Duma Works is recruiting a Finance and Administration Coordinator for one of our clients.
Location: Muyenga, Kampala
Reports to: Finance and Administration Manager
About the Hiring Company: The company is a for-profit, social enterprise dedicated to providing safe drinking water solutions at scale.
Location: Muyenga, Kampala
Reports to: Finance and Administration Manager
About the Hiring Company: The company is a for-profit, social enterprise dedicated to providing safe drinking water solutions at scale.
We’re the first drinking
water solutions company to allow schools to time their instalment payments with
the receipt of schools fees.
We’re also the first to
provide a 2-year preventive maintenance program included in every installation.
This firm is growing quickly and is already in over 1,100 Uganda schools, and
is aiming to reach 5,000 Ugandan schools by 2018 and is now in the process of
regional expansion.
Job Description: The Finance and Administration (F&A) Coordinator will
contribute to the day to day financial and administrative activities of the
organisation, and play a key role in adhering and implementing company finance
and administration policies.
The F&A Coordinator will
be assigned ongoing responsibilities in finance, including bookkeeping,
Quick-books transaction entries, report preparation, bank reconciliation, and
others, as well as in administration, including: inventory management and
reconciliation, vehicle and logistics, procurement, asset management, and
others.
Specific roles and
responsibilities include:
Finance
Finance
- Contribute to
financial systems implementation, budgeting, expenditure tracking, and
financial reporting and accounting
- Help ensuring
effective internal controls and minimising risks
- Maintain books,
record transactions via Quick-books, reconcile discrepancies
- Contribute to
monthly close procedures, including bank reconciliation
- Assist in the
preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reports
Admin
- Implement tasks
across multiple functional areas including HR, procurement, inventory,
asset disposition, travel and logistics
- Conduct local
procurement, ensuring full compliance with company policy
- Help to manage
inventory and all other assets, monitor and report daily stock movements,
ensure proper reconciliation on an ongoing basis (weekly and monthly)
- Provide active
support to the Customer Service Team and Installations Team as needed
- Pro-actively
make recommendations for better work methods for improved efficiency and
company profitability
Minimum Qualifications and
Experience:
- Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Procurement and
Logistics or related education. Certification in CPM a plus but not
required
- 3+ years of
relevant experience with increasing levels of responsibility
- Self-starter
with strong problem solving skills, ability to multi-task, and strong
attention to detail
- Must have the
force of character sufficient to properly represent the organization’s interests
with suppliers and be a person of high integrity as well as team player
- Proficient with
Microsoft Office systems
- Proficiency in
Quick Books is highly desirable
- Must be able to
read, speak, write, and understand the English language
- Willingness to
continuously learn and be open to feedback to improve individual
development
A six-month trial period will
be expected.
Apply
A Cover Letter and a detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “2434”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2434 Barack Obama, +2547xxxxxxxxx.
Apply
A Cover Letter and a detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “2434”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2434 Barack Obama, +2547xxxxxxxxx.
If you don’t follow these
instructions, your application will not go through.
All applications without a
Motivation Letter will not be considered.
Deadline for receiving applications: 30th September 2016
N.B. When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you to take a basic screening test over email or SMS. The test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.
Deadline for receiving applications: 30th September 2016
N.B. When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you to take a basic screening test over email or SMS. The test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.
If you apply and don’t meet these minimum qualifications, we won’t be able to
forward your application to the employer. This is to save both you and the
employer time and make sure you both find the best match.