Department: Accounts
Reports to: The Project Accountant
Salary Scale: Attractive
Number of Positions: One (1)
Duration of the contract: The contract is for 20 months.
Duty Station: Head Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe.
Working Experience: A minimum of three (3) years experience in the field of accounting/finance in projects/programs in the public sector or very large and reputable corporations.
Job Purpose: To Assist Project Accountant in the day-to-day activities of the Project
Duties and responsibilities
Assist the Project accountant to:
- Prepare payment vouchers, and posting in IFMS
- Posting transactions to ledgers
- Work hand in hand with the Project Accountant in building the capacity of project implementers at districts and lower levels.
- Prepare and maintain assets register for the project.
- Perform other duties incidental to the above assigned from time to time by the supervisor
Qualifications:
The Assistant Accountant should be in possession of an Honor’s degree in any of the following fields: Commerce (Accounting), Finance, Business Administration (Accounting), or any other related field majoring in Accounting. Partial completion of Professional Accountancy qualification at least stage 2 as a must requirement
Other Requirements:
- Proven ICT skills including database management.