Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Project Accountant Job Careers - Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)

Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and

Fisheries (MAAIF)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Project Name: Enhancing National Food Security through

Increased Rice Production (ENRP) Project
Funding Source: Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

Reports to: Project Coordinator

About MAAIF:

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries received

funding from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to implement the Jeddah

Declaration initiative (2008) through Enhancing National Food Security through

Increased Rice Production (ENRP) project. The project is to provide short term

assistance to the Government of Uganda to withstand global food market and

climate shocks as well as medium to long term support to build and strengthen

the institutional and technical capacities, for sustained agricultural growth

that contributes to poverty alleviation and food security.

Job Summary: The Accountant will mainly

implement and oversee the running of a reliable financial management system in

accordance with the approved budgeted/ planned and the laid down accounting

procedures & operational guidelines.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Ensuring that all the
  
  payment vouchers are adequately supported with appropriate source
  
  documentation, duly authorized for payment and properly filed to
  
  facilitate easy retrieval and referencing.


• Ensuring that approved
  
  bank accounts are maintained at adequate levels to enable scheduled
  
  payments to be made without delay, undertake timely cash flow projections
  
  and to observe good treasury & cash management practices.


• Maintaining and
  
  updating all required financial records, including cashbooks, ledgers,
  
  commitment registers, contract registers and fixed asset registers.


• Preparing monthly
  
  reconciliation statements for all bank accounts


• Preparing timely
  
  withdrawal applications for replenishments to the special accounts (SA’s)
  
  as well as direct payments to suppliers and/or contractors, in accordance
  
  with the laid down procedure guidelines,


• Preparing
  
  monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements and returns, as well as any
  
  other financial status reports required by Stakeholders


• Ensuring accurate
  
  recording of all the project fixed assets in the Fixed Asset register
  
  (FAR) and subsequently carry out timely updates, reconciliation and
  
  verification of such assets acquired for the Project.


• Ensuring that all the
  
  project fixed assets are correctly identified & physical verifications
  
  canied out on a regular basis to ascertain existence and condition(s) and
  
  that all fixed assets are adequately insured.


• Providing support to
  
  the External Audit of the project’s Annual Financial Statement and any
  
  internal audit work that will be undertaken from time-to-time.


• Performing any other
  
  tasks as may be assigned by Project Coordinator from time to time.

 Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal applicants
  
  should be a Ugandan citizen holding an honors Bachelors of Commerce Degree
  
  (Accounting option), Bachelor of Business Administration or its equivalent


• At least five years
  
  relevant post qualification experience.


• The ideal candidates with
  
  professional qualification such as ACCA or CPA will have added advantage. 


• He/she should have hands on experience in accounting for multiple donor
  
  funded projects; 


• Proficiency in Computer software applications &
  
  spreadsheets and have superb knowledge of International accounting and
  
  auditing standards in the public and private sectors.


• Possess a high levels
  
  of professionalism and integrity.


• Age: 28 years and
  
  above