Assistant Accountant

 The Registered Trustees of Kalangala Oil Palm

        Growers Trust (KOPGT)

                  P.O.Box 39, Kalangala, Email:kopgtk@gmail.com

BACK GROUND

Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust (KOPGT) support oil palm farmers in Kalangala to grow oil palm and market the group for the benefit of the oil palm growers. KOPGT provides long term reliable support to small scale oil palm farmers and out grower’s schemes, Bugala and out lying Islands in Kalangala District.

KOPGT works closely with Ministry of Agriculture, Animal industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) Vegetable Development Project phase two.(VODP2) to achieve its mission of supporting farmers.

To realize its mission, KOPGT maintains a lean secretariat on Bugala Island (Kalangala) Uganda and intends to strengthen the human resource capacity at the secretariat by recruiting personnel for two vacant positions as follows:

REPORTS TO:  Accountant

DUTY STATION: Kalangala

Main Responsibilities

To support the finance department in preparing accurate monthly and annual accounting records and reports for presentation to both management and project management unit

General Responsibilities;

• Compile supporting documentation,  verifies accuracy of itemized charges, account numbers and total costs
• Responds to inquiries, checks and accounting transactions to locate and resolve discrepancies.
• Assist the Accountant in preparing farmers’ payments
• Ensure bank payments /receipt vouchers are prepared and recorded.
• Ensure safe custody of office petty cash along with reconciled balance at the end of the day and oversee s utilization of petty cash advances.
• Maintain financial record through filling, retrieval, retention, storage, compilation, coding and up dating.
• Records, classifies and summarizes accounting transaction
• Prepare receipts for all funds received back in office
• Serve as a bank agent.
• Assist the accountant to receive expense reports and advance requests from staff members and performs initial review for accuracy and completeness.

Desired Qualifications:

• A minimum of a degree in Accountant from a recognized institution or professional Qualification of at least stage II of either ACCA OR CPA.
• A minimum of 2 Years work experience from a public or private sector organization.

Key Competencies:

·         Computer literacy and knowledge of accounting software system

·         Strong team player with proven communication and interpersonal skills.

·         Highly motivated with good organizational and analytical ability.

Duration of assignment for both positions

An initial contract of 2 Years with approbation period of 6 months, and renewable no a satisfactory performance.

Remunerations:

Negotiable but al posts carry attractive packages and competitive salaries for the right candidates.

Application procedures:

Qualified candidates of Uganda citizenship can send the CV, cover letters and copies of academic documents to;

The General Manager,

Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust (KOPGT)

P.O.Box 39, Kalangala, Uganda :

Email: kopgtk@gmail.com  Deadline is 28^th January 2013.