Assistant Accountant General Ledger at MTN Uganda Limited

MTN Uganda Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is seeking to recruit competent individuals to fill the following Position.

Job Title: Assistant Accountant General Ledger

Reporting to: Manager General Ledger

Division – Finance

No. of Vacancies: 1

Mission/ Core purpose of the Job

To ensure timely and correct recording of general ledger journals, maintain prepayments and accruals schedules while ensuring that the chart of account principles are adhered to.

Main Job Functions:

• Prepare and upload all general ledger (GL) journals for all transactions going through the GL in the month
• Prepare and maintain up to date prepayments and accrual schedules and ensure that they give a true reflection of the general ledger
• Support the GL Manager to keep track of any changed in the COA as versions are rolled out to ensure decommissioned accounts have no balances, or if the accounts have balances. they should be moved to the respective new accounts in time, before account locking
• Keep track of key account movements that require close monitoring to improve reporting efficiency, as assigned.
• Participation in monthly commercial stock counts and reconciliations of physical stock to the GL balances
• Prepare costing for new inventory items
• Carry out spot checks at any warehouse/MTN service center to verify stock balances whenever needed.
• Prepare timely monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts for prepayments, accruals and selected inventory accounts on a monthly basis and as may be required
• Assist in identification and documentation of Business risks related especially in the areas of prepayments and inventory

Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

Education:

• Bachelor of commerce or any business degree with accounting as a major, or part qualification in ACCA, CPA

Experience:

• 2 years’ working experience in a busy telecommunications finance operations environment.
• Ability to work well with people as this job has a lot of people dependencies.

Attributes & Skills:

• Good Computer skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to tolerate pressure
• Flexible and self-motivated with a positive attitude
• Ability to take initiative and self-driven

MTN Uganda Limited has the obligation to safeguard its employees through providing a working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of its employees. MTN has a Vaccination policy for all its employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to work from its offices and premises

How to apply

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