Guide the budget preparation process, participate in the preparation of draft budgets and enforce Budget discipline, ensure proper costing of materials and employee emoluments.

Key Responsibilities:
Brief description of duties or the responsibilities for the job
• Initiate and manage the budget process for UEGCL by organizing the budget preparation workshop and coordinating all the budget discussions during the process.
• Participate in budget discussions and ensure that the budget figures are properly entered into the accounting system.
• Ensure preparation of the Company’s Master Budget in order to operationalize the Corporate Plan.
• Prepare revised budgets by obtaining and compiling the required information for incorporation into the final budget.
• Monitor budget compliance and advise profit/cost centre managers on a monthly basis.
• Prepare draft budget performance analysis report including key ratios.
• Enforce financial discipline through budget management and control on a day-to-day basis to enable sustained viability of UEGCL.

Contacts/liaise with the following offices:
Internally
• All UEGCL Staff
Externally
• All UEGCL Stakeholders

Education and Professional Requirements:
The minimum education level required to perform this job.
• A Business related upper second Bachelor’s degree e.g BBA, BCOM, BA Econ etc
• Part Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA or CPA is a must

Related Job Experience/Qualification:
The Experience required to perform this job.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience at similar level;

Additional Skills: In addition to the experience and educational requirements listed above
• Good experience in Budgeting and Forecasting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Reasonable understanding of International financial reporting standards – IFRS.
• Good experience in using computerized accounting software especially excel
• Good communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and high level of integrity
 

Interested persons with requisite qualifications are invited to address their applications with copies of certified academic documents professional qualifications and detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating two referees and their full addresses to:
The Chief Human Resource Officer
Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited
00000 UECCL
Bukoto
P.O. Box 75831, Kampala.
Applications should be submitted electronically as one attachment only in portable documents format (pdf) indicating the position applied for in the subject line to email address: [email protected] 
Please note:
a) Only on-line applications will be considered.
b) Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
c) Shortlisted candidates will be required to present
original copies of certified academic documents during interviews
d) Applications without authentic academic transcripts will not be considered.
e) Contracts shall be issued in line with the Ministry of Public Service guidelines
UEGCL offers equal opportunities for both male and female applicants.
The deadline for submission of applications is August 2023 For any inquiries please contact the Human Resource team on email: [email protected]  or
Phone: +256312 372165