CHIEF ACCOUNTANT, FINANCIAL. REPORTING

PURPOSE: To manage the processing of financial transactions, budget preparation and the budgetary control process in accordance with the University’s financial regulations in order to ensure production of accurate and timely financial reports.

Positions
1
Duration
Permanent
Responisbilities
• Preparing and ensuring adherence to work plans
• Ensuring the preparation of accurate and timely financial statements, financial reports in order to facilitate decision making
• Ensuring efficient and effective financial planning, analysis and forecasting in order to facilitate decision making
• Ensuring timely preparation of budgets, budget performance reports and implementation of budgetary system through accurate analysis of financial data in order to enhance accountability
• Ensuring availability and control of cash in order to facilitate optimum utilisation of financial resources
• Implementing effectively internal controls in order to ensure compliance with the University’s financial guidelines
• Ensuring efficient and effective processing of financial transactions in accordance with the University’s financial regulations in order to enhance accountability
• Ensuring provision of draft responses to internal and external audit queries in order to enhance transparency and accountability
• Supervising and appraising subordinate staff;
• Ensuring the preparation of quarterly and annual operational performance reports
Qualifications
• Grade 12 School Certificate or its equivalent
• Holder of ACCA or CIMA or ZICA
• Must be a Member the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants
• Must be ICT literate
Attributes & Skills
Minimum of five (5) years relevant experience
Closing Date
Application Process
Applications can be submitted either physically or electronically, with detailed Curriculum Vitae, copies of educational certificates, names and addresses of three traceable referees and contact address/telephone/e-mail details.

Physical applications should be sent to the address provided below and the position applied for should be clearly marked on the envelope.

The Registrar University of Zambia
P.O Box 32379
LUSAKA

Electronic applications should be sent to the email address provided below:
Email: registrar@unza.zm