Accountant

Location: kampala

Hiring Firm: Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP)

Type: fulltime

Created Date: 2025-11-24

Deadline: 2025-12-04

Job Description:

Job Purpose: As part of the finance team, the accountant is responsible for ensuring that the transaction postings in the finance system as per the GAAP, bank and mobile money are performed on time and monthly budget variance reports are prepared according to approved advance requests. Specific duties and responsibilities: • Support in the preparation/ development of field monthly financial reports which include system postings, bank reconciliations, journal entries preparation, personal advances, balance reports, grand summary sheets, supporting payment vouchers, petty cash journal and summarized expenditure etc. Ensure expenses are in accordance with U.S. government regulations (expenses are reasonable, allowable, and allocable), and MJAP policies and procedures. • Provide financial technical assistance, budget monitoring. • Participate in organizational budget development and financial reporting to relevant stakeholders. • Be responsible for managing the decision support system for top management to take key initiatives to improve business performance. • Maintain budgets and optimize expenses for LPHS-EC Project. • Prepare Monthly budget variance reports for SMT to facilitate decision making. • Evaluate and improve operations and financial performance systems. • Prepare monthly bank and Mobile money reconciliations. • Support preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closures. • Support monthly reconciliation of accounts payable and accounts receivables. • Ensure all payment vouchers are approved prior to making payments.

Required Experience: 2 years

How to apply:

Application Procedure: MJAP is dedicated to inclusion and diversity, evaluating all job applicants solely based on merit, regardless of race, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, marital status, or disability. As an equal opportunity employer, MJAP does not charge applicants at any stage and is not responsible for losses from fraudulent recruitment activities. Qualified candidates are invited to apply by 4:30 PM EAT on Thursday December 4th, 2025., Please submit your application via this link: https://forms.gle/teugJZKanduUj9BL7 For details about advertised position, please visit the website of Makerere University Joint AIDS Program. Offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references including but not limited to appropriate background checks, criminal records, and previous employment findings of fraud, corruption, sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures. Please ensure that your attachments do not exceed 25 MB. We do appreciate your interest to work with MJAP. However, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within one week after the submission deadline