JOB DETAILS:
OVERALL JOB PURPOSE
Responsible for managing the C-lab’s Accounting and Reporting function to provide accurate and timely financial information to the Business Unit & Group Finance team, and ensuring that all statutory and regulatory reporting obligations across the Business Unit are adequately met.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
• A business degree or any other relevant degree
• Fully qualified (CPA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) or in the advanced stages of completion.
• Minimum 4 years of working experience
• Extensive experience in healthcare, retail or manufacturing industry
• Experience and knowledge in Ugandan tax laws
• Business acumen coupled with financial prudence
• Ability to multi-task effectively and drive performance in a complex environment
• Experience with one of the Big 4 firms would be an added advantage

KEY COMPETENCES REQUIREMENTS & ATTRIBUTES
• Ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail under tight deadlines
• Flexible and willing to work overtime as and when required
• Capacity to use own initiative
• Strong analytical and financial modelling skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong ethics and personal integrity

KEY RESULTS AREAS
• Preparation and tracking of the C-lab annual strategy and budget.
• Oversee the monthly financial close process, including finalization of actuals, month-on-month analytical review, and delivery of results to Group Financial team.
• Analyse and review balance sheet reconciliations performed with both internal and external parties.
• Ensure the accuracy and compliance of accounting policies and processes including review of journal requests, supporting month-end activities and completing necessary checks and reconciliations to ensuring the accuracy of financial information (proactively engage Group Accounting Policy as required).
• Oversee the inventory management process which includes ordering, issuing and overall stock management within the premises.
• Performing regular market assessments and surveys to enable in the assessment of C-lab’s market positioning.
• Oversee the supplier management process in line with the procurement policy.
• Embed simplification, standardization and elimination of financial control activities/processes where appropriate.
• Ensure mitigations for any adverse audit findings are implemented.

EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY; SYSTEMS/ TECHNOLOGY
• Navision
• MS Office (especially Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Standard office equipment e.g. fax machine, telephone, printer, PC

PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB
Your job may have high demands for:
• Analysis of complex financial and other operational/ management data
• Decisiveness in cases where you have limited resources with diverse needs/ demands
• Proactive leadership to give financial direction and advice
• High integrity and ability to identify leakages in the system
• Prudent (sometimes intuitional) use of sound financial principles to solve complex organisational
• problems
• Negotiation skills to effectively manage internal and external relationships
• Exemplary management behaviour that models our core values of integrity, service, attention to
• detail, team work, respect and dignity, innovation and professionalism

Send your cover letter, CV, & academic documents to hr@img.co.ug