Fintech Accountant
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Job Summary
Purpose
Ensure accurate timely and compliant accounting and reporting for the Uganda branch and support Group consolidation across payment collection and settlement flows in multiple countries and currencies. Safeguard customer funds and keep tax payroll and regulatory obligations met.
Key Responsibilities
Accounting & reporting: Post journals and maintain ledgers under IFRS and Group policy; run month-/year-end close (accruals prepayments depreciation); prepare management accounts budget variances inter company schedules and the Group reporting pack; support audits.
Reconciliations: Reconcile daily and monthly customer wallets safeguarding/settlement accounts banks mobile money gateways and card processors to the ledger; resolve failed duplicate and reversed transactions and chargebacks; reconcile inter company and partner balances; maintain an aging of open items.
Foreign exchange: Record multi-currency transactions (UGX USD EUR KES and corridor currencies); revalue balances monthly and post realized/unrealized FX; check conversion rates and spreads; track currency exposure and prefunding positions for Treasury.
Tax & statutory: Compute file and pay URA taxes (VAT PAYE withholding provisional/final income tax excise on fees) and NSSF on time; keep EFRIS/e-invoicing compliant; apply cross-border withholding and transfer-pricing inputs; liaise with URA and tax advisors.
Payroll: Process monthly payroll with HR (salaries allowances deductions); compute PAYE and NSSF issue payslips and returns post payroll journals and reconcile bank/mobile money payments; keep pay data confidential.
Cash & credit payments: Verify and process supplier partner and mobile money/bank payments against approvals; manage petty cash and counts; run payables and receivables (aging credit terms follow-up on merchants agents and corporates); reconcile fees commissions and revenue shares.
Controls & compliance: Apply approval limits and segregation of duties; supply accurate data for Bank of Uganda and AML/CFT reporting; flag unusual items to Compliance; report errors and fraud promptly.
Budgeting & support: Assist budgets forecasts and cash flow; analyze volumes margins and revenue by corridor; advise on accounting and tax for new products partners and corridors.
Education: Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or Commerce; CPA (U) ACCA or CIMA (completed or advanced stage).
Experience: 34 years in accounting ideally in fin-tech banking mobile money or payments; hands-on with high-volume reconciliation multi-currency accounting and URA filings. Multi-country group reporting and payroll are an advantage.
Skills & Competencies
Technical: IFRS; Ugandan tax law; ERP/accounting systems (e.g. NetSuite SAP Xero QuickBooks); advanced Excel; payment rails settlement cycles and FX accounting; Bank of Uganda and AML/CFT awareness.
Personal: Accuracy with large volumes integrity and confidentiality analytical problem-solving meeting deadlines across time zones clear English communication initiative.
Key Performance Indicators
Month-end close | Group pack by working day 5 | Tax filings | 100% on time zero penalties |
Reconciliations | Done on schedule; aged breaks escalated | Payroll | Accurate on time no remittance errors |
Payments | No errors or unauthorized payments | Audit | Queries closed on time no major findings |
Relationships & Conditions
Internal: Country Finance Manager Group Finance Operations Compliance Treasury HR.
External: Banks mobile money operators payment processors merchants and agents auditors tax advisors URA Bank of Uganda.
Conditions: Office-based; extended hours at month-/year-end and audits; occasional travel to Group offices.
Required Skills:
Education: Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or Commerce; CPA (U) ACCA or CIMA (completed or advanced stage). Experience: 34 years in accounting ideally in fin-tech banking mobile money or payments; hands-on with high-volume reconciliation multi-currency accounting and URA filings. Multi-country group reporting and payroll are an advantage. Skills & Competencies Technical: IFRS; Ugandan tax law; ERP/accounting systems (e.g. NetSuite SAP Xero QuickBooks); advanced Excel; payment rails settlement cycles and FX accounting; Bank of Uganda and AML/CFT awareness. Personal: Accuracy with large volumes integrity and confidentiality analytical problem-solving meeting deadlines across time zones clear English communication initiative. Key Performance Indicators Month-end close Group pack by working day 5 Tax filings 100% on time zero penalties Reconciliations Done on schedule; aged breaks escalated Payroll Accurate on time no remittance errors Payments No errors or unauthorized payments Audit Queries closed on time no major findings Relationships & Conditions Internal: Country Finance Manager Group Finance Operations Compliance Treasury HR. External: Banks mobile money operators payment processors merchants and agents auditors tax advisors URA Bank of Uganda. Conditions: Office-based; extended hours at month-/year-end and audits; occasional travel to Group offices.
