Senior Accountant job at Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services for people with disability in Uganda (CORSU)

Organization:

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services for people with disability in Uganda (CORSU)

About the Organization:

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services for People with Disability in Uganda (CoRSU) is a specialized rehabilitation hospital established in 2009 as a local NGO with the major objective of providing high quality rehabilitation and surgical services to people with disabilities in Uganda. Over the period of 15 years, CoRSU has changed the lives of over 60,000 children through surgical services and rehabilitated over 100,000 patients through a variety of services and disciplines.

Job Description

To support the Head of Finance in ensuring professional, effective, and efficient Financial Management in CORSU. The Senior Accountant executes specific responsibilities in addition to supervising part of the finance team. He/she ensures that all financial and stores (stock) records are properly maintained and accurately written; and that regular/periodical returns, reports and analyses are properly compiled and submitted to relevant stakeholders. The position holder shall supervise the team that he/she works with to ensure effective and professional performance of the team.

Duties and Responsibilities

Support the HoF in preparation of the Annual Budgets
Supervise the updates and maintenance of assets and stocks registers.
Regular cash /bank reconciliations done, and cash flow projected.
Cash/cheque supervised receipts and payments
Follow-up on debtors ensured. Management of donor funded financial operation per projects.

Monitor the separation of Donor funds and financial process from internally generated funds/Hospital private financial operations.

Regular and timely financial reports prepared and submitted.
Financial transactions are efficiently and effectively guided.
Financial accounting systems and tools controls regularly monitored, enforced and/or developed.
Support the HoF during Internal and External Audits.
Finance and Stores teams effectively supervised.
Ensure compliance to National fiscal regulations and International Financial standards (IFS). Review all payment requests, payments to suppliers to ensure proper documentation and processes are followed.
Supervise the billing team with respect to billing insurance providers and partner organizations and follow-up on debt collections.

Qualifications and Experience

Professional qualification and membership in a professional accounting body; preferably CPA (U) or ACCA.
A bachelor's degree in commerce/business administration (Accounting option) Experience
3 years professional work experience in finance and accounting and supervising finance teams in a reputable organization.