Job Title: Assistant Accountant – Credit (Fresher Jobs)
Organisation: Nation Media Group (NMG)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Credit Controller
About US:
The Nation Media Group is the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa with operations in print, broadcast and digital media, which attract and serve unparalleled audiences in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. As a brand, we are committed to generating and creating content that will inform, educate and entertain our consumers across the different platforms, keeping in mind the changing needs and trends in the industry.
Job Summary: The Assistant Accountant – Credit will process and dispatch invoices and statements to advertising debtors and reconcile the debtors accounts to maximize revenue collection and cash flow from agencies to meet MPL’s business objectives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Undertake timely billing of the Monitor paper, Ennyanda, Radio and Digital platform adverts.
- Reconcile daily the charge sheet to adverts run, and reconcile SAP print revenue with the yield report.
- Reconciliation of the debtors’ control accounts for all revenue platforms, with emphasis on allocation of unapplied amounts and posting of approved credit
- Verify and ensure timely payment of advertising commissions, ensuring accuracy of computations and adherence to the commission structure.
- Prepare revenue reconciliation reports for all revenue platforms monthly, the debtors aging analysis reports and share the unapplied reports on a monthly basis.
- Provide support to the internal and external debt stakeholders.
- Customer service: 24 hour turn around for resolution of complaints.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a University Degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Accounting and Finance, Statistics or any other related field from an accredited institution.
- Professional: Certified Public Accountant with relevant professional qualifications e.g. ACCA, CPA.
- Two to four years of working experience in Finance and Accounting in an FMCG company.
- Business Acumen-good commercial and business
- awareness
- Knowledge of accounting packages
- High standards of integrity
- Analytical and enquiring mind
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work well under pressure and with tight time constraints
- Highly organized with ability to multitask
- Good communication skills-oral and written
How to Apply:
If you believe that you are our ideal candidate, please submit your application, detailed CV and academic documents with a daytime telephone number as one PDF document, quoting the position you have applied for in the subject line to the HR Lead-NMGU, Monitor Publications Limited
Email to: resourcing@ug.nationmedia.com
NB: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 3rd November 2023