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Are you looking for Accounting Jobs in Uganda 2024? If yes, then you might be interested in Accountant job at Kerry

Kampala, Uganda

Full-time

Deadline: 

28 Jun 2024

About the Organisation

We help nourish people, society and our planet with great-tasting, nutritious and sustainable solutions.

Job Title

Accountant job at Kerry

Job Description

This role will ensure financial records of the Company are accurately and timely prepared working in liaison with Kerry shared services teams, group teams and other site colleagues. The roles will also be responsible in ensuring tax and internal control compliance.

Duties and Responsibilities

General Ledger Accounting

  • Ensure timely and accurate recording of the company’s financial transactions.

  • Ensure production and review of monthly Management accounts and associated reconciliations within the specified monthly deadlines.

  • Ensure accurate maintenance of the company’s General Ledgers

  • Liaise with external auditors and submitting request documents during audit

  • Maintain fixed assets register and reconcile to General Ledger control account

  • Perform timely balance sheet reconciliation and ensure any exception and aged items are cleared

  • Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Compliance Lead from time to time.


Account Payables

  • Receive invoices all invoices and ensure timely and accurate recording

  • Match invoices to approved PO or requests

  • Process invoices in accounting system

  • Prepare payment schedules and obtain payment approval

  • Reconcile supplier statements and resolve and issues


Accounts Receivables

  • Follow up customers for payments

  • Raise credit/debit notes on proper approval

  • Prepare customer statements and resolve and issues

  • Receive and allocate all customer payments


Banking and Treasury

  • Administration of Petty cash.

  • Liaise with the company Bankers on a regular basis.

  • Perform periodic bank/Cash reconciliations

  • Timely processing of payments


Tax and Compliance

  • Prepare all tax returns for review and ensure timely submission

  • Ensure timely processing of direct and indirect tax payments

  • Liaise with revenue authorities on queries, audits etc

  • Ensure tax compliance and periodic follow up of tax clearance certificate

  • Ensure all tax accounts are fully reconciled.


Compliance

  • Ensure full compliance will all Kerry standard processes and procedures

  • Ensure compliance with country legal and regulatory requirements


Adhoc

  • Responsible for departments filing

  • Support Product/Process costing - ensuring that yields, labor and direct overhead standards reflect the true cost of manufacture.

  • Support in preparation of KPI reports for the site

  • Support Inventory control - including stock take, stock reconciliation and inventory valuation is aligned to Kerry’s Inventory Policy.

Qualifications and Competencies

  • Fully qualified accountant with minimum 3Years post qualification experience working in a busy accounting department

  • Registered with relevant accounting body ie. CPA(K), ACCA, CPA(R), CPA(U), NBAA .

  • Strong knowledge of IFRS and Accounting

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting

  • Highly proficient in advanced excel

How to Apply

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