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True North Consult Ltd is a boutique HR Consultancy Firm that offers bespoke HR solutions to selected clients in various sectors and industries across East Africa, with operational offices in Kampala, Nairobi and Kigali.
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General Ledger Accountant Job at OLA Energy Uganda Limited
OLA Energy Uganda Limited
Job Description
The General Ledger Accountant role is to support OLA Energy Uganda Limited and UGAS Limited business to meet and exceed business objectives through adherence to sound accounting practices. The position ensures effective and efficient maintenance of business and accounting systems and finance KPIs by accurately booking all transactions in the General Ledger.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support and represent the Accounting and Finance team in Kenya for both OEGU and UGAS
- Prepare and review all booking entries before final posting in Kenya
- Support all tax matters and interface with URA.
- Support treasury management and interface with banks
- Coordinate monthly closing process and reporting for OLA Uganda and UGAS and subsequently, ensure analysis / reconciliation of accounts, to ensure all the sub-ledgers data agrees with data in the general ledger module.
- Ensuring that control processes and procedures are observed in line with business needs.
- Providing accurate, timely and complete management information in order to ensure that the company meets its requirements.
- Review all accounts payable invoices and reconcile the accounts payable module.
- Control petty cash and reconcile the petty cash accounts,
- Verifying all daily receipts and bank slips,
- Carrying out reconciliation of all accounts and ensuring that there is timely closing out of all open times.
- Working closely with the OLA Energy Uganda General Manager on all controls and accounting matters and providing the required support to ensure sound controls in all processes are adhered to.
- Develops and implements Planning and Budget (P&B) process.
- Manages the stewardship process and reports business health
- Works with Corporate management, affiliates management and Planning contacts to assess and monitor P&B assumptions and targets
- Coordinates the development of strategic business plans. Works closely with the key stakeholders to ensure alignment.
- Receives guidance from Corporate Planning and Corporate Planning Coordinator
- Leads different projects/studies as assigned
- Manage the Capital Budget process
- Maintenance of the General Ledger Accounts (i.e. Balance sheet and P & L accounts) and produce a periodic audit trail and maintain the general Ledger KPI for accounts analysis.
- Ensure Reconciliation of Accounts receivable module to the General Ledger Module (AR to GL), Accounts Payable to GL, and Inventory Control to GL, and Fixed Assets to GL, and Order Entry to GL and ensure that all the sub ledgers to General Ledger reconciliation is done on a timely basis.
- Under the stewardship of the Accounting Manager, provide support to internal, external auditors and ensure preparation of schedules for purposes of the statutory audit
- Review all accounts analyzed with an aim of identifying all open items to be discussed at the monthly Balance Sheet Accounts Management (BSAM) meeting.
- Organize for the BSAM review meeting, take down minutes during the meeting and follow up with business lines to ensure open items are flagged and closed appropriately.
- Coordination of monthly expenses accruals comprising of following up with respective business contacts for submission of their respective accruals and reviewing the submissions for reasonability.
- Ensure accounting data in form of journals, marketing expense provisions etc. are accurately and timely entered in accounting system SAGE 300 ERP System.
- Also review all journal entries booked into the system by others.
- Receiving and processing suppliers' invoices and ensuring routing of invoices takes place and the subsequent follow up with various functions.
- Receiving employee expense statements and refund claims from all employees for checking before reimbursement.
- Ensure all invoices and payments data are processed in SAGE 300.
- Processing of petty cash disbursement into Accounts Payable and General ledger.
- Ensuring that proper Tax accounting records are maintained in the local books of accounts to minimize Tax penalties, Tax Interest and Maximize on tax planning to reduce the tax payable.
- Furnishing of Tax returns, file all returns as per the URA guidelines for OLA Energy Uganda & UGAS.
- Dollar purchase negotiations with the various Banks.
- Manages monthly/annual stewardship process.
- Enable continuous improvement results by providing timely & accurate reporting of performance with all required integrity
- Coordinates collection of stewardship and business Plan data.
- Manage Capital and Expense Budgets including proposal packaging, management approval, Budget Release and tracking / reporting of spend versus plan budgets.
- Communicates Corporate and functional budget, investment and control guidelines, capital vs. expenses.
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to recruitment5@truenorthafrica.com with subject line General Ledger Accountant by 3rd June, 2026. All applicants should share their CV's and Cover Letters in PDF or MS Word STRICTLY. NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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