Nation Media Group is Uganda’s most influential media house, operating the Daily Monitor, Saturday Monitor, Sunday Monitor and The East African Newspapers, 93.3 KFM, 90.4 Dembe FM and Nation Courier Service. It also operates NTV, the biggest and most popular English-language television station and Spark TV, the first female-focused, and fastest growing television station in Uganda.
We are looking for a qualified, experienced and result oriented professional to fill the following vacancy.
Job Title:
Assistant Accountant – Credit
Reports to: Credit Controller Department: Finance
JOB PURPOSE
To 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.
MAIN 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
• notes.
• 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 & EXPERIENCE:
• Academic: 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.
Experience: At least 2-4 years’ working experience in Finance and Accounting in an FMCG company.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• 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
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 by 3rd November, 2023 to the HR Lead-NMGU, Monitor Publications Limited at resourcing@ug.nationmedia.com