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Position Title:Accounting Clerk
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Organisation: Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA)
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Application Deadline:21st February, 2015
Organizational Profile:
Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) is a regional
NGO established in 1995. SIHA works on issues of women development across the
Horn of Africa Sub region and is governed by a Board of Directors from across
the Greater Horn with interest in the development of women and girls in the
Greater Horn of Africa.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
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Send open emailed invoices daily
and date stamp
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Manage SIHA petty cash and
prepare and review petty cash receipts and books
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Maintaining and manage SIHA
accounts under the supervision of SIHA head of finance and to follow the
guidance of SIHA financial policy
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Regularly review invoices
approved daily and scan into Capture system
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Follow up on inaccurate invoices
in a timely manner
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Enters various data into
appropriate database system to complete or update spreadsheet information
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Responsible for the preparations
of SIHA projects financial statements
and reports for the SIHA head of finance
and the regional director and SIHA
program team
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Provide a regular analyses of the
SIHA expenses and bank statements
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Maintains integrity of database
accounting systems by regularly updating files, reports and spreadsheets. May
include tenant, client, and vendor lists, purchase order account balances, time
sheet data, billings or similar information
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May prepare various spreadsheets,
reports and data lists as assigned
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May support others with account
reconciliation functions
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Quickly responds to tenant,
vendor, and staff requests for account information
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Performs other accounting
clerical and administrative tasks which may include word processing, emails,
preparing bank transactions, fund transfer checks,, handling the finance mail,
etc
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Assist on any additional projects
assigned by Senior Accountant or Director
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
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The applicant should hold a four-year college
degree in Accounting is required or an equivalent
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A minimum of one year of basic
accounting or bookkeeping experience is desired
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He or she should have a minimum
of three years’ experience in the field, preferably with an NGO.
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Working knowledge of accounting
and finance rules and regulation and strong working knowledge of account
payables, receivables, budgets, and expenditure control is essential.
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Past experience with QUICKBOOKS
or a similar accounting system is a plus.
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Strong and proven professional
integrity and work ethics is a must.
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The ideal candidate must be
computer literate, including knowledge of word processing (Word), mail merge,
scheduling (Outlook), spreadsheets (Excel) and other data base applications
Mode of application:
All candidates should preferably send their applications via E-mail to:
mayada@sihanet.organd copy jemimah@sihanet.org
Deadline: 21st February, 2015
NB: Remuneration will be based on candidate’s qualifications and
experience.
