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Job Title:
Accounts Payable Intern
Employer:
Uzima
Location:
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Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Accounting Jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Friday, 12 July 2024
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Kampala, Uganda
Uzima Chicken is a prominent company in Uganda’s poultry industry, committed to providing high-quality, fresh, and nutritious chicken products to its customers while supporting sustainable farming practices. The company’s mission is to improve food security and enhance the livelihoods of local farmers through the production and distribution of affordable and healthy chicken.
Uzima Chicken has built a strong reputation for its commitment to excellence, reliability, and consumer satisfaction, earning recognition as a trusted brand in Uganda and across East Africa. The company fosters a collaborative and inclusive work culture, focusing on employee growth, skill development, and creating a positive environment where innovation thrives. Employees benefit from a supportive workplace with opportunities for advancement and professional growth.
Established with a vision to transform the local poultry industry, Uzima Chicken has evolved from a small farm into a significant player in the sector, employing advanced farming techniques and efficient production processes. The company’s business model emphasizes sustainability, including the use of renewable resources, ethical farming, and community involvement. Uzima Chicken has expanded its reach across Uganda, with plans to scale its operations further within East Africa.
The company’s core values—integrity, sustainability, and quality—are central to its operations. Uzima Chicken is also dedicated to corporate social responsibility, investing in education, environmental conservation, and community welfare. For more details, visit www.uzima.com.
Are you looking for Accounting Jobs in Uganda 2024? If yes, then you might be interested in Accounts Payable Intern job at Uzima Chicken
Full-time
Deadline:
12 Jul 2024
Accounts Payable Intern job at Uzima Chicken
Uzima
Job Description
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Uzima Chicken Uganda is a social enterprise focused on making smallholder farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima Chicken distributes an improved breed of chicken that is 4x more productive than local breedsin terms of egg and meat production, while requiring the same level of management and care as the local chicken. Rearing a flock of 10 improved breed chickens can generate a 270,000 UGX net profit uplift for a smallholder family. With Uzima’s bird, rural households in Uganda build income resilience, confidently pay fortheir children’s school fees, and introduce larger volumes of animal protein into their daily diets.
Uzima Chicken seeks to reach every rural household by 2025 and aims to be the leading
smallholder-focused poultry enterprise in East Africa. In the past 2 years of operations, Uzima Chicken has attracted investments from the AgDevCo, Acumen, and Innovations Against Poverty. Uzima Chicken Uganda prioritizes hiring and developing Ugandan talent and offers significant professional growth opportunities andleadership development. Further, Uzima is committed to female empowerment across the company and is proud that 40% of staff are women and over 85% are youth.
Job Summary
The Accounts Payable Accountant is responsible for managing Uzima’s accounts payables, including recording, posting, processing payments and reconciliation of bank accounts. The role requires a high level of attention to detail, coordination with other departments, and responsiveness; it offers broad visibility into the business operations of a rapidly growing startup, growth opportunities to better understand budgeting and key cost controls, and exposure to different departments.
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Accounts payables
Manage key accounts payables activities, including posting of invoices, preparation of weekly payments against available budget, and execution of proper financial documentation controls
Post non inventory vendor purchase orders and invoices in Xero before processing payments and attach supporting documentation.
Ensure timely processing of monthly team facilitation, expense refunds, medical refunds, advances and other critical expenses (e.g., taxes)
Process Vendor payments after approval
Post all payments in Xero Accounting system
Ensure that all payments by both cheques and Online are processed have all supporting documentation
Oversee the preparation of investor support documentation (Payment vouchers, Invoices, Receipts and Payment proof to suppliers)
Bank reconciliation
Prepare weekly and monthly revenue bank accounts reconciliations
Review and maintain accurate records of Aging payable on a weekly basis
Updating and maintaining accurate Fixed Asset records in Xero
Maintain accurate Prepayment schedules on a monthly basis
Monthly Reports
Update and share monthly Medical report, AgDevCo report, ARAF report and IAP report
Policy implementation
Implement and maintain accounting policies and processes in compliance with both IFRS and local regulatory guidance
Foster appropriate internal control systems and financial procedures
File and maintain appropriate Company documentation and compliance with regulatory and tax-related requirements
Ensure that internal reporting deadlines are met. E.g weekly and monthly submission of reports
Other tasks
Weekly update of cash KPI
Train Interns as assigned by your supervisor
Participate in monthly stock taking
Carry out any other activities as assigned from time to time by your supervisor
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RESIDENTIAL
Passionate about positively impacting smallholder farmers and customers in rural areas
Degree in Business administration (BBA) in Finance and accounting, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) in accounting and Finance or Accounting and taxation, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) in accountancy or related field; relevant certification
Highly detail oriented, with a passion for accuracy and thoroughness (prefers to do a task
once and right)
Analytical in approaching and solving problems
Strong communication and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
High level of integrity and accountability
Experience and proficiency in accounting software tools (Dear)
Experience and proficiency in excel
APPLICATION FOR THIS POSITION MUST BE DONE ONLINE:
To apply Send CVs to careers.ug@uzimachicken.com with job title as Subject
WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
