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Accountant job at Ranchers Finest (U) Ltd
Posted by: great-volunteer
Posted date: 2025-Jul-18
Location: Kampala, Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
Accountant 2025-07-17T09:41:56+00:00 Ranchers Finest (U) Ltd https://cdn.ugashare.com/jsjobsdata/data/employer/comp_5891/logo/Ranchers%20Finest%20(U)%20Ltd.jpg https://www.ranchersfinest.net/ FULL_TIME Kampala, Uganda Kampala 00256 Uganda Production Accounting & Finance 2025-07-22T17:00:00+00:00 Uganda 8 Reporting to: Chief Finance Officer
Job Purpose: The Accountant will ensure compliance, internal controls, adherence to financial policies and procedures, completeness, accuracy, timeliness and proper record keeping of transactions related to organizational revenues, receivables, payables , payroll, and tax filings.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Income accounting, reconciliations and follow up on receivables (Scrutiny and Verification)
• Generate and verify revenue entries for the accounting system, obtain and ensure accurate postings in the accounting system.
• Ensure and verify reconciliations between bank, and ERP system on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
Payables and Payroll
• Put in place a payments’ tracking system. Approve and monitor payments to ensure payments are done in accordance with targets for processing time.
• Reconcile all payables accounts on a monthly basis.
• Ensure payroll is processed in a timely manner, review for accuracy and submit for approval.
• Ensure PAYE returns and VAT fillings are filed in a timely manner on monthly basis
Cash and bank
• Oversee timely preparation and verification of bank reconciliation statements.
• Ensure proper controls on petty cash and reconciliation on periodic basis. Fixed Assets
• Maintain updated Fixed Assets register and depreciation expense as per the fixed assets schedule.
• Ensure that all assets in all the units are properly tagged and insured. Budgeting and Reporting
• Assist during budget exercise to in the completion of budget templates, follow up on timely collection of data on budgetary assumptions in liaison with the relevant departments.
• Prepare periodic financial reports (monthly/quarterly/annual)
• Timely prepare schedules for internal, interim and annual audits.
• Support timely filling of company and income tax returns as per the statutory set timelines.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA(U) and or ACCA certification.
• 3+ consecutive 3 years of experience as an accounting manager or senior accounting position.
• Experience in managing a small accounts team of 2-5 staff.
• Experience in preparing financial statements, reconciliations and preparing for audit. Key Duties and Responsibilities: • Income accounting, reconciliations and follow up on receivables (Scrutiny and Verification) • Generate and verify revenue entries for the accounting system, obtain and ensure accurate postings in the accounting system. • Ensure and verify reconciliations between bank, and ERP system on a daily, weekly and monthly basis Payables and Payroll • Put in place a payments’ tracking system. Approve and monitor payments to ensure payments are done in accordance with targets for processing time. • Reconcile all payables accounts on a monthly basis. • Ensure payroll is processed in a timely manner, review for accuracy and submit for approval. • Ensure PAYE returns and VAT fillings are filed in a timely manner on monthly basis Cash and bank • Oversee timely preparation and verification of bank reconciliation statements. • Ensure proper controls on petty cash and reconciliation on periodic basis. Fixed Assets • Maintain updated Fixed Assets register and depreciation expense as per the fixed assets schedule. • Ensure that all assets in all the units are properly tagged and insured. Budgeting and Reporting • Assist during budget exercise to in the completion of budget templates, follow up on timely collection of data on budgetary assumptions in liaison with the relevant departments. • Prepare periodic financial reports (monthly/quarterly/annual) • Timely prepare schedules for internal, interim and annual audits. • Support timely filling of company and income tax returns as per the statutory set timelines. Qualifications, Skills and Experience: • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. • CPA(U) and or ACCA certification. • 3+ consecutive 3 years of experience as an accounting manager or senior accounting position. • Experience in managing a small accounts team of 2-5 staff. • Experience in preparing financial statements, reconciliations and preparing for audit. JOB-6878c56422070 Vacancy title:
Accountant Jobs at:
Ranchers Finest (U) Ltd Deadline of this Job:
Monday, July 21 2025 Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda | Kampala | Uganda Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, July 17 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed JOB DETAILS: Reporting to: Chief Finance Officer
Job Purpose: The Accountant will ensure compliance, internal controls, adherence to financial policies and procedures, completeness, accuracy, timeliness and proper record keeping of transactions related to organizational revenues, receivables, payables , payroll, and tax filings.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Income accounting, reconciliations and follow up on receivables (Scrutiny and Verification)
• Generate and verify revenue entries for the accounting system, obtain and ensure accurate postings in the accounting system.
• Ensure and verify reconciliations between bank, and ERP system on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
Payables and Payroll
• Put in place a payments’ tracking system. Approve and monitor payments to ensure payments are done in accordance with targets for processing time.
• Reconcile all payables accounts on a monthly basis.
• Ensure payroll is processed in a timely manner, review for accuracy and submit for approval.
• Ensure PAYE returns and VAT fillings are filed in a timely manner on monthly basis
Cash and bank
• Oversee timely preparation and verification of bank reconciliation statements.
• Ensure proper controls on petty cash and reconciliation on periodic basis. Fixed Assets
• Maintain updated Fixed Assets register and depreciation expense as per the fixed assets schedule.
• Ensure that all assets in all the units are properly tagged and insured. Budgeting and Reporting
• Assist during budget exercise to in the completion of budget templates, follow up on timely collection of data on budgetary assumptions in liaison with the relevant departments.
• Prepare periodic financial reports (monthly/quarterly/annual)
• Timely prepare schedules for internal, interim and annual audits.
• Support timely filling of company and income tax returns as per the statutory set timelines.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA(U) and or ACCA certification.
• 3+ consecutive 3 years of experience as an accounting manager or senior accounting position.
• Experience in managing a small accounts team of 2-5 staff.
• Experience in preparing financial statements, reconciliations and preparing for audit. Work Hours: 8 Experience in Months: 36 Level of Education: bachelor degree Job application procedure Interested candidates should submit a detailed CV to hr ranchersfinest.net by 21st July 2025.
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