The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral and independent international humanitarian organisation, which assists and protects victims of armed conflicts and other situations of violence. The ICRC Delegation has an immediate opening for the following posiTION;

Duty Station:                            Kampala

Working hours:                        40 hours a week

Reports to:                                                                              Finance & Administration Manager

Purpose of the post:   

The Accountant is in charge of preparing, reconciling and analysing the accounting records and financial reports of the Delegation.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Bookkeeping cash and bank Kampala

• Explains the ICRC financial structure and procedures to collaborators, internal and external
• Receives the bills, audits and crosschecks accuracy and consistency of all accounting documents submitted, i.e. amounts, Requisition Orders, Purchase Orders/contracts, accounting details, as per the Organisation’s rules and procedures, prior to submission to the Finance & Admin. Manager for approval.
• Prepares all payments by bank transfer and confirmation letters timely and delivers them to the concerned respective parties
• Monitors the cash flow of the delegation and prepares cash transfer request as per monthly projections to the headquarters.
• Enters all cash payments in the accounting application and establishes the vouchers and supervises all entries related to cash payments.
• Establishes accurate reconciliation of bank journals with bank statements.
• Ensures that accounting data entered is as per ICRC chart of accounts and uses the standardized entries for imputations.
• Handles the delegation's VAT file and follows up the refunds from URA.
• Ensures that payments for statutory deductions, such as NSSF and P.A.Y.E are timely executed.
• Prepares power of attorney list for the bank – new signatures and cancels previous ones.

Financial reporting and meetings

• Prepares monthly financial planning and submits it to all the concerned.
• Prepares the list of newly approved Allocation of Expenditure and timely submits it to all the concerned.
• Prepares any other financial lists or statistics as required by Administration on an ad hoc basis.

End of month closure

• Performs extensive quality checks of the monthly accounting and corrects omissions/mistakes.
• Prepares monthly projections and handles the monthly closure independently, under the general supervision of the Finance & Admin. Manager.
• Liaises with all concerned departments in obtaining statistical data needed for the end of month closure.
• Performs end of month accounting closure.

National Society accounting

• Reconciliation of Uganda Red Cross Society accountabilities with ICRC accounts.

Minimum required knowledge and experience:

• University degree in Accounting or Business Administration
• 3 - 5 years working experience in a similar position
• Very good analytical skills
• Very good computer skills and knowledge of accounting software
• Excellent command of the English language
• Available for immediate deployment

Interested candidates will have to send their application with a detailed CV indicating email and phone contacts, copies of academic and work certificates, indicating a minimum of three professional referees by Friday 10 May 2019.