Job Title: Business Planning and Forecasting Accountant
Organisation: Airtel Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Airtel Uganda is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited, a leading global telecommunications company. Airtel Uganda provides mobile voice and data services to millions of customers across Uganda, offering a wide range of telecommunications solutions.
Job Summary: Responsible for converting Airtel’s future strategic planning into financial objectives for company in terms of both financial and non-financial indicators.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare reliable multi-year business plans Key KPIs and Financial statements.
- Ensure that the business plans are delivered as per group advised time table.
- Scan the future business environment and incorporate their implication in to business plan.
- Co-ordinate with other departments to insure all inputs to are received in time.
- Present the business Plan to the Finance Director for discussion before being presented to senior management.
- Prepare timely and accurate Annual Operating Plan according to group guidelines.
- Co-ordinate with marketing, Sale, networks, IT, Customer Service, Airtel Money, Finance and Human Resources and Operational expenditure and Capital expenditure input.
- Ensure that approved annual operating plan is disaggregated into departmental cost centres and uploaded on the financial reporting system for facilitate comparison with actual performance.
- Ensure all group guidelines are incorporated in the annual operating plan.
- Prepare accurate monthly Flash & forecast that align business performance to the Annual Operating Plan.
- Prepare Capex Business Cases and Product Analysis.
- Give insight of business performance against set key performance indicators and a detailed analytical commentary on the monthly financial performance.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics or business related discipline.
- Professional accounting qualification like ACCA, CPA, ACA, CIMA will be an added advantage.
- 5 years working experience in a busy accounting function.
- Experience in telecom space, Fintech or fast moving consumer goods.
- Able to operate in a performance driven organization.
- Business awareness.
- Attention to detail.
- Analytical skills,
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 15th May 2026
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60