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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Buginyanya ZARDI: Accounts Assistant

Buginyanya ZARDI is one of the Public Agricultural Research Institute established by the National Agricultural Research Act, 2005. The institute is mandated to conduct applied and adaptive agricultural research in the South Eastern Agro-Ecological Zone of Uganda under the policy guidance of the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO). The Director Buginyanya ZARDI invites suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following positions at the institute

Job Title: Accounts Assistant
Duty Station: Buginyanya ZARDI, Sironko
Salary Scale: UR6

Tasks and Responsibilities:
• Receiving cash or banker's cheques, recording financial transactions, counting money to verify amounts and issuing receipts for funds received.
• Recording and computing total funds collected with amounts of currency in register to verify balances.
• Preparing bank deposit slips in order to ensure that all collections are promptly banked in accordance with accounting procedures.
• Compiling, sorting and checking payment instructions to ensure calculations are correct and supported by receipts and other accounting documents before posting details of financial transactions.
•Receiving monthly operational funds and ensuring that the cheque is endorsed by authorized person before banking.
• Disbursing cash and writing vouchers and cheques in order to make payment against specified expenditures requisitions.
• Preparing cheque payments and refund claims and ensuring that payments are made against verifiable accounting documents.
• Posting data and balancing accounts as well as compiling collections, disbursements and bank reconciliation reports.
•Maintaining complete records of all financial transactions such as payment vouchers, receipts and other documents in accordance with accounting procedures.
• Reconciling the cashbook with bank statements and checking balances against verifiable documents on a monthly basis.
• Preparing monthly revenue, expenditure returns, financial statements and reports to cover specified periods.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
A Diploma Accounts or Diploma in Business Studies or equivalent obtained from a recognized institution with at least a minimum of 3 years experience in a reputable organization or Government Department. Must have computer and accounting skills.
Reporting: All staff will report to the Director of Research.
Tenure of Office: Four years contract renewable subject to satisfactory performance. Age: Candidates should not be above 45 years of age.

To Apply:
Interested persons with the above requirements should submit handwritten applications together with a detailed curriculum vitae giving day-time telephone numbers and names and addresses of 3 (three) referees as well as copies of professional certificates and transcripts to the undersigned not later than 5.00 p.m on 30th July 2010

Applicants are advised to quote the post and institute applied for.

The Director
Buginyanya Zonal Agricultural Research and Development
P.O.Box 1356,
MBALE

N.B The advert may be viewed on the NARO website

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