Accounts Assistant, Career Opportunity in Uganda, Jobs Vacancy in Uganda,

Position Title:Accounts Assistant - Treasury

Duty Station: Kampala, , Uganda

Organization:Alliance One Tobacco

Employment Type:Full Time Permanent

Job ID:1863

Application Deadline:March 25th, 2015.

Organizational Profile:

As a leading independent leaf tobacco merchant, Alliance One International provides worldwide service to the large cigarette manufacturers. Multinational manufacturers of consumer tobacco products rely on independent merchants such as Alliance One to supply the majority of their leaf. As a result Alliance One purchases tobacco in more than 45 countries and serves manufacturers of cigarettes and other consumer tobacco products in over 90 countries. With its global headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, Alliance One proudly claims broad geographic processing capabilities, a diversified product offering, and an established customer base, which includes all of the major consumer tobacco product manufacturers. They select, purchase, process, pack, store, ship, and, in certain developing markets, provide agronomy expertise and financing for growing leaf tobacco. Alliance One’s revenues are primarily comprised of sales of processed tobacco and fees charged for related services to manufacturers of consumer tobacco products around the world. They do not manufacture cigarettes or other consumer tobacco products. Maximum 300 words.

Job Responsibilities:

·             Ensures the timely payment of all AOU Uganda suppliers.

·             Captures bank payment vouchers in the cash book.

·             Files cash book payment vouchers following the sequential numbering for cheques and bank transfer instructions.

·             Ensures that bank balance schedules are updated with bank transactions processed daily.

·             Ensures timely posting of all payment related transactions in SAP.

·             Ensures withholding tax is deducted from payments as appropriate and captured to the relevant account in SAP.

·             Ensures that petty cash accounts are reconciled to the General Ledger on a monthly basis.

·             Reviews monthly Supplier statement reconciles to Accounts Payable.

·             Receives advice on open item managed GL accounts to process/clear.

·             Produces an accounts payable vendor report for review after every payment run.

·             Initiates discussions with suppliers to clear any outstanding issues.

Requirements:

·             Diploma in a Business related field

·             A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is an added advantage

·             A minimum of Two years work related experience

·             Data entry skills

·             Good working knowledge of spreadsheets

·             Attention to detail.

·             Knowledge of Accounting systems, SAP an added advantage

·             Ability to multi task

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