Financial Controller Job Vacancy in Uganda

A major player in the Building & Civil engineering (Construction) Industry in Uganda is seeking to recruit a qualified, experienced and highly motivated Accountant for the post of:
Financial Controller
Reports to: Commercial Manager/Director
Job Description
·         Should supervise day to day functions of Finance and Accounting across the organization inter-alia includes authorizing payments, liaison with banks, verification and authorizing accounting entries, training staff, accounts reconciliations, etc.
·         Should be responsible for timely submission of periodical MIS reports that inter-alia includes quarterly management reports, monthly cash flow statements, monthly creditors & debtors age wise analysis, subcontractors position etc

·         Should prepare monthly cost reports for all the companies of the group, to ascertain the profitability of each internal section for the month and of the projects up to the stage of completion to ascertain the estimated profit/loss at the end of the project.
·         Should guide and supervise internal audit team, cause site inspections periodical stock verifications etc and prepare appropriate reports.
·         To coordinate with other section heads to review and improve the internal control systems and information flow for effective and efficient functioning of the organization.
·         Preparation of final accounts for all the group companies, in accordance with local laws and international accounting standards and timely completion of statutory audits.
·         To ensure that all the statutory requirements relating to filing of returns like VAT, PAYE, NSSF, Income Tax returns, Annual returns etc are complied by filing the returns with respective authorities within the stipulated time.
Minimum Qualifications Required
·         The applicant must be a Chartered Accountant/ACCA/CIMA/CPA
·         The applicant should have a minimum of 10 years experience as Chief Accountant or Head of Finance in a Corporate environment, preferably with a large construction company
Apply with detailed CV with three professional references with contact number and e-mail.
Application should be sent by post to P.O. Box 172, Kampala, Uganda
or email to the recruitment.construction.ug@gmail.com
Latest Date of submission: 30th November 2010

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