Senior Accountant

The Law Development Centre (LDC) invites applications from suitably qualified candidates (Ugandans) to fill the position of Senior Accountant, tenable at LDC Kampala campus. The Senior Accountant provide routine financial management and accounting support relating to budget execution, preparing financial statements, and tracking accountabilities.

Responsibilities

• To verify completeness of payment requisitions, justification, and documentation of financial transactions.
  
• To supervise periodic reconciliations of ledgers and cash books to account statements; non-tax revenue to URA provisional returns, and provide advice on appropriate action.
  
• To produce routine financial management information and draft periodic financial statements and reports for management use.
  
• To prepare draft periodic statements and reports for the compilation of final accounts.
  
• To coordinate preparation of draft responses to audit activities or queries and oversight issues.
  
• To prepare requests for funding.
  
• To perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Manager Finance.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s (Hon) degree in Accounting or Finance.
  
• Possession of relevant professional qualification such as ACCA, ACA, or CPA, ICSA is a must.
  
• Member of ICPAU.
  
• Master’s Degree in Finance or Accounting is an added advantage.
  
• At least three (3) years’ work experience as Accountant in Government or an equivalent level of accounting work experience from a reputable private organisation.
  

How to Apply:

Applications clearly indicating the position applied for should be addressed to The Secretary/Head, Human Resource & Administration, Law Development Centre, P.O. Box 7117 Kampala and should be: submitted by email addressed to hr@ldc.ac.ug OR;

Hand-delivered to the LDC Reception at either Kampala Campus, Mbarara Campus, or Lira Campus.

NOTE: Applicants should attach an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae, certified copies of academic documents, and any other relevant documents that will support their application. For applications by email, applicants should submit scanned copies of the application and supporting documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) as a single file.