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Position Title:Accounts Assistant - Data Capture
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Organisation: Alliance One Tobacco
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Job ID: 1864
Organizational Profile:
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.
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.
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.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Receives all accounting
documents and records them in a departmental record book.
· Ensures that all invoices
have proper supporting documentation; (requisition/GRV/tax invoice i.e.
properly matched) before sending them for approval.
· Ensures authorization and
proper GL allocation of all documents is complete before they are captured in
SAP.
· The incumbent captures
journal entries in SAP and sendsthem for posting and files them sequentially
once posted.
· Captures authorised
invoices and sends them for posting and
ensures that they are delivered to treasury for payment.
· Captures payment documents
that are not posted automatically in the Treasury module.
· Regularly reviews all
vendor accounts (supplier, staff & inter-company), and ensures that vendor
accounts are properly cleared.
· Performs bank
reconciliations for AOU bank accounts monthly
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicants should hold
Diplomas in a Business related field. Possession of a Bachelor’s degree in
Accounting is an added advantage
· At least two years’
experience
· Data entry skills
· Good working knowledge of
spreadsheets
· Keen attention to detail
· Working knowledge of
Accounting systems, SAP an added advantage
· Possess the ability to
multi task.
Mode of application:
All suitably qualified candidates should submit
their updated CVs/resumes including
contact information and two work-related references to the Human Resources
Manager, Alliance One Uganda,
E-mail: PTukahirwa@aointl.com
