The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC) is a neutral and independent international humanitarian organisation, which assists and protects victims of armed conflicts and other situations of violence. The ICRC Delegation has an immediate opening for the following position:
Title: Senior Accountant
Duty station: Kampala
Working hours: 48 hours a week
Reports to: Finance & Administration Manager .

Purpose of the post:
The Senior Accountant is in charge of preparing, reconciling and analysing the accounting records and financial reports of the Delegation.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Bookkeeping cash and bank
• Explains the ICRC financial structure and procedures to collaborators. internal and external
• Receives the bills, audits and crosschecks accuracy and consistency of all accounting documents submitted, i.e. amounts, Requisition Orders, Purchase Orders/contracts, accounting details, as per the Organisations rules and procedures, prior to submission to the Finance & Admin, Manager for approval.
• Prepares all payments by bank transfer and confirmation letters timely and delivers them to the concerned respective parties
• Monitors the cash flow of the delegation and prepares cash transfer request as per monthly projections to the headquarters.
• Enters all cash payments in the accounting application and establishes the vouchers and supervises all entries related to cash payments.
• Establishes accurate reconciliation oi bank journals with bank statements.
• Ensures that accounting data entered is as per IGRC chart of accounts and uses the standardized entries for imputations.
• ln charge of the Delegations VAT file and follows up the refunds from URA.
• Ensures that payments tor statutory deductions, such as NSSF and P.A.Y.E are timely executed.
• Prepares power of attorney list for the bank — new signatures and cancels previous ones.
Financial reporting and meetings
• Prepares monthly financial planning and submits it to all the concerned.
• Prepares the list of newly approved Allocation of Expenditure and timely submits it to alt the concerned.
• Prepares any other financial lists or statistics as required by Administration on an ad hoc basis.
End of month closure
• Performs extensive quality checks of the monthly accounting and corrects omissions/mistakes.
• Prepares monthly protections and handles the monthly closure independently, under the general supervision of the Finance & Admin. Manager.
• Liaises with all concerned departments in obtaining statistical data needed for the end of month closure.
• Performs end of month accounting closure.
National Society accounting
• Responsible for reconciliation of Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) accountabilities with ICRC accounts.

Minimum required knowledge and experience:
• University degree in Accounting or Business
• Administration, ACCA or CPA
• Minimum 7 years working experience in a similar position
• Very good analytical skills
• Very good computer skills and knowledge of accounting software
• Excellent command of the English language
• Available for immediate deployment