Financial Controller Job Opportunity - Tugende

Duty

Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports

to: Finance Manager

              

Tugende is a

for-profit social enterprise that helps motorcycle taxi drivers in Uganda own

their own motorcycles via a fair, transparent lease model instead of renting

indefinitely. Ownership significantly increases income, job security and road safety.

Across

Uganda, and many other emerging markets, motorcycles help drive the economy,

mitigating traffic jams and bad roads as well as offering hundreds of thousands

of jobs for those with little formal education. Tugende is proving that

millions of self the equipment they use to provide for their families, even

without credit histories, collateral, and in industries considered high risk by

traditional lenders.

Job

Summary: The Financial Controller will manage and control Tugende’s accounting

operations, including:

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Managing and overseeing all accounting operations

including full ledger accounting, transaction recording, and preparing periodic

financial reports and budgets

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Developing and updating controls, procedures and

processes

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Ensuring that reported results comply with

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Uganda legal requirements,

and the direction of the Board of Directors

Key

Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Accounting Department Management:

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Manage the operations of the accounting department

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Maintain the chart of accounts

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Assist in the development and maintenance of a

documented system of accounting policies and procedures, including relevant

accounting controls

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Maintain an orderly accounting filing system

2. Transaction Management:

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Accurately entering all accounting transactions

into the designated accounting software on a timely basis and in line with

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

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Accurately entering into the Loan Management

system all transactions on a timely basis

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Execute the monthly close process, including the

development and review of a Trial Balance

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Ensuring the timely payment of accounts payable

including processing all incoming supplier invoices

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Work closely with the Operations and Field Teams

to ensure the timely collections of accounts / lease receivable

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Process payroll in a timely manner

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Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are

completed for both Shilling and US Dollar accounts

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Ensure that quarterly debt payments are made on a

timely basis

3. Financial Reporting and Budgeting:

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Preparation and submission of complete and

accurate financial reports on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis as

required by management, the Board of Directors, Tugende investors, and funding

agencies

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Coordinate the preparation of the corporate annual

report

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Recommend benchmarks against which to measure

Tugende’s performance

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Calculate and issue financial metrics

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Manage the production of the annual budget and

forecasts

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Calculate variances from the budget and report

significant issues to management

4. Legal and Audit Compliance:

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Coordinate the provision of information to

external auditors for the annual audit

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Actively monitor debt levels and compliance with

debt covenants

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Comply with Ugandan government reporting

requirements and tax filings (PAYE, NSSF, VAT)

Qualifications,

Skills and Experience: 

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The applicant should be a Certified Public

Accountant (CPA), or similar appropriate recognised qualification or a Bachelor’s

degree in accounting or business administration

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A minimum of three years’ experience working in

the accounting function, preferably as a Financial Controller

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The ideal candidate should be a socially minded

professional excited to use skills from the corporate world to make a

sustainable and financially viable social impact.

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Working knowledge of finance, accounting,

budgeting, and cost control principles including International Financial

Reporting Standards (IFRS)

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Knowledge of automated/manual financial and

accounting reporting systems (especially QuickBooks)

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Computer literacy i.e. Proficiency in all

Microsoft Office applications including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and

Microsoft PowerPoint

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Comfort working in a highly dynamic start-up

environment and ability to manage confidential information and situations with

efficiency, flexibility and diplomacy

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Prepared to do all the detailed work with minimal

supervision

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He or she will have a creative, entrepreneurial

and resilient temperament, with the work background to hit the ground running

and the desire to grow his or her own skills and knowledge alongside the

success of teammates and the company as a whole.

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Proper and reliable references must be taken up to

ensure that the person appointed is completely trustworthy

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Ugandan nationals are preferred

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Fluency in Luganda is an added advantage

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Prior experience working in similar lease-to-own /

asset financing businesses is desired

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Lastly, the candidate will embody Tugende’s core

values of empathy, integrity, teamwork, having a solution-orientation approach

and be committed to personal and professional growth and improvement.

All

candidates should please send an updated CV and cover letter directly to the

Finance Manager of Tugende Limited, Matija Kamikovski (matija@tugendedriven.com)

with ‘Financial Controller Application’ in the Subject. Be sure to let us know

why you want to join Tugende in this capacity and why you think you’re the

perfect fit for the job.

Deadline:

31^st December, 2015