Accounts Payables Officer Job at Ranchers Finest (U) Ltd

Accounts Payables Officer Job

Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: Attractive

Job Deadline: 22 July 2025

Number of Jobs: 01

Hiring Entity: Ranchers Finest (U) Ltd

Ranchers Finest (U) Ltd

Location: In Uganda

Job Details:

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Job Purpose: Accounts Payable Officer involves providing financial, administrative support. It involves completing payments and control expenses by receiving payments, plus processing, verifying and reconciling invoices.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Charges expenses to accounts and cost centres by analysing invoice/expense reports, recording entries.
• Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, scheduling and preparing checks, and resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
• Maintains accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• Maintains historical records by microfilming and filing documents.
• Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements.
• Paying employees by verifying expense reports and preparing pay checks.
• Paying vendors by scheduling pay checks and ensuring payment is received for outstanding credit; generally responding to all vendor enquiries regarding finance.
• Preparing analyses of accounts and producing monthly reports.
• Continuing to improve the payment process.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor’s’ degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or any other relevant field.
• Should have attained at least level two of CPA/ACCA as an advantage.
• Analytical and logical abilities, with a high attention to details.
• Minimum relevant experience of 2-years
• Working knowledge of ERP software is an advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of accounting procedures and general controls with degree of compliance