Job Title: Financial Accountant
Organisation: Unifi Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Unifi Africa is a fast-growing financial technology company currently operating in Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa and most recently Uganda. Unifi Uganda delivers personal lending products from branch-based channels, utilising internally generated software and lending products backed by internal IT and data analytics teams.
Job Summary: We are looking for a dynamic and proactive accountant to join our fast growing team in Uganda. The role would best suit someone who is energized by a challenge and possesses the ability to manage multiple priorities without losing focus on what is most important.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting by strictly controlling and capturing all financial transactions (per IFRS).
- This involves reconciling balance sheet and control accounts, conducting analytical reviews, and promptly clearing reconciling items.
- Generate and present timely periodic financial reports (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual) and management accounts to stakeholders, including detailed variance analysis against budgets and prior periods.
- Calculate key statistics and KPIs, and assist in developing annual budgets and forecasts.
- Facilitate the conduct of external, internal and regulatory audits
- Manage the end-to-end Accounts Payable process, including maintaining the procurement approval framework, ensuring timely capture and scanning of all invoices, monthly reconciliation of all supplier accounts, and effective payment planning.
- Manage statutory compliance, ensuring the accurate and timely filing and payment of monthly taxes, managing corporate secretarial filings with URSB.
- Ensure compliance with all mandated regulatory reporting requirements.
- Provide ad-hoc reports to management as needed.
- Contribute to making Unifi a fun place to work!
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Strong, independent work ethic.
- Detail-oriented with a relentless commitment to accuracy
- Analytical thinker with strong numerical, problem-solving abilities and quick decision-making skills.
- Strong communication skills and aspiring leader
- Ability to influence and work cross functionally.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 8th May 2026
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: no experience