About CoRSU:
CoRSU was established in 2006 as a private non profit, non government organization in Uganda after extensive consultation with various stake holders. It is a Ugandan initiative which was encouraged and supported by CBM with the main aim of expanding and improving the rehabilitation services for children and people with disability.

The primary focus is on children with physical impairment for whom CoRSU provides orthopaedic and plastic/reconstructive surgical interventions and rehabilitation services. CoRSU provides free surgery for CWDs below 17 years of age; parents/guardians are expected to contribute towards hospital stay (accommodation and food).

Job Summary: The Cost and Management Accountant will be responsible for the ongoing analysis of the hospital process constraints, target costing projects, margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities. The incumbent shall construct and monitor those cost-effective data accumulation systems needed to provide an appropriate level of costing information to management. He/she is responsible for the accounting function and production of management information and accounts for CoRSU Hospital, providing support to the Head of Finance and Administration as well as the CEO.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Data Collection:
Manage the day to day Hospital accounting data construction and collection system;
Construct data accumulation systems for a cost accounting system
Ensure preparation of accurate weekly management accounts such as purchases, expenses, revenue, against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to highlight margin reconciliation over revenue and variance.
Create and review the controls needed for data accumulation and reporting systems

2. Inventory:
Actively coordinate physical inventory counts and cycle counts
Investigate cycle counting variances and resolve issues
Update standard costs in the bill of materials/services
Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies
Validate the cost of services offered as part of the month-end close
Accumulate and apply overhead costs as required by generally accepted accounting principles
Work with the materials Procurement Officer to locate and dispose of obsolete inventory

3. Analysis:
Conduct ongoing process constraint analyses
Report on break even service/products, work centers, and departmental units
Report on margins by service/product and departmental unit
Report on periodic variances and their causes, focusing in particular on spending variances
Analyze capital budgeting requests
Perform cost accumulation tasks as a member of the target costing team
Maintains a complete audit trail of all original documentation to support the accounting and payment of all procurement.
Provides cost accounting coaching and mentorship to the Finance and Admin team for future follow on.

4. General: Reviews procurement documentation to ensure that procurement procedures are implemented in line with the level of purchase, budget, and cost specification such that:
· Sufficient funds are available from that source.
· Supporting documents are consistent with each other, and with the procedures;
· Supporting documents and payment request are correctly signed by the appropriate level of delegated authority;
Ensures the safe retention of all financial documentation and finance related supporting documentation for the correct storage retention times.
Clarifies the storage location of all costing documentation and ensures that these documents are available for subsequent audits and evaluations.
Informs management through management reports about the major costing issues like breakeven, capital budgets, etc.

Key Performance Indicators:
Accounting data accumulation and collection systems constructed
Regular accounting performance measurements/controls created
Regular management reports provided
Physical inventory counts and cycle counts coordinated
Provides coaching and mentorship
Procurement documentation reviewed

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicant should hold a Bcom/BBA with a bias in accounting or BSC in accounting
Part qualified in C.I.M.A/ACCA/CPA
Three or more years post qualification experience in cost accounting and finance
Possess the ability to handle large databases.
Working knowledge of data collection and ordering (knowledge of LIFO, FIFO and standard costing or based on the system used at CoRSU.
Customer service orientation
High degree of adaptability
Considerable knowledge of not-for-profit health systems and operations

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are strongly encouraged to send their application letters with detailed CVs, motivation letters and copies of professional / academic certificates to hr@corsu.or.ug or hand deliver to the Head of Human resources, CoRSU Hospital, P.O. Box 46, Kisubi, Uganda.

Deadline: 20th February, 2015