Mbarara City City Chief Finance Officer Jobs in Uganda

Mbarara City City Chief Finance Officer Jobs in Uganda

Job Purpose

To coordinate the preparation of the annual plan budget, implementation of the financial strategies and monitoring of the City’s costs in line with prevailing financial policies and procedures

Job Description and Duties

Coordinating the preparation of the City’s annual budget, monitor and control budget expenditure and prepare budget variance reports in line with the City’s budget cycle and financial guidelines

Monitoring capital and operational expenditures, and develop cost reduction initiatives in line with the City’s business objective

Planning, developing and implementing the City’s financial strategies, carry out project appraisal and evaluation in line with the City’s business plan;

Developing and maintaining documented procedures for the recording and payment of expenses before goods and services are ordered, before creditors and staff expenses are paid in line with the credit management policies and procedures;

Maintaining an up-to-date inventory of fixed assets, co-ordinate and initiate periodic checks of all City assets to confirm their existence, ownership, condition and accuracy in line with asset management policies.

Managing the reconciliation of all GL accounts, prepare monthly and annual financial statements, and ensure that the suspense account balances are cleared promptly by the departments responsible

Developing and overseeing systems/procedures for receipting, remittance, accounting, reconciliation of the City Revenue collections in line with the approved procedures and guidelines.

Oversee the accounting for and remittance of all revenue collected in line

with accounting standards, reporting and remittance schedules

Developing, Managing and evaluating the performance of subordinates with respect to the set Key Functions in line with the HR Policies

Person Specifications:

Academic Qualifications

An honor’s Bachelor’s Degree in either Economics, Commerce, Business Administration, Finance and Accounting, Business Computing or Statistics course from a recognized University or Institution of higher learning

Master’s degree in any of the above-mentioned fields

Possession of either ACCA or CPA or ACIB or any other relevant professional qualification

Registered with a relevant professional body.

Job Experience

A minimum of nine (9) years working experience three (3) of which must have been gained at Principal Accountant level in Government or from a reputable organization

Required Competencies

Technical

Financial management Policy Management. Information and Communications Technology

Behavioral

Inter-personal relations. Concern for quality and standards. Decision-making and Problem-solving. Effective communication.

How to Apply

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