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POSITION DETAILS

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Organization: Kampala Medical Chambers Hospital

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Job title: Accountant (1)

Reports to: Medical Director

Location: Kampala

Main Tasks and Responsibilities   

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1. Administration/ Management

• Strategic analysis and supporting strategic planning

• Developing and managing financial systems/models that are in line with the overall strategic objective

• Enforcing financial strategies and regulations.

 

2. People Management

• Managing finance, and accounting teams, and ensuring efficiency and accuracy in their workflows.

• Implementing measures for staff improvement in your department.

• Prepare and effect staff payments in time.

 

3. Budgeting and Reporting

• Collating, preparing and interpreting reports, budgets, accounts, and financial statements within the required time periods.

• Reporting to stakeholders and board members.

• Controlling income, cash flow and expenditure

•  Answer/ report all audit queries and inquiries.

 

4. Additional work

• Preparing and reconciling bank statements to iron out discrepancies with other accounts documents especially cash books.

• Any other duties and responsibilities as may be deemed fit by the Medical Director  

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists in the development and implementation of the Financial accounting system to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and auditing procedures.

• Prepare monthly account reconciliations.

• Make and analyze financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances.

• Assist with financial and tax audits.

• Preparing tax returns and corporate reporting requirements.

• Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls.

• Identify and provide solutions to improve work processes, enhance quality, productivity, and service.

• Utilize reporting tools to gain operational insight in order to assist in identifying problems and possible resolutions.

• Preparation of financial packet with statistics for review by Hospital Management team and the Board of Directors. 

• Follow generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

• Prepare general ledger reconciliations for annual audit.

• Accounting for Fixed Asset transactions and adjustments.

• Maintain communications and coordination with other accounting team to gather financial information used to prepare journal entries and maintain the general ledger.

• Cost Accounting Analysis and reporting as needed.

• Create/update work instructions/job aids to ensure understanding of the processes and procedures.

• Function as the primary contact for external fiscal audits.

• Act as a lead worker to other staff in the department.

• Any other duties that may be assigned by the Hospital Management

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

University Degree in Accountancy or financial management, B.COM, BBA etc

Desirable Part or a complete Level of ACCA or CPA.

EXPERIENCE

• At least three years’ experience in finance and accounting.

• Extensive experience in preparing and managing significant budgets with diverse streams of income and expenditure.

• Extensive experience in working with computerized accounting systems, preferably Tally.

• Experience in designing and delivering finance, policies and systems.

• Experience in analyzing financial data and communicating to non-finance staff.

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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Interested applicants should submit their applications (cover letter addressed to the Human Resource Manager, CV, and academic documents) by email to klamedhospital@gmail.com not later than Friday 12th May, 2023 at 5:00 PM.