Ministry/Department- Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Dev.
Post- SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Scale- U3
Terms of Employment
Vacancies- 5
Reference- HRM 62/70/02
Minimum Age- 25

Minimum Qualification
Applicants should be Ugandans in possession of an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and Accounting; or Business Administration / Commerce with a bias in Accounting OR Full professional qualification in Accountancy obtained from a recognized awarding Institution. Applicants should be Members of a recognized accounting Professional body. Membership of the Institute of Chartered Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) will be an added advantage.

Working Experience
Applicants should have a minimum of three (3) years relevant working experience at the level of Accountant in Government.

Duties
The incumbent will be responsible to the Principal Accountant for performing the following duties:-
• Verifying completeness of payment requisitions, justification and documentation of financial transactions;
Supervising periodic reconciliations of ledgers and cashbooks to account statements; non tax revenue to URA provisional returns and providing advice on appropriate actions;
• Producing routine financial management information and draft periodic financial statements and reports for management use;
• Preparing draft periodic statements and reports for compilation of final accounts;
• Coordinating preparation of draft responses to audit activities or queries and oversight issues;
• Preparing requests for funding;
• Overseeing day to day operations of Accounts Unit;
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time