Job Title: Accounts Payable Supervisor – Telecommunication
Organisation: NFT Consult Ltd
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Accounting Manager
About Organisation:
NFT Consult Ltd is a business process outsourcing firm with offices in Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Botswana Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi and South Sudan.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Upload payments in online banking.
- Initiate all Purchase Orders based on approvals. Submit all invoices & payment requests to Group AP – All Statutory Payment requests to be submitted per the documented process deadlines.
- Follow up with Group AP to ensure all payments are approved by them & passed to the Treasury with special attention to urgent/critical payments and resolution of all queries.
- Particularly critical are Statutory Payments to be paid on or before the 15th each month.
- Manage and Supervise the Accounts Payable process from receipt of supplier invoices through to final payment, including initiating EFT in online banking. Includes supervising the invoice approval process (match to PO/GRN), and posting to supplier accounts in the trial balance, maintaining supplier accounts in good order, posting all approved transactions daily.
- Seek to process all payments in line with payment terms agreed with the suppliers.
- Manage all Withholding Tax exemptions.
- Vet, validate and gather all data for new suppliers & open their account in Tally after CFO approves the new supplier.
- Load Pre-Approvals to RMS.
- Maintains all required historical records and full audit trail by soft copy, desktop, or hard copies.
- Prepare Weekly Aged Payables Report in the agreed format.
- Provide support to Internal & External audits.
- Reconciliation and validation of Payables for Interconnect, National Roaming, International Roaming incoming, and International Outgoing traffic.
- Ensure the AP Team are fully trained to complete their tasks & are motivated and in training for their next role in AP
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field
- Professional Accounting Certification E.g. Certified Public Accountant.
- Two years of working experience in Accounting.
- Computer Literate, advanced skills in MS Office.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Energetic and able to be active throughout and willing to learn.
- High level of honesty, integrity and confidentiality.
- Excellent communication skills and high level of customer care.
- Willing to work under pressure situations & long hours with minimum supervision,
How to Apply:
- All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online through the NFT jobs portal.
Deadline: 19th July 2024
