Finance Jobs – Accountant at Transeast

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Job Title: Accountant
Organisation: Transeast
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Executive and
Finance Director, Financial Controller
About Transeast:
Our client Transeast Uganda Limited is a transportation specialist
company, capable of handling all forms of overland transportation requirements
but concentrating on heavy haulage and out of gauge cargo.
Job Summary: The Accountant
will ensure compliance with corporate, finance and accounting policies,
business controls, procedures and reporting. Offer sound business
decision-making support to other senior members of the organization through the
accurate monitoring, reporting and analysing of financial results and
projections. She / he Provide timely proactive financial evaluation, information
and advice that enable the operations to develop and execute effective plans
and take informed decisions. The job holder will periodically interact with and
provide support to operations department’s personnel to ensure seamless
resolution of issues
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Financial Accounting and Reporting:
  • Preparing annual financial accounts, in
    compliance with local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and
    International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
  • Preparing monthly management accounts and
    reviewing support schedules.
  • Monitoring and analysing financial reports
    and records and pro-actively identifying issues and initiating corrective
    actions where needed.
  • Reconciling company assets and analysis of
    utilisation.
2. Monitoring and Controlling:
  • Preparation of debtor’s reports.
  • Trucking income Variance analysis and
    explanations.
  • Preparation of creditor’s reports
3. Institute Internal Controls:
  • Controlling chart of accounts by
    monitoring access rights in the accounting system.
  • Maintaining adequate systems of internal
    controls needed to safeguard assets, ensuring accurate financial reporting
    and compliance with policies and procedures
4. Treasury Management:
  • Ensuring proper planning and management of
    loans by ensuring that interest and principal are properly recorded
    /accounted for and paid within the loan agreement.
  • Negotiating exchange rates with various
    banks.
  • Preparation of supplier payments and
    reconciliations.
5. Taxation and Statutory Returns:
  • Ensuring accurate calculation, payment and
    submission of company statutory deductions in a timely manner and as per
    the relevant legislation.
  • Ensuring withholding tax is properly
    calculated and remitted on behalf of third parties.
  • Coordinating, preparing and submitting
    statutory returns and payments.
  • Managing and reviewing audits of VAT
    returns and subsequent refund claims from URA as per the VAT Act.
6. People and Relationship Management:
  • Exercising sound management and leadership
    skills and principles.
  • Ensuring a strong focus on people
    development and continuously developing potential of staff through
    training and mentoring.
  • Monitoring the productivity and
    effectiveness of direct reports.
  • Keeping staff informed and assisting them
    when required.
  • Developing and maintaining liaison with
    tax advisors and URA officials.
  • Providing internal and external auditors
    with all assistance as required.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The applicant must possess an
    undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance; A qualified [full/part]
    accountant with CPA or ACCA professional qualifications
  • At least three  years’ accounting experience
  • Strong business acumen,
  • Excellent 
    analytical and numerical skills.
  • Possess high level of integrity and
    reliability
  • Computer literacy skills including
    knowledge of QuickBooks and an ERP accounting software is essential.
  • Strong planning and organisational skills
  • Strong problem solving skills with a
    proactive and innovating approach to work.
  • Possess 
    high level of integrity and reliability.
  • Excellent communication Skills;
  • Good written and verbal communication
    skills
  • High team ethic;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills. A team
    player with strong attention to detail and follow up.
  • High self-motivation, highly energetic and
    innovative individual. Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
  • Travel to corporate headquarters will be
    required from time to time.
  • Ability to work and deliver under pressure
How to Apply:
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the job requirements
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