Organisation: British Council (BC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
The British Council is the
UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural
relations. We create international opportunities for the people of the UK and
other countries and build trust between them worldwide. British Council Uganda
is based in Kampala and offers a full range of programmes including
examinations, project management on behalf of other donors, and its own grant
funded projects. British Council has operated in Uganda since 1952 and its aim
is to build cultural and educational relations between Uganda and the UK.
Job Summary: The British Council Temporary Accountant
will support the Uganda office with the financial services and advice need to
ensure an efficient, secure and appropriate financial environment. The post
holder will be accountable to the Finance and Administration Manager, for the
successful delivery of finances for the British Council Uganda
Directorate. The post holder will be
responsible for supporting all staff with regard to financial tasks within the
British Council portfolio.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Render
support to the Finance team in the reconciliation of vendor accounts. - Support
the Finance team with financial and administrative duties complying with
British Council corporate standards. - Oversee
vendor relations from identifying vendors and ensure value for money for
goods and services sourced. - Update
and maintain filing systems for the finance department and operational
teams. - Support
the Finance team with Adhoc requests for information and analysis - Support
with inventory verification, maintenance of facilities and proper
management of assets. - Support
the Finance team to maintain office accounting systems. All financial and
related systems maintained to the standards of Essential Finance and other
key regulations i.e. Invoices verified for supporting documentation
scanned and sent to HUB daily so vendors are paid on time, Creditor
reconciliation are done monthly as per HUB top 10 list, Post parked cash
journals in a timely fashion.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
- The
ideal candidate should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in relevant
field i.e. Business Administration, Commerce, Science in Accounting etc. - The
Temporary Accountant should have Basic Finance and Administration
Management with at least some recent engagements in related field - The
post requires generic financial skills, and the post holder should expect
to assist in the delivery of excellent level of service in line with
Global Essential Finance and British Council corporate requirements.
All suitably qualified
candidates should visit the web link below and create a profile on the NFT
Consult website by entering their e-mail addresses. Please visit web link below
and click Apply now if convinced you have the job requirements. The
applications/CVs should be prepared in English and submitted in either MS Word
or PDF format will be considered.
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