Accountant – Shared Services – Jobs In Uganda
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Date posted
August 19, 2025
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Closing date
September 18, 2025
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Hiring location
Jobs in Kampala
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Offered salary
Negotiable Price
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Career level
Accountant
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Qualification
Bachelor’s degree in Commerce
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Experience
2 Years
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Quantity
1 person
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Gender
Male Female
Description
Watoto Church Ministries is seeking to recruit an Accountant – Shared Services to ensure accurate, timely and effective shared service operations within Watoto Ministries.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Policies and Procedures.
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- Contributes to finance policy formulation and review.
- Review and update finance standard operating procedures, processes, and documentation.
- Helps develop finance risk mitigation strategy.
- Guides internal controls implementation.
- Process payroll accurately and timely.
- Ensure payroll regulatory compliance.
- Ensure bank reconciliation accuracy, timeliness, and proper approval.
- Ensure accurate asset accounting and statutory remittances.
- Review statutory deduction ledgers (PAYE, NSSF, LST, Provident Fund).
- Oversee finance document management and archives.
- Prepare, reviews, manages, and approves payroll reconciliations to the general ledger.
- Oversee, reviews, and approves bank reconciliations to the general ledger.
- Performs reconciliations of accruals and prepayments for accuracy.
- Manages fixed asset register reconciliations.
- Analyzes and recommends improvements to management.
- Provides orientation and sets performance expectations for new staff.
- Oversees performance management, ensure clear standards and appraisals.
- Trains and mentor staff to deliver high performance.
- Coordinate annual leave to ensure departmental continuity.
- Manage staff training and development programs.
- Prepare reports for management according to organizational reporting guidelines.
- The applicant for the role should hold at least a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in commerce, Accounting, Business Administration, or a relevant field from a reputable university.
- Completed or undertaking professional certification. Added Advantage (Chartered membership of ACCA, CPA, or similar organisation).
- A minimum of five (5) years’ working experience in a busy Finance and accounts function.
- Proficiency in an accounting system, knowledge of Solomon is an advantage.
- Excellent financial analytical, critical thinking skills, and diligence.
- Strong understanding of financial principles, cash management, and risk analysis.
- Must be willing to live up to organisational values and strong work ethic.
- Strong report writing and presentation skills and possess excellent communication skills.
- Have a high level of personal and professional integrity
- Able to exercise confidentiality and sound judgement.
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