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About the Organisation
UpEnergy delivers high-impact, emission-reducing projects that accelerate decarbonization and create long-term benefits for local communities. We focus on making life-improving clean technologies available across Africa, impacting millions of lives and significantly reducing CO2 emissions. With a growing team spread across multiple countries, we seek motivated and entrepreneurial talent eager to help us deliver even more impact.
Location: Open to markets where currently UpEnergy operates: Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Nigeria
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Kampala, Uganda
Are you looking for finance jobs in Uganda 2024 today? then you might be interested in Group Finance Associate job at UpEnergy
Full Time
Deadline:
1 Nov 2024
Job Title
Group Finance Associate job at UpEnergy
UpEnergy
Job Description
The Group Finance Associate you will play a crucial role in supporting the financial operations and strategic decision-making of the company. If you are a highly motivated and analytical individual with a passion for finance and a strong desire to contribute to a sustainable energy future, the Group Finance Associate position at UpEnergy Group is an excellent opportunity for you.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
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How to Apply
1. Governance and Internal Control
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Develop a comprehensive Enterprise Risk Management Framework for the group to identify, assess, and manage risks.
Lead the internal audit function, ensuring that internal audit services are provided effectively across the group.
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Develop and ensure adherence to SOPs, policies, and controls to standardize processes across the group.
Recommend and implement improvements to systems, policies, processes, and controls.
2. Management of financial accounting processes at the group
Customer invoices management
Ensure that all customer invoices are accurately generated and sent out promptly.
Ensure that these invoices are recorded in the accounting system.
Ensure payments are tracked and received as per the company’s policy.
Payment management
Ensure that all invoices issued to group companies are paid on time and recorded correctly in the accounting system
Bank and credit card reconciliation
Monthly Reconciliation: Ensure that bank and credit card statements are reconciled with the accounting system every month.
Fixed assets reconciliation
Ensure the reconciliation of fixed assets is completed monthly.
Ensure that depreciation entries are accurately recorded.
Loans reconciliation
Ensure that loans are reconciled each month.
Record the appropriate journal entries for these loans.
Monthly closure of financial reports
General Ledger Reconciliation: Maintain a file for monthly general ledger reconciliations with all supporting documents.
Ensure these reconciliations are reviewed by the group financial accountant and Group Financial Director.
Ensure that after the review, the books are closed in the accounting system to maintain the integrity of financial transactions and reports.
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Must have
Relevant Bachelor’s degree and fully qualified accountancy certification like CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA, etc
4+ years of accounting / finance and/or controller experience
Experience working within the accounting or operational finance department of a global entity
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent working knowledge of ERPs and financial software (preferably QuickBooks) and Microsoft office tools especially advanced excel
High work ethic, Strong leadership and team building abilities
Strong organizational skills
Willing to travel occasionally to our different markets
Nice to Have
Experience in carbon project development is a huge plus.
An understanding of customers and business culture in Sub-Saharan Africa.
