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Job Title:  Accounts Officer
Organisation: Ministry of Finance, Planning and
Economic Development (MoFPED)
Project: The Second Financial Management
and Accountability Program (FINMAP II)
Reports to:  Programme Finance Manager
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About FINMAP
II:
The Government of Uganda has received funding from
Development Partners to support implementation of the Second Financial Management
and Accountability Programme (FINMAP II). The overall objective of FINMAP II is
to strengthen Public Financial Management Systems at Central and Local
Government levels in a bid to ensure efficient, effective and accountable use
of public resources as a basis for poverty eradication and improvement of
service delivery.
FINMAP II is wide programme designed as the prime
framework for Government public financial management reforms efforts. It
comprises interventions both in the central and local governments and involves
a number of components and several stakeholders including Developments
Partners. A high level Public Expenditure Management Committee (PEMCOM) is in
place to provide policy guidance for the PFM reforms.
The programme is funded through a multi-development
partner Basket Fund, the World Bank funded Uganda Support for Municipal
Infrastructure Development Project (USMID) and Government of Uganda. The
current phase is planned to be concluded by 30 June 2014.
Job Summary: The Accounts Officer will provide technical support to the
Programme Finance Manager in the execution all related activities of the
Programme to ensure efficiency of implementation.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Prepare and analyze
    advance schedules in preparation for retirement of advances and follow up
    of accountability with FINMAP Components.
  • Prepare accountability
    update to communicate status of outstanding advances to respective
    components
  • Review the advances made
    against approved activity budget schedule and prepare expenditure
    itemization to update IFMS and retire the advances.
  • Prepare an update of all
    prepayments and capture the details for retirement in IFMS in accordance
    with the chart of accounts and the budgetary allocations.
  • Posting payment invoices
    into financial management system in line with approved work plans
  • Analysis of payment
    requests and reconciliation with approved documentation including purchase
    orders (LPO) and contracts.
  • Preparing a summary of
    LPOs which are overdue with more than 2 months in the system, prepare
    monthly reports on outstanding payments / obligations including purchase
    orders cross check data captured on the financial management system
    against payment records
  • Liaising with the Head of
    Administration and stores Assistant to update the assets register
  • Preparing schedule of
    payments approved by the Finance Manager indicating period taken to
    complete payment process
  • Perform other duties that
    may be assigned from time to time     
Key Performance
Indicators:
  • Monthly/Quarterly Progress
    reports
  • End of assignment report 
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • The candidate should
    possess a university degree in Accounts, Business Administration with a
    major in Accounting;
  • Professional
    qualification in Accounting
  • Computer literacy with
    knowledge in the use of Accounting Software, Microsoft Office
    Applications; working knowledge of the Government integrated financial
    management system will be an added advantage
  • Auditing Skills
  • Excellent communication
    and report writing skills;
  • Good Interpersonal Skills
    and ability to relate well with a multiplicity of stakeholders.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified applicants should send their
applications addressed to the address below. Envelopes should have clear
indication of the job applied for.
The Programme Coordinator,
The Second Financial Management and Accountability
Programme (FINMAP II),
Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic
Development,
Finance Building; 3rd Floor, Room 3.4,
Plot 2/12 Apollo Kaggwa Road
P.O. Box 8147,
 Kampala,
Uganda.             
Tel: 256-41-4707900, Fax: 256-41-4250005
Deadline: 29th
November 2013 by 17:00 Hours

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