6 Finance Career Placements – Accounts Assistants at National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)

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Organization: National
Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)
Duty Station: NARL
Kawanda – Wakiso, NaCCRI Namulonge – Wakiso, NaCORI Kituza-Mukono, NaLIRRI –
Tororo, NaSAARI – Serere and Abi ZARDI – Arua, Uganda
Job Ref: NARL/7 (NARL
Wakiso), NaCRRI/2 (NaCCRI Wakiso), NaCORI/10 (Mukono), NaLIRRI/6
(Tororo), NaSARRI/4 (Serere) and AbiZARDI/4 (Arua)
About NARO:
The National Agricultural
Research Organisation is established by the National Agricultural Research Act
2005 as a body corporate with the mandate to provide strategic direction for
publically funded agricultural research in Uganda. The organisation is composed
of the Council as its governing body, Committees of Council, a Secretariat for
its day-to-day operations with semi-autonomous Public Agricultural Research
Institutes (PARI’s) under its policy guidance.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • The
    Accounts Assistant will receive cash or banker’s cheque, recording
    financial transactions, counting money to verify amounts and issuing
    receipts for funds received.
  • The
    incumbent will also be keenly recording and computing total funds
    collected with amounts of currency in register to verify balances.
  • Responsible
    for preparing bank deposit slips in order to ensure that all collections
    are promptly banked in accordance with accounting procedures.
  • In
    charge of compiling, sorting and checking payment instructions to ensure
    calculations are correct and supported by receipts and other accounting
    documents before posting details of financial transactions.
  • Receiving
    monthly operational funds and ensuring that the cheque is endorsed by
    authorized person before banking.
  • Responsible
    for disbursing cash and writing vouchers and cheques in order to make
    payment against specified expenditures requisitions.
  • In
    charge of preparing cheque payments and refund claims and ensuring that
    payments are made against verifiable accounting documents.
  • Posting
    data and balancing accounts as well as compiling collections,
    disbursements and bank reconciliation reports.
  • Reconciling
    the cashbook with bank statements and checking balances against verifiable
    documents on a monthly basis.
  • Preparing
    monthly revenue, expenditure returns, financial statements and reports to
    cover specified periods. 
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The
    applicants for the NARO Accounts Assistant Jobs should hold a Diploma in
    accounting, Business studies or Finance.
  • A
    minimum of three or more years working experience in the relevant field
    from a reputable organization.
  • Possession
    of a Bachelor’s Degree is an added advantage
How to Apply: 
All candidates who wish to join
NARO are encouraged to send their applications to the Director General, NARO,
P.O. Box 295, Entebbe, Uganda.
The complete applications
should include three copies of your Curriculum Vitae and one copy of
certificates, transcripts and other relevant documents. The application should
bear the title of the post as well as the reference number specified against
the vacancy (Check at top of the advert). The applicants should not apply for
more than three posts.
Deadline: 17th November 2014 by 5.00p.m

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