Senior Associate, Accountant Jobs – Evidence Action

Job Title: Senior Associate, Accountant

Organisation: Evidence Action

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

Evidence Action is an international non-profit organization that scales high-impact, low-cost health and development interventions backed by rigorous research. In Uganda, the organization plays a massive role in public health, primarily through clean water access initiatives that serve millions of people across rural and peri-urban communities.

Job Summary: Reporting to the Manager, Finance, you will play a lead role in delivering effective financial control, reporting, systems, and processes, supporting the wider Finance and Operations department to deliver accurate, timely, and insightful financial information across the organisation.

• You will safeguard the integrity of the organisation’s accounting records by recording, verifying, consolidating, and posting transactions, and by ensuring all documentation is accurately serialised and securely filed.
• You will also coordinate financial support between field and country-based projects, serving as a liaison across teams.
• The role deputizes for the Manager, Finance as required.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• You will lead the field Finance team — supervising, mentoring, and setting performance standards for field-based finance staff.
• You will assess capacity and capability gaps and put in place the staffing, training, and support needed to close them
• Internal controls & audits: coordinate timely execution of internal and external audits, ensure schedules/support are ready, minimize audit adjustments, and drive closure of audit/control issues with no repeat and material findings
• General ledger integrity: ensure accuracy and completeness of GL postings, journals, allocations to the correct donor, and mapping; enforce proper documentation and approval controls
• Tax & statutory compliance: support tax planning and ensure timely preparation, review, and submission of statutory returns and related schedules
• Keeping track of all other tax related issues and tax related payments by ensuring timely submission to legal authorities on or before the deadline
• Verifying all payment vouchers for accuracy and completeness before processing and posting into the accounting system
• Procurement & cost control support: support procurement processes by enforcing financial controls and compliance (budget checks, PO discipline, cost analysis) and reporting spend vs budget trends
• Ensure accurate and timely Cash disbursements and ensure proper documentation of all payments to staff and vendors
• Manage accounts receivables from staff and Follow-up with the staff on periodic advances liquidation status
• Capacity building of non-finance staff on compliance in relation to accounting principles and the organisation’s financial policies through sharing guidelines and periodic refresher trainings
• Develop financial accountability documents for all budgeted program activities
• Managing Inventory and Property registers for the organisation as will be delegated by supervising office
• Ensuring proper document management (of stamped paid and scanned payment vouchers) in the online repository (Box)
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related fields. Master’s degree in the same fields would be of added advantage
• Full or partial professional accounting certification (CPA, ACCA, or equivalent) preferred
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in accounting or finance, preferably within an NGO or donor-funded environment; with at least two of those years in a management position
• Prior experience managing donor-funded grants, including charging costs to correct donor codes/budget lines
• Experience with procurement compliance, payment voucher review, and internal controls
• Experience preparing for and managing external and donor audits with minimal or no material findings
• Strong working knowledge of accounting software/ERP systems (e.g., QuickBooks, Intacct, Sun Systems, or similar)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office applications
• Sound knowledge of Uganda’s tax laws (URA requirements, PAYE, WHT, VAT) and statutory compliance obligations
• Familiarity with document management systems (e.g., Box, GDrive) and electronic filing practices
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in financial record-keeping and reconciliations
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to meet strict deadlines (tax filings, audits, reporting)
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to train and build capacity among non-finance staff
• High level of integrity and ability to handle confidential financial information
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities across various programs/projects

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 25th September 2026

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Level of Education: bachelor degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60