Job Title: Â Accountant – GL Tax and AR/AP
Organisation: Hapag-Lloyd
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
The roots of Hapag-Lloyd AG stretch far back into the 19th century, when the founding companies – Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (Hapag) and North German Lloyd – put their first ships to sea carrying general cargo and passengers to New York. From these beginnings, in an exciting history marked by changes and upheavals, grew the leading and globally active container liner shipping company that we are today.
Job Summary:
Coordination with the MRU QSC of the monthly and yearly closing for Uganda
Financial & Corporate Audit preparation
Tax filing
Area objectives and KPI’s to secure
Budget and Quarterly Forecasts for OVH
Manage AP and AR
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Oversee the completeness and accuracy of all GL accounts
Responsible for timeous and accurate month end and year closing as per HL guidelines
Responsible for timeous and accurate submission of OVH budgets and forecast including DND, investments, SAP RE, etc.
Coordinate maintenance and improvement of processes together with the MRU QSC
Responsible for achievement of all targets in BA
Responsible for preparation of annual financial statements
Responsible for timely Tax filing
POE for Financial & Corporate Audit queries / requests, ensuring timeous closure of all topics
Implement and monitor processes to avoid the recurrence of audit findings together with introducing preventive processes to reduce and eventually eliminate audit findings
Responsible for the submission of Quarterly reports: Compliance, Risk Management, Tax Risk Assessment, Legal Contingencies
Work with all departments to proactively implement measure to prevent revenue leakage and overcharging on the Operational side ‘
Responsible for Area objectives and KPI’s, escalation if necessary.
Keep abreast of developments in CS, Sales, Ops to inform Management of impact of changes as well as ensure our processes
Ad hoc requests from Management
Drive innovation to create meaningful reporting and to address critical topics
AR follow up from input to reconciliation, collection process
Disputes coordination
Control of bad Debts
AP follow up from input to reconciliation
Payment process
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field
CPA – U or ACCA certification is a MUST
Strong accounting and finance experience
Strong knowledge on the Government policies and Tax Regulations
Strong internal audit experience
Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
Excellent understanding of HL business
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to converse with stakeholders on many levels in the internal and external organization
Success Citeria for this Position
Self-Starter
Confident in ability to address topics with different stakeholders
Work independently
Strong with recommendations and decisions making
Analytical
Solution orientated
Open minded and adaptable
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
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