5 Accounts Officers Jobs at National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)

Organisation: National Water
and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Area Manager
About NWSC:
National
Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) a leading organisation in the Water
sector in Uganda with a Vision “To be a leading Water Utility in the World.”
NWSC is a utility parastatal 100% owned by The Government of Uganda. It was
established in 1972 under decree No: 34. The mandate of the Corporation as
defined in the National Water & Sewerage Corporation Statute of 1995,
Section 5 (1), is to operate and provide water and sewerage services in areas
entrusted to it, on a sound, commercial and viable basis. The NWSC operations
were initially in three towns of Kampala, Jinja, and Entebbe.
Job Summary: The Accounts Officers
will be responsible for the effective and efficient financial management of the
Area and for maintenance of the necessary systems to safeguard the assets,
financial performance and financial position of the Area.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Overall control of income and expenditure
    ensuring that all payments due to the Corporation are duly made.
  • Ensuring responsible stewardship and safe
    custody of cash and other assets of the Corporation.
  • Ensure periodic management and cost statements
    are prepared and presented to the Area manager and headquarters finance
    department.
  • Ensure that all financial records in the Area
    are up to date and reflect the financial performance and position of the
    Area.
  • Prepare and compile the capital and operations
    annual budget for the Area.
  • Timely posting of income and expenditure in the
    financial ledger from source records.
  • Prepare Area financial reports as required by
    the Corporation.
  • Ensure that the financial ledgers are regularly
    reviewed, verified and acted upon.
  • Overall daily supervision of work programs in
    the finance section.
  • Prepare and review monthly bank reconciliation
    of all Area bank accounts.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicants should hold a Bachelors degree from a recognized Institution in Commerce (Accounting),
    Business Administration (accounting) or any other relevant discipline.
  • A professional
    qualification like CPA, ACCA will be an added advantage.
  • Must have relevant
    experience of one (1) year in
    Accounting.
  • Must have excellent
    computer and analytical skills.
  • Should possess high levels of initiative,
    commitment to work, ability to meet tight deadlines.
  • Excellent
    communications and interpersonal skills with the ability to listen and
    identify solutions to problems.
  • Should be good team
    player highly motivated and capable of working with minimal
    supervision.
  • Ability to train and
    mentor others. 
Age: below 35 years
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested individuals should send their applications
with copies of their academic and professional qualifications addressed to the
Human Resource Manager, P.O. Box 7053 Kampala, Uganda or hand deliver them at
NWSC Head Office Plot 39 Jinja Road.
Deadline: 15th
November, 2013

NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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