Founded 75 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children’s development organizations in the world. We work in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plan’s vision is of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity. Plan is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations. The organisation is an equal opportunity employer and is currently seeking to recruit a competent person to fill the following vacant position:
Assistant Accountant to be based in Lira.
The successful candidate for this position will be responsible for providing timely and reliable information to maintain accurate records of financial transactions through establishing accounts and posting transactions in the accounting system for Lira Program.

Specific Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Programme Area Finance Manager (PAFM), the successful candidate will:
• Reconcile the receipt record with cash receipts and the bank deposit slip.
• Process invoices in SAP.
• Prepare cheques to accompany the corresponding payment – voucher.
• Prepare payments on the Business on-line system.
• Stamp payment vouchers and all supporting documents as ‘paid’ as per operation.
• Enter all transactions into the SAP as per Plan International’s procedures.
• Execute mobile money payments.
• Maintain payment voucher files in numerical order.
• Ensure proper custody of the embossing machine and paid stamps.
• Prepare target balance and finance statistics reports.
• Adhere to the Child Protection Policy, Code of Conduct and reporting any CPP issues.
• Implement the CPP standards as they apply to area of responsibility, development of actions to address identified gaps and monitoring their effectiveness.
• Understand the sponsorship commitments and support Plan Uganda team at all times to work with them and meet the commitment to SCs and sponsors.
• Make payment for a project Outline and analyse its linkage to a grant in SAP.
• Work hand in hand with the PAFM to produce reliable information by maintaining record of financial transaction for Lira Program Area.
• Handle the daily requests for payment of all Program Unit Staffs.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:
1. Must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or Business Administration with Accounting major
2. Part professional qualification in accountancy e.g. CPA or ACCA.
3. Computer literate with ability to work with spread sheets.
4. Good computer skills with ability to work with spread sheets, accounting software packages such as SUN, Tally, Sage
5. A Minimum of 2 years working experience as Assistant Accountant in a busy organization preferably with an NGO.

HOW TO APPLY:
Suitably qualified candidates should submit letters of application, together with a CV; Contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact details of three references plus salary history should be included and sent to the undersigned not later than 19th April, 2016. Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted. Please consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from us by 31st April 2016.
Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
The Country Human Resources Manager, Plan Uganda Email: uganda.recruitment@plan-international.org.
NB: Only soft copies of application will be considered and please indicate the position in the Subject line.