Earn Over 25m annually as Accountants Assistant at Protecting Families against HIV/AIDS (PREFA)

Organisation: Protecting
Families against HIV/AIDS (PREFA)
Reports to: Senior
Accountant
Duty Station: Head Office,
Kampala, Uganda
Salary: Ugx 25,700,000
million per annum
About PREFA:
Protecting
Families against HIV/AIDS (PREFA) is an indigenous Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO) that was formed to contribute to Uganda’s efforts in
enhancing access to quality HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment, and support
services to families with a histoncal focus on Prevention of Mother-to-Child
Transmission.
Job Summary: The Accountants
Assistant will support the Senior Accountant in the finance function for the
smooth operation of PREFA’s programs and activities.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Offer support to the Senior Accountant in the
    preparation of annual budgets for the organization.
  • Prepare periodic financial statements (income
    and expenditure) and support the department to produce consolidated
    financial statements/reports for submission to management board of
    trustees, donors and other stakeholders.
  • Oversee the filing of all accounting records
    (vouchers and supporting documents) that are in use and those forming the
    archives.
  • Ensure that all cash and cheque transactions
    are correctly recorded.
  • Oversee the preparation of journal entries and
    initial them before forwarding for approval.
  • Update all books of accounts and balance them
    with the general ledger on a regular and timely basis and ensure that
    reconciliation statements are prepared on time.
  • Ensure reconciliation of computerized records
    with manual records of debtors, creditors, contingency and other liability
    accounts and follow up errors.
  • Cross-check all expenditure vouchers to certify
    their genuineness, review all project payments and preparation of cheques
    and ensure proper utilization and accountability of all funds.
  • Provide timely draft accountability statements/monthly
    reports for review.
  • Assist in the preparations for auditors and to
    provide timely and satisfactory responses to all audit queries, comments
    and recommendations.

Qualifications, Skills, and
Experience
:
  • The applicant should hold a B.Com or BBA
    (Accounting), or any other relevant discipline from a recognised
    institution, with at least an affiliate of ACCA, CPA
  • Three years working experience with donor
    accounting.
  • Proven knowledge of financial accounting
    procedures, multi-donor reporting, CDCI USAID rules and regulations and
    clear understanding of Government of Uganda accounting requirements
  • Financial management and budgeting skills.
  • Excellent computer skills with at least two
    accounting packages including PASTEL.
  • Interpersonal skills and communication skills
    strong attributes integrity, exemplary character, highly organised with a
    high sense of self-respect.
How to Apply:
Interested
candidates should send a current detailed CV, application letter, copies of
testimonials and certificates; and 3 references with telephone contact.
The
Executive Director, Protecting Families against HIV/AIDS (PREFA), Plot 71 Lithuli
Avenue Bugolobi, P.O Box 25769, Kampala, Uganda.
NB: Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 15th November,
2013. 
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