Financial Controller Employment Opportunity – Spedag Interfreight Uganda Ltd

Job Title:     Financial Controller
Organisation: Spedag Interfreight Uganda Ltd
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Finance Manager
About US:
Spedag
Interfreight Uganda Ltd is the leading clearing, forwarding and freight
logistics company in Uganda which provides end to end supply chain management.
We specialize in supply chain management, consolidation Services, Distribution
Logistics, Project Logistics, Warehousing, Airfreight, Transports, Sea freight
Overland and comprehensive Logistics.
Job Summary: The Financial Controller will be responsible for
financial and management reporting, tax and statutory compliance as well as any
other matters of financial control within Spedag Interfreight.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Ensure that the company’s reported financial
    results are accurate and comply with generally accepted accounting
    principles and international financial reporting standards
  • Finalisation of accounts on a monthly basis
    and participate in period closing procedures
  • Conduct reconciliation for various control
    accounts, general ledger vs subsidiary ledgers
  • Keen review of reconciliations prepared by
    Accounts receivable team and accounts payable teams
  • In charge of the maintenance of fixed asset
    register, ensure compliance and controls around capex management.
  • Support the Financial Control Team in
    preparing monthly financial report to be submitted to management
  • Preparation of weekly cash flow forecasts and
    business forecast reports
  • Responsible for the preparation of monthly
    budget vs actual trends, together with monthly variance report for revenue
    and Opex to ensure revenue management and opex control
  • Preparation of annual budgets for presentation
    to Management
  • Ensure reconciliation of various tax/legal
    records with government authority’s records
  • Ensure compliance of Income tax regulations
    pertaining to WHT, PAYE while making payments to vendors and consultants.
  • Ensure timely submission of various statutory
    j returns
  • Work closely with various stakeholders e.g.
    banks, customs on finance related matters
  • Design and implement staff engagement and
    development strategies for your team.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate should hold a Bachelor’s
    degree in Finance or a related field
  • Hold professional accounting qualifications
    i.e. ACA, ACCA or CPA.
  • A minimum of seven years’ experience, two of
    which will have been spent in a middle management position
  • Prior experience with an ERP system like
    Oracle, SAP and proficiency in Ms Office.
  • Previous experience in process
    implementation, and documentation, and should be hands on with business
    analytics, with very deep understanding of KPI management.
  • Prior exposure and experience in a clearing
    and forwarding or shipping business is a major advantage.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified applicants should send their applications and detailed
curriculum vitae to; hr.s@ug.pwc.com
NB: Only short listed candidates will he contacted.
Deadline: 3rd June 2016

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