Accountant Manager

Accountant Manager Role JOB DESCRIPTION To provide accounting and administrative supervision to Urwego’s finance function ensuring effective, efficient, high-quality accounting & budgeting services, timely reporting and compliance to timelines and regulations. LOCATION: Kigali, Rwanda LEVEL: Professional DEPARTMENT: Finance REPORTS TO: Director of Finance RESPONSIBILITIES Coordination of journal entries processes Coordinate the bookkeeping processes and ensure timeliness and accuracy of journal entries, Coordinate and lead the team toward compliance with laws and regulations as well as accounting standards, Ensure compliance with tax administration requirements. Foster accuracy of financial data Put in place preventive and detective measures designed to foster accuracy of financial data, Ensure daily and weekly reconciliations of general ledger accounts, Ensure existence of relevant roll forward reports (fixed assets, lease, borrowings, loans) to confirm accuracy of financial data. Preparation of financial reports for various stakeholders Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports for internal and external use, Ensure financial reports are true and fair in accordance with accounting standards and other laws and regulations, Prepare periodic regulatory reports (daily, monthly, quarterly), To each report, prepare narrative reports explaining key variances, Ensure value for money for all transactions. Audit and Clearance Processes Have orderly transactions to ease auditing exercises by auditors (internal & external), inspector and tax administrator, Attend in a timely manner to queries from auditing and inspection processes, Ensure timely closure of findings from auditing and inspection processes, Assist and guide clearance of all queries raised by external as well as internal auditors. Internal Controls &compliance Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls, Propose perceived internal controls deficiency to finance director for improvements, Review and recommend changes in policies and procedures that will improve financial performance. ESSENTIAL SKILLS Be proactive and able to work under pressure, Be skilled at strict adherence to tight deadlines, Have a compliance culture to accounting standards, laws, regulations, policies and procedures, Readiness to perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor, Mastery of accounting principles, BNR regulations, and tax laws, Readiness to perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor. QUALIFICATIONS Should have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or other related disciplines, Should hold ACCA or CPA qualification, Having experience in auditing is an added advantage, Be result oriented and live Christians values of humility and customer care to mention but a few, Be team player and good at building and developing teams, A good communicator, Excellent skills in use of spreadsheets mainly excel. HOW TO APPLY Interested and elig