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Accounting and risk management: Conducts monthly reconciliation of balance sheets for UGAFODE, proactively follows up on issues arising from balance sheet reviews as well as accounting and ensuring close monitoring and closure of dormant/inactive accounts.

Reconciliation Reviews: Regularly conducts and reviews all reconciliations (process, procedure transaction) carried out by the accounts officers to ensure accuracy of booking and resolution.

Fixed Assets Management: ensures effective planning and coordination of UGAFODE’S annual fixed assets verifications exercise and duly updates the register to support effective decision making and value for money.

Financial reporting: Prepares and submits timely and accurate BoU returns, provides oversight role on internal reports to all stakeholders as well as conducting data quality reviews to ensure improvements in efficiency and accuracy of the reports.

Tax compliance vs risk management: Ensures accurate and timely filing of statutory returns and payments (2 million below), prepares & submits accurate statutory accounts, fully supported & ensures timely publication of accounts, ensures accurate and timely submission of shareholder returns, ensures oversight for BoU returns, URA – PAYE, NSSF, VAT, WHT and preparation of corporation tax and ensures that all URA/NSSF returns are submitted before due date i.e. at least 5 days;

Documentation and filing: Ensures regular update of procedural documentation (procedures manual) in line with changes in operating processes in enhancing both the reporting and retrieval purposes.

Team Leadership: Takes full responsibility for performance management of all direct reports, focusing on all aspects of sound people management e.g. Recruitment, Development, Performance Management, Remuneration and Rewards, Career path planning, On-the-job training, coaching & mentoring and Employee engagement etc.