Employment opportunity

A major player in the Building & Civil engineering (Construction) Industry is seeking to recruit a
qualifi ed, experienced and highly motivated Accountant for the post of:

Financial Controller

Reports to: Commercial Manager / Director

Job Description:

1. Should supervise day to day functions of Finance and Accounting across the organization
inter-alia includes authorizing payments, liaison with banks, verifi cation and authorizing
accounting entries , training staff, accounts reconciliations, etc.

2. Should be responsible for timely submission of periodical MIS reports that inter-alia includes
quarterly management reports, monthly cash fl ow statements, monthly creditors & debtors
age wise analysis, sub-contractors position etc

3. Should prepare monthly cost reports for all the companies of the group, to ascertain the
profi tability of each internal section for the month and of the projects up to the stage of
completion to ascertain the estimated profi t / loss at the end of the project.

4. Should guide and supervise internal audit team, cause site inspections, periodical stock
verifi cations etc and prepare appropriate reports.

5. To coordinate with other section heads to review and improve the internal control systems
and information fl ow for effective and effi cient functioning of the organization.

6. Preparation of fi nal accounts for all the group companies, in accordance with local laws and
international accounting standards and timely completion of statutory audits.

7. To ensure that all the statutory requirements relating to fi ling of returns like VAT, PAYE,
NSSF, Income Tax returns, Annual returns etc are complied by fi ling the returns with
respective authorities within the stipulated time.

Minimum Qualifi cations Required:

1. The applicant must be a Chartered Accountant/ACCA/CIMA/CPA

2. The applicant should have a minimum of 10 years experience as Chief accountant
or Head of Finance in a Corporate environment, preferably with a large construction
company

Apply with detailed CV with three professional references with contact number and e-mail.
Application should be sent by post to P. O. Box 172 Kampala or email to the
recruitment.construction.ug@gmail.com.

Latest Date of submission: 18th November 2010

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