care orga
indigenous non-government, social development organisation affiliated to SOS
Children’s Villages International, a worldwide child care orga
nisation,
currently running Children’s Villages and other projects in 135 countries
around the world. SOS has been working in Uganda since 1991, and runs
Children’s Villages and other projects at Kakiri, Entebbe (Abaita Ababiri),
Gulu and in Fort Portal – Kabarole district.
Job Summary: The Assistant Accountant performs the following functions
but not limited to;
but not limited to;
Monitoring cash flow and bank accounts for
SOS Children’s Village Kakiri.
SOS Children’s Village Kakiri.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for
Revenue collection and control. - Budget
preparation and control. - Make timely
payments to staff, suppliers etc and ensuring that all payments are
authorised and backed up with proper receipts, invoices and other relevant
documentation. - 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 labelled. - Maintaining fixed
asset register for the Village. - In charge of
preparing 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.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The Assistant
Accountant should hold a 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. - Significant
experience and knowledge in the use of Navison accounting software. - Excellent interpersonal
and communication skills. - The applicants
should be mature individual aged between 26 – 35 years.
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to send their
application letters enclosing a detailed Curriculum Vitae, current salary
information, copies of academic transcripts and certificates, including
telephone contact and details of at least three references to:
application letters enclosing a detailed Curriculum Vitae, current salary
information, copies of academic transcripts and certificates, including
telephone contact and details of at least three references to:
The Human Resource Coordinator,
SOS Children’s Villages Uganda,
25 km on Kampala-Entebbe Rd, Abaita Ababiri,
P.O Box 27510,
Kampala. Uganda
Or send by e-mail to: jobs@sosuganda.org
The applications may also be dropped at SOS
Children’s Village offices in Gulu, Entebbe, Kakiri and Fort portal
Children’s Village offices in Gulu, Entebbe, Kakiri and Fort portal
NB: The
submitted written application should clearly be indicating the position title
in the subject line. Please use standard file types such as Microsoft Word
(.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and send all documents in one file attachment.
submitted written application should clearly be indicating the position title
in the subject line. Please use standard file types such as Microsoft Word
(.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and send all documents in one file attachment.
Deadline: Friday, 9th January
2015.
2015.
