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Job Title:   Accountant 

Organisation: Fundi Bots

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Operations and Finance Manager

About US:

Fundi Bots was started in 2011 by Solomon King Benge as a hobby/passion project to help students understand science through robotics. Fundi Bots promotes improved, practical science education in African schools and communities through the provision of hands-on skills and project-based training, with a strong focus on rural and underprivileged regions and a push for equitable inclusion for girls.

Job Summary:  Reporting to the Operations and Finance Manager, an Accountant will make critical financial decisions by collecting, tracking, and reviewing the company’s finances. He/ She will handle most of the administrative and transactional activities in the department.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Consolidate all requisition accountabilities to the General Ledger.
• Capture all General Ledger entries on the Electronic Accounting Tool.
• Perform monthly & quarterly accountability reviews & reconciliations.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly payroll schedule.
• Prepare information for donor reporting on request and assist in the donor reporting process.
• Provide back-up for team members within the finance department.
• Participate in the budget monitoring process by preparing monthly periodic statements and up-to-date accounts with relevant schedules indicating actual against budget and variance explanations if any.
• Maintain historical records by microfilming and filing documents.
• Adhere to internal controls and compliance with financial accounting procedures.
• Costing of products made by the organization.
• Post customer payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions.
• Oversee the invoicing process, and ensure invoices are prepared and shared in a timely manner.
• Make a monthly report on revenues received from the different centers.
• Update receivables by totaling unpaid invoices.
• Post revenues by verifying and entering transactions.
• Summarize receivables by maintaining invoice accounts; coordinating monthly transfer to accounts receivable account; verifying totals; preparing report.
• Maintain a register of all invoices received from suppliers.
• Review all supplier invoices that have been captured and raise any concerns observed.
• Review and validate supporting documents for all transactions captured.
• Support the preparation of URA tax returns and NSSF.
• Support the preparation of the payments schedule with the Finance and Operations Manager
• Prepare payment requisition schedules.
• Disbursement of petty cash.
• Process supplier payments and ensuring proper reconciliations to customer accounts.
• Process supplier payments at agreed dates and closely monitor all bank accounts.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of all payment transactions for periodic reporting.
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance, or a related discipline.
• Professional Certificate in CPA/ ACCA is preferred.
• Three years of experience in Finance
• Experience working in an NGO/ Nonprofit Organization
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
• Communication and collaboration skills
• Business Acumen
• Technological savvy
• Critical Thinking
• Analytical skills
• Collaboration skills
• Organization skills

Applicants should reside in Kampala.

How to Apply:

All candidates are strongly encouraged to send their updated CVs and application letters via Email to careers@fundibots.org

NB: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 24^th August 2023

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