Fresher Assistant Accountant Jobs – Plan International

Job: Assistant Accountant

Organization: Plan International

Duty Station: Uganda

Reports to: Programme Area Accountant

About US:

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Job Summary:  The Assistant Accountant mainly contributes to this goal by providing timely and reliable information, maintains accurate records of financial transactions through establishing accounts and posting transactions in the accounting system for the designated Programme Area. The incumbent is responsible for capturing financial data into the system

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Cash Disbursement

• Reconcile the receipt record with cash receipts and the bank deposit slip
• Prepare and enter Journal entries into SAP for cash receipts and inter-company charges
• Prepare cheques, mobile money and Business on line payments
• Stamp payment vouchers and all supporting documents as ’paid’ as per the Uganda operation Manual.
• Enter all transactions into SAP as per Plan International’s financial procedures
• Prepare fund transfer request for the Program area
• Create new vendor bank account details on business online

Record Management

• Maintain payment Voucher files in numerical order.
• Keep proper custody of the embossing machine and paid stamps
• Prepare sampled audit vouchers for review and file back

Reporting

• Generate detailed transaction report (smart list) for program staffs to support review of payments on their projects.
• Reconcile inter-company charges with finance at country office

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the Plan International Assistant Accountant job must hold a Bachelors (Hons) degree in Commerce or Business Administration with accounting major
• Part professional qualification in accountancy e.g. CPA or ACCA,
• Two years of working experience as an Assistant Accountant in a busy organization
• Computer literate with ability to work with spreadsheets
• Experience working with an NGO will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of an accounting software package such as SUN, Tally, Sage desirable

Behaviors

• Interest in addressing children, family and community development issues
• High level of integrity and accuracy
• Committed to meeting deadlines
• Team player

How to Apply:

All candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 22^nd January 2021