Organisation: NIC Holdings
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
NIC Holdings is one of the
largest financial institutions in East Africa with a network of branches spread
across the country, offering a full range of insurance products and services in
Life and Non-Life insurance businesses and Financial Management. NIC Holdings
has two subsidiaries which include NIC General Insurance Company Limited and
NIC Life Assurance Company Limited.
Job Summary: The Chief
Accountant will be responsible for the administrative, financial, and risk
management operations of the company, including the development of a financial
and operational strategy. The incumbent will also be responsible for designing
the metrics that help in the implementation of the financial strategy, and the
ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve the
company assets and report accurate financial results.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Champion
the development of the Company’s revenue and expenditure budgets - Actively
monitor and direct the implementation of company’s expenditure budgets - Monitor
the company’s cash flow and ensure the company is sufficiently liquid to
finance its operations - Guide
the company’s senior management on the optimal current/fixed asset ratio
in line with the regulatory requirements - Take
lead in the preparation of the final accounts including Profit/Loss
account and balance sheet - Develop
and implement financial control systems in order to mitigate financial
losses - Design
and implement a system that ensures financial records are well filed and
easy to retrieve - Guide
the company’s senior management on profitable investment opportunities
that yield high returns - Offer
technical support to senior management on tax requirements for all
financial transactions - Provide
leadership to the finance team through setting goals, coaching and
appraising the performance of individual staff - Implement
operational best practices with particular emphasis on cost-effective ness - Perform
any other duties as assigned by the Managing Director or his designate
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
- The
applicant should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business
Administration or related field with Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or
ACCA. Possession of a Master’s Degree is an added advantage. - Possession
of seven or more years of progressively responsible experience in a major
company or division of a large corporation, three years’ experience at
executive management level. - Proven
audit and training experience - Extensive
skills in managing change, achieving results, ensuring quality, and
building teams and capacity, - Strong
computer skills, especially in Microsoft Excel and accounting packages, - Detailed
knowledge of regional and global trends in the insurance industry as well
as an understanding of the key macroeconomic drivers, - Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills - Excellent
leadership, negotiation, relational, planning and organization skills.
All suitably qualified
candidates should send their applications accompanied with a detailed
Curriculum Vitae (CV), photocopies of academic documents and certificates, not
later than addressed to: Head Human Resource, National Insurance Corporation
Ltd., P.O. Box 7134, Kampala. Uganda.
E-mail to: vacancy@nic.co.ug and copy
akomujuni@nic.co.ug
Deadline: 30th June, 2015 by
5:00 pm
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