3 Job opportunities for Project Accountants at BRAC Uganda Microfinance Ltd

Job Title:     Project Accountant (3 Job Opportunities)

Organisation: BRAC Uganda Microfinance Ltd

Duty Station: Kampala and Nakaseke, Uganda

About US:

BRAC Uganda Microfinance Ltd is the largest Microfinance operating in Uganda covering several districts through 147 networked branches targeting Micro, Small and Medium Entrepreneurs of Uganda. BRAC boasts of promoting financial inclusion by extending financial services to the un-served and underserved, now with over 212,000 borrowing clients, over 150Bn loan book with 98% recovery rate, operationally and financially self sustaining.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Prepare and submit monthly projects financial reports
• The Project Accountant will maintain projects-related records, including contracts, agreements and Memoranda of understanding
• Prepare Bank and Funds reconciliations for the projects
• Keenly review and advise on requests related to the projects and ensure continuous budget monitoring
• Review and recommend overhead charges to be applied to the projects
• Review supplier invoices and billings related to the projects
• The incumbent will analyse the budget against actual expenditure, investigate projects variances and submit variance reports to management.
• Compute and submit tax and payroll related expenses related to projects for consolidation
• Manage project assets, stock and inventory and report regularly on status
• Compile information for internal and external auditors for the project, as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicants for these jobs must hold Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com), Finance & Accounting or a related field
• Partial qualification (level II) in ACCA, CPA or a related will be added advantage.
• At least three years’ experience in Accounting with a seed company or NGO.
• Excellent computer skills
• Excellent reporting and analytical skills
• Knowledge on using accounting packages
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their application letters, Curriculum Vitae not scanned (including bio-data such as: Date of birth, Education qualification, language proficiency, work experience and at least three professional referees in Ms. Office Word Document) and all scanned copies of academic /other supporting documents. They should all be merged into one PDF file. In total, there must only be two attachments sent to hrd.uganda@brac.net

Deadline: 27^th August 2017