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Chief Accountant (Pre - Opening)
2026-02-26T11:08:44+00:00
Marriott
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FULL_TIME
Kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Hospitality, and Tourism
Management, Accounting & Finance, Business Operations
UGX
MONTH
2026-03-09T17:00:00+00:00
8

Supports the day-to-day execution of general ledger impacted processes, including support to clients as they work with and understand these processes. Performs accounting functions specifically in the areas of account balancing, ledger reconciliation, reporting and discrepancy resolution.

Education and Experience

• 4-year bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; no work experience required.

OR

• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Finance and Accounting or related major; 2 years experience in finance and accounting or related professional area.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Managing Work, Projects, and Policies

  • Coordinates and implements accounting work and projects as assigned.
  • Coordinates, implements and follows up on Accounting SOP audits for all areas of the property.
  • Complies with Federal and State laws applying to fraud and collection procedures.
  • Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
  • Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
  • Compiles, codes, categorizes, calculates, tabulates, audits, or verifies information or data.
  • Balances credit card ledgers.
  • Verifies contracts for groups and performs credit reference checks for direct billed groups if necessary.

Maintaining Finance and Accounting Goals

  • Achieves and exceeds goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
  • Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
  • Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines.
  • Ensures profits and losses are documented accurately.
  • Monitors all taxes that apply, ensuring that taxes are current, collected and/or accrued.
  • Maintains a strong accounting and operational control environment to safeguard assets.
  • Completes period end function each period.
  • Provide direction and assistance to other organizational units regarding accounting and budgeting policies and procedures, and efficient control and utilization of financial resources.

Demonstrating and Applying Accounting Knowledge

  • Demonstrates knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of return check procedures.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of the Gross Revenue Report.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency with write off procedures.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency with consolidated deposit procedures.
  • Keeps up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
  • Uses computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, develop financial spreadsheets, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
  • Uses relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Leading Accounting Teams

  • Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
  • Motivates and provides a work environment where employees are productive.
  • Imposes deadlines and delegates tasks.
  • Provides an "open door policy" and is highly visible in areas of responsibility.
  • Understands how to manage in a culturally diverse work environment.
  • Manages the quality process in areas of customer service and employee satisfaction.

Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities

  • Supports the development, mentoring and training of employees.
  • Provides constructive coaching and counseling to employees.
  • Trains people on account receivable posting techniques.

Additional Responsibilities

  • Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
  • Demonstrates personal integrity.
  • Uses effective listening skills.
  • Demonstrates self confidence, energy and enthusiasm.
  • Manages group or interpersonal conflict effectively.
  • Informs and/or updates the executives, the peers and the subordinates on relevant information in a timely manner.
  • Manages time well and possesses strong organizational skills.
  • Presents ideas, expectations and information in a concise well organized way.
  • Uses problem solving methodology for decision making and follow up.
  • Makes collections calls if necessary.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
  • Coordinates and implements accounting work and projects as assigned.
  • Coordinates, implements and follows up on Accounting SOP audits for all areas of the property.
  • Complies with Federal and State laws applying to fraud and collection procedures.
  • Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
  • Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
  • Compiles, codes, categorizes, calculates, tabulates, audits, or verifies information or data.
  • Balances credit card ledgers.
  • Verifies contracts for groups and performs credit reference checks for direct billed groups if necessary.
  • Achieves and exceeds goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
  • Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
  • Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines.
  • Ensures profits and losses are documented accurately.
  • Monitors all taxes that apply, ensuring that taxes are current, collected and/or accrued.
  • Maintains a strong accounting and operational control environment to safeguard assets.
  • Completes period end function each period.
  • Provide direction and assistance to other organizational units regarding accounting and budgeting policies and procedures, and efficient control and utilization of financial resources.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of return check procedures.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of the Gross Revenue Report.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency with write off procedures.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency with consolidated deposit procedures.
  • Keeps up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
  • Uses computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, develop financial spreadsheets, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
  • Uses relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
  • Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
  • Motivates and provides a work environment where employees are productive.
  • Imposes deadlines and delegates tasks.
  • Provides an "open door policy" and is highly visible in areas of responsibility.
  • Understands how to manage in a culturally diverse work environment.
  • Manages the quality process in areas of customer service and employee satisfaction.
  • Supports the development, mentoring and training of employees.
  • Provides constructive coaching and counseling to employees.
  • Trains people on account receivable posting techniques.
  • Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
  • Demonstrates personal integrity.
  • Uses effective listening skills.
  • Demonstrates self confidence, energy and enthusiasm.
  • Manages group or interpersonal conflict effectively.
  • Informs and/or updates the executives, the peers and the subordinates on relevant information in a timely manner.
  • Manages time well and possesses strong organizational skills.
  • Presents ideas, expectations and information in a concise well organized way.
  • Uses problem solving methodology for decision making and follow up.
  • Makes collections calls if necessary.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
  • Accounting
  • General Ledger
  • Account Balancing
  • Ledger Reconciliation
  • Reporting
  • Discrepancy Resolution
  • Fraud and Collection Procedures
  • Data Analysis
  • Credit Card Ledger Balancing
  • Contract Verification
  • Credit Reference Checks
  • Financial Reporting
  • Budget Management
  • Tax Monitoring
  • Accounting Control Environment
  • Period End Functions
  • Financial Resource Management
  • Return Check Procedures
  • Gross Revenue Report
  • Write-off Procedures
  • Consolidated Deposit Procedures
  • Technical Proficiency
  • Computer Systems Proficiency
  • Spreadsheet Development
  • Data Entry
  • Information Processing
  • Legal Compliance
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Leadership
  • Influence
  • Encouragement
  • Financial/Business Decision Making
  • Integrity
  • Leading by Example
  • Motivation
  • Productivity Management
  • Delegation
  • Open Door Policy
  • Cultural Diversity Management
  • Quality Management
  • Customer Service
  • Employee Satisfaction
  • Mentoring
  • Training
  • Coaching
  • Counseling
  • Account Receivable Posting Techniques
  • Information Provision
  • Personal Integrity
  • Effective Listening
  • Self-Confidence
  • Energy
  • Enthusiasm
  • Conflict Management
  • Timely Information Updates
  • Time Management
  • Organizational Skills
  • Concise Presentation
  • Problem Solving Methodology
  • Decision Making
  • Follow-up
  • Collections Calls
  • 4-year bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major
  • 2-year degree from an accredited university in Finance and Accounting or related major
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Chief Accountant (Pre - Opening)

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Hospitality, and Tourism, Category: Management, Accounting & Finance, Business Operations]

Jobs at:
Marriott

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, March 9 2026

Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, February 26 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Supports the day-to-day execution of general ledger impacted processes, including support to clients as they work with and understand these processes. Performs accounting functions specifically in the areas of account balancing, ledger reconciliation, reporting and discrepancy resolution.

Education and Experience

• 4-year bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; no work experience required.

OR

• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Finance and Accounting or related major; 2 years experience in finance and accounting or related professional area.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Managing Work, Projects, and Policies

  • Coordinates and implements accounting work and projects as assigned.
  • Coordinates, implements and follows up on Accounting SOP audits for all areas of the property.
  • Complies with Federal and State laws applying to fraud and collection procedures.
  • Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
  • Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
  • Compiles, codes, categorizes, calculates, tabulates, audits, or verifies information or data.
  • Balances credit card ledgers.
  • Verifies contracts for groups and performs credit reference checks for direct billed groups if necessary.

Maintaining Finance and Accounting Goals

  • Achieves and exceeds goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
  • Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
  • Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines.
  • Ensures profits and losses are documented accurately.
  • Monitors all taxes that apply, ensuring that taxes are current, collected and/or accrued.
  • Maintains a strong accounting and operational control environment to safeguard assets.
  • Completes period end function each period.
  • Provide direction and assistance to other organizational units regarding accounting and budgeting policies and procedures, and efficient control and utilization of financial resources.

Demonstrating and Applying Accounting Knowledge

  • Demonstrates knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of return check procedures.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of the Gross Revenue Report.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency with write off procedures.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency with consolidated deposit procedures.
  • Keeps up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
  • Uses computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, develop financial spreadsheets, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
  • Uses relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Leading Accounting Teams

  • Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
  • Motivates and provides a work environment where employees are productive.
  • Imposes deadlines and delegates tasks.
  • Provides an "open door policy" and is highly visible in areas of responsibility.
  • Understands how to manage in a culturally diverse work environment.
  • Manages the quality process in areas of customer service and employee satisfaction.

Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities

  • Supports the development, mentoring and training of employees.
  • Provides constructive coaching and counseling to employees.
  • Trains people on account receivable posting techniques.

Additional Responsibilities

  • Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
  • Demonstrates personal integrity.
  • Uses effective listening skills.
  • Demonstrates self confidence, energy and enthusiasm.
  • Manages group or interpersonal conflict effectively.
  • Informs and/or updates the executives, the peers and the subordinates on relevant information in a timely manner.
  • Manages time well and possesses strong organizational skills.
  • Presents ideas, expectations and information in a concise well organized way.
  • Uses problem solving methodology for decision making and follow up.
  • Makes collections calls if necessary.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Accounting/ Finance jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Monday, March 9 2026
Duty Station: Kampala | Kampala
Posted: 26-02-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 26-02-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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