Accounts Payables Officer
Location | Kampala, Uganda |
Date Posted | July 18, 2025 |
Category | Accounting Finance |
Job Type | Full-time |
Currency | UGX |
Description

JOB DETAILS:
Reporting to: Finance Manager
Job Purpose: Accounts Payable Officer involves providing financial, administrative support. It involves completing payments and control expenses by receiving payments, plus processing, verifying and reconciling invoices.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Charges expenses to accounts and cost centres by analysing invoice/expense reports, recording entries.
• Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, scheduling and preparing checks, and resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
• Maintains accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• Maintains historical records by microfilming and filing documents.
• Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements.
• Paying employees by verifying expense reports and preparing pay checks.
• Paying vendors by scheduling pay checks and ensuring payment is received for outstanding credit; generally responding to all vendor enquiries regarding finance.
• Preparing analyses of accounts and producing monthly reports.
• Continuing to improve the payment process.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor’s’ degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or any other relevant field.
• Should have attained at least level two of CPA/ACCA as an advantage.
• Analytical and logical abilities, with a high attention to details.
• Minimum relevant experience of 2-years
• Working knowledge of ERP software is an advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of accounting procedures and general controls with degree of compliance
Applying Instructions
Interested candidates should submit a detailed CV to hr@ranchersfinest.net