Management Accountant Job – Exim Bank (Uganda) (EBU)

Job Title:     Management Accountant

Organisation: Exim Bank (Uganda) (EBU)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Head of Finance & Administration

About US:

Exim Bank (Uganda) (EBU), commonly known as Exim Bank, is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Uganda (BOU), the central bank and national banking regulator.

Job Summary:  The Management Accountant will be tasked with the preparation of management accounts, tax compliance and overall accounting processes in the Finance department and update the Head of Finance and Administration daily on the same on the matters relating to the bank.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Undertaking daily general ledger reviews to ensure general ledger data integrity. Investigate daily general ledger movements and report any suspicious movements to the Head of Finance and Administration.
• Undertaking Monthly product performance reviews, customer and business units’ performance analysis clearly highlighting the trends, variances, and correlations.
• Preparing Performance reports including Daily MIS, monthly Management accounts including the commentary and participate in the preparation of Board papers.
• Support forecasts with finance and Administration to prepare annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and rolling forecasts /revised estimates for the different business units.
• Investigating any key variances to the Budget, providing explanations, and recommending corrective actions.
• Suggest and implement cost optimization measures to improve the cost income ratio from time to time.
• Supervising the Administration and procurement Units of the Bank to ensure value for money.
• Ensure Tax compliance in liaison with the external tax consultants.
• Liaising with ICT department to automate Finance Department processes which are Manual.
• Management of the Banks Fixed Assets register.
• Monthly computations of cost and yields for key products and ensuring margins are reasonable.
• Any other duty as may be assigned to you by Management from time to time.

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must be a Professional Chartered Accountant.
• At least five years of experience preferably post-qualification in the field of accounting. (Preferably in a banking environment).
• A structured approach to dealing with complex and variable work environments in an independent manner.
• Ability to balance opposing business requirements.
• Ability to balance long term and short-term requirements independently.
• Strong evaluation, communication, and reporting skills.
• Able to provide advice and cause/effect evaluation to support business decision making.
• Independent and logical thinker, yet an achiever and implementer.
• Good at managing large volumes of information and can add value through management reporting.
• Builds relationships and networks easily.
• Strong service ethics.

How to Apply:

All qualified and interested candidates should please send a cover letter and updated  CV to hr@eximbank-ug.com with the subject JOB APPLICATION: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT

Deadline: Friday 27th January 2023