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This is the kind of package you review before anything is sent. The candidate, employer and job below are fictional.

1. The matched job

Accounts Assistant

Lakeview Traders Ltd (fictional) · Kampala, Uganda · Full-time

The advert asks for

Diploma or degree in accounting or finance
At least 2 years of bookkeeping experience
Experience with QuickBooks or similar software
Good working knowledge of Excel
Knowledge of URA tax filing (VAT and PAYE)

Why it matches you

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Your target role is "Accounts Assistant" and the job is in Kampala, one of your chosen locations.
You have 3 years of bookkeeping experience; the job asks for at least 2.
You use QuickBooks daily in your current role, which the advert names.
The advertised salary range overlaps the range you gave us.

2. The CV, tailored to this job

The facts come from the client's own profile and documents. For this job, bookkeeping, QuickBooks and URA filing go first because the advert asks for them.

Grace Akello

Accounts Assistant · Bookkeeping, QuickBooks, URA filing

Kampala · grace.akello@example.com · +256 700 000 000

Profile

Accounts assistant with 3 years of bookkeeping experience in retail and distribution. Keeps accurate daily records in QuickBooks, prepares monthly VAT and PAYE returns for URA, and reconciles bank and mobile money accounts on time.

Key skills

QuickBooks Online: daily entries, invoicing, supplier payments
Bank and mobile money reconciliations
Monthly VAT and PAYE returns (URA)
Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables, monthly reports

Experience

Bookkeeper, Sunrise Hardware Stores (fictional)

2022 – present

Record about 150 sales and purchase transactions a week in QuickBooks.
Reconcile 2 bank accounts and the MTN MoMo merchant account every month.
Prepare monthly VAT and PAYE returns for the accountant to review and file.

Accounts Intern, Nile Valley Distributors (fictional)

2021 – 2022

Matched supplier invoices to delivery notes and flagged differences.
Prepared petty cash summaries for the finance officer.

Education

Diploma in Business Studies (Accounting), 2021

3. The cover letter, written for this job

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am applying for the Accounts Assistant position at Lakeview Traders Ltd. I have 3 years of bookkeeping experience in retail and distribution, and I work in QuickBooks every day.

In my current role at Sunrise Hardware Stores I record about 150 transactions a week, reconcile two bank accounts and our mobile money merchant account each month, and prepare the monthly VAT and PAYE returns for review. Your advert asks for accurate records and on-time URA filing, and this is the work I do every month.

I would welcome the chance to bring the same care to your finance team. My CV and diploma are attached, and I can provide references on request.

Yours sincerely,

Grace Akello

4. Attachments, in one PDF

Tailored CV (above)
Cover letter (above)
Diploma in Business Studies certificate

For email applications everything is combined into one file, so the employer receives a single clean PDF:Grace-Akello_Accounts-Assistant_Lakeview-Traders.pdf

5. Anything we could not verify is flagged

Please confirm: "Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables, monthly reports"

You listed these Excel skills, but there is no certificate or work example to support them. We kept your own words and ask you to confirm they are accurate before you approve.

We never add qualifications, employers or results you did not give us.

6. You decide

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