Vacancy title:
3 Assistant Accountants

Jobs at:
Rakai health Sciences Program

Deadline of this Job:
not later than 12th May, 2017, 5:00pm

Duty Station:
Uganda

Job details:
Rakai Health Sciences Program is a collaborative Bio-medical research and service delivery organization. It strives to improve the quality of life of the local population through a combination of community based research, curative services and prevention strategies in the district of Rakai, South Western Uganda. it is based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute - Entebbe and Kalisizo in Rakai District.

The Program is seeking to strengthen its staffing position in order to efficiently execute its research and service activities at a Regional Level. Applications are therefore invited from qualified and competent Ugandans to fill vacant positions based at RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM
- Kalisizo, Rakai district as indicated below:

Assistant Accountants (3 Positions - One year
contract) Renewable
Reporting to: Accountant

Location: Kalisizo – Rakai

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Generate and post journal entries, prepare trial balances
  
• Enter financial data into the accounting system
  
• Verification of requisitions and accountabilities
  
• Prepare bank reconciliation statements
  
• Prepare monthly operational budgets and analysis; prepare trial balances,.
  
• Maintain an updated Payroll and file all statutory requirements .
  
• Prepare and disseminate to each accounting otficer, the reconciled aging list per month. .
  
• Check payment requisitions for accuracy, proper approval, compliance and integrity. ‘
  
• Assist in the preparation of management and financial accounts on a monthly basis
  
• Billing departments! grants for use of NGI Vehicles, Printing, Guest house, Motor cycle, Rent.
  
• Generate and reconcile intercompany transaction
  
• Offer ongoing training, supen/ision and support to the Accounts assistants.
  
• Prepare, code, total and batch payment requisitions for subsequent checking by the Accountant.
  
• Enter primary data into the accounting system Prepare schedule for billing in NGI printing, vehicle use, motor cycle, disposals upload mobile money transactions into the mobile money platform
  
• Reconcile mobile money payments with the accounting system transactions weekly.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors of Science in Accounting and Finance or Business Administration OR completed level 2 of CPA orACCA
  
• Min. 2 years’ experience in accounting position
  
• Well-developed inter-personal skills
  
• Experience with MS-Navision -Added advantage

Job application procedure
Only qualified applicants should submit their application letter, valid academic documents and detailed resume (C.V) with three recognizable referees not later than 12th May, 2017, 5:00pm to:

The Human Resource Manager
Rakai Health Sciences Program,
P.O. Box 279, KALISIZO Or
Send by email: jobs@rhsp.org