Accounts Payable Intern Uzima Chicken

Uzima Chicken Uganda is a social enterprise focused on making smallholder farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima Chicken distributes an improved breed of chicken that is 4x more productive than local breedsin terms of egg and meat production, while requiring the same level of management and care as the local chicken. Rearing a flock of 10 improved breed chickens can generate a 270,000 UGX net profit uplift for a smallholder family. With Uzima’s bird, rural households in Uganda build income resilience, confidently pay fortheir children’s school fees, and introduce larger volumes of animal protein into their daily diets.
Uzima Chicken seeks to reach every rural household by 2025 and aims to be the leading
smallholder-focused poultry enterprise in East Africa. In the past 2 years of operations, Uzima Chicken has attracted investments from the AgDevCo, Acumen, and Innovations Against Poverty. Uzima Chicken Uganda prioritizes hiring and developing Ugandan talent and offers significant professional growth opportunities andleadership development. Further, Uzima is committed to female empowerment across the company and is proud that 40% of staff are women and over 85% are youth.

Job Summary
The Accounts Payable Accountant is responsible for managing Uzima’s accounts payables, including recording, posting, processing payments and reconciliation of bank accounts. The role requires a high level of attention to detail, coordination with other departments, and responsiveness; it offers broad visibility into the business operations of a rapidly growing startup, growth opportunities to better understand budgeting and key cost controls, and exposure to different departments.

Key Responsibilities
Financial Function
Accounts payables
• Manage key accounts payables activities, including posting of invoices, preparation of weekly payments against available budget, and execution of proper financial documentation controls
• Post non inventory vendor purchase orders and invoices in Xero before processing payments and attach supporting documentation.
• Ensure timely processing of monthly team facilitation, expense refunds, medical refunds, advances and other critical expenses (e.g., taxes)
• Process Vendor payments after approval
• Post all payments in Xero Accounting system
• Ensure that all payments by both cheques and Online are processed have all supporting documentation
• Oversee the preparation of investor support documentation (Payment vouchers, Invoices, Receipts and Payment proof to suppliers)

Bank reconciliation
• Prepare weekly and monthly revenue bank accounts reconciliations
• Review and maintain accurate records of Aging payable on a weekly basis
• Updating and maintaining accurate Fixed Asset records in Xero

Maintain accurate Prepayment schedules on a monthly basis

Monthly Reports
• Update and share monthly Medical report, AgDevCo report, ARAF report and IAP report

Policy implementation
• Implement and maintain accounting policies and processes in compliance with both IFRS and local regulatory guidance
• Foster appropriate internal control systems and financial procedures
• File and maintain appropriate Company documentation and compliance with regulatory and tax-related requirements
• Ensure that internal reporting deadlines are met. E.g weekly and monthly submission of reports

Other tasks
• Weekly update of cash KPI
• Train Interns as assigned by your supervisor
• Participate in monthly stock taking
• Carry out any other activities as assigned from time to time by your supervisor.

Key Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
Uzima Chicken is seeking a candidate who has the following Abilities:
• Passionate about positively impacting smallholder farmers and customers in rural areas
• Degree in Business administration (BBA) in Finance and accounting, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) in accounting and Finance or Accounting and taxation, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) in accountancy or related field; relevant certification
• Highly detail oriented, with a passion for accuracy and thoroughness (prefers to do a task
once and right)
• Analytical in approaching and solving problems
• Strong communication and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• High level of integrity and accountability
• Experience and proficiency in accounting software tools (Dear)
• Experience and proficiency in excel