Finance Assistant
Location | Kampala, Uganda |
Date Posted | May 22, 2025 |
Category | Accounting Finance |
Job Type | Full-time |
Currency | UGX |
Description

JOB DETAILS:
Job purpose:
To provide essential support to the finance department by ensuring accurate processing of financial transactions, maintaining up-to-date records, supporting reconciliation and compliance processes, and contributing to efficient financial operations in line with organizational policies and statutory requirements.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
- Reviewing, posting and processing payments requests and stamping on all vouchers and support documentation.
- Posting of journals in Finance ERP
- Filing all documents, numbering the files for easy access.
- Reviewing and posting payments, attach Journals to the payment vouchers.
- Preparation of bank reconciliation statements as per the calendar- ensure no pending reconciling items and bank reconciliation are submitted on time.
- Reconciliation of staff debtors’ accounts and notifying staff with pending debts of more than 45days.
- Reconciliation of accounts all Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivables
- Preparation & submitting online VAT schedules for Payments
- Payroll deductions processing and submission to revenue authority
- Petty cash management (processing petty cash requests, replenishment and reconciliation of the petty cash account.
- Cost management and monitoring, analyzing all payments & expenses
- Making withholding tax payment due every month and reconciliation of Withholding tax account;
- Asset Management including asset verification, updating of asset register and posting depreciation
- Processing of LPOs and Quotations
- Related Parties reconciliations
Competencies
- Self-motivated and mature
- Ability to build trust, communicate effectively and value others in the team
- Ability to work with numbers
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, with great accuracy, organization, attention to detail and follow-through
- Ability to make sound judgement and prompt right decisions
Qualifications and Experience:
- At least a bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting;
- At least CPA II or ACCA level 2;
- A minimum of two year of finance and accounting experience in a busy environment;
- A team player accustomed to working with multi-cultural and diverse teams;
- Proficient in MS Office, especially in Excel;
- Advanced Knowledge in software solutions (ERP); Sage ERP is an added advantage
- Advanced qualitative and quantitative analytical skills;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to write project and financial reports.
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