Assistant Accountant
Full time @NFT Consult Uganda posted 36 minutes ago in Human Resource Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 22293
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Career Level Officer
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Experience 3 Years
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Gender Both
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Industry Human Resource
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
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Job Type Full time
Job Description
Job Description: Assistant Accountant
Location: Kampala, with regional travel
Employment Type: Full Time
Company Overview
Our Client is a rapidly growing social enterprise in Uganda sourcing specialty cacao for export and producing bean to bar chocolate at origin. Working with over 1,000 certified organic smallholder farmers, our mission is to sustainably increase incomes and reduce risk for our suppliers while positively impacting the community and environment surrounding our operations. We aim to provide chocolate makers and consumers in East Africa and around the world with the highest quality, transparently sourced and fully traceable Ugandan cocoa products.
Job Description
The Assistant Accountant is a full-time in-country position supporting both sourcing and chocolate operations in Uganda reporting directly to the Accountant.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Support and oversee the work of 4-5 Accounts Assistants (training, weekly work plans for task management, performance management, review and approval of work prior to finalization, guidance and instruction and approval of schedules)
- Coordination of 2 week and 4 week cash requirements planning at each branch
- Review payments accountability prior to approval
- Organize, submit and setup bank payments for approval
- Complete entry and expense categorization for all transactions in Odoo
- Complete Bank and Inventory (raw materials, packaging, finished goods, WIP) reconciliations
- Ensure operational team members complete their Odoo entries on daily basis for weekly reconciliation
- BOL and MM payment setup, review and approval as needed
- Support AA to reconcile retail sales and inventory, produce weekly and monthly reports
- Support AAs to organize and follow-up on AR/AP
- Support completion of annual audit
- Carry out routine audit of inventories and expenses
- Support tracking and reporting for grants, loans, investors, partners and donors
Benefits and Compensation:
- Monthly salary
- Coverage of health-related costs
- Communications allowance
- Coverage of all work-related travel
Key Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree from reputable university in related field
- CPA or ACCA
- 4+ years’ experience working and living in Africa or similar context
- Knowledge of or previous experience in agriculture, agronomy, or agro-processing
- Experience in finance, accounting, or bookkeeping
- High level of organizational skills
- Ability and willingness to learn and problem-solve independently (required)
- Willingness to travel to and work in rural areas
- Patience and sense of humor
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