Fintech Accountant

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.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Commerce; CPA (U), ACCA or CIMA (completed or advanced stage).
• Experience: 3–4 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.