Fintech Accountant

About the role

The Fintech Accountant ensures accurate, timely and compliant accounting and reporting for the Uganda branch, supports Group consolidation across payment, collection and settlement flows in multiple countries and currencies, and safeguards customer funds while keeping tax, payroll and regulatory obligations met. The role is office-based, with extended hours at month- and year-end and during audits, and occasional travel to Group offices.

Key responsibilities

• Post journals and maintain ledgers under IFRS and Group policy; run month- and year-end close (accruals, prepayments, depreciation); prepare management accounts, budget variances, inter-company schedules and the Group reporting pack; support audits.
• 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.
• Record multi-currency transactions (UGX, USD, EUR, KES and corridor currencies); revalue balances monthly and post realized/unrealized FX; track currency exposure and prefunding positions for Treasury.
• 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; liaise with URA and tax advisors.
• Process monthly payroll with HR, compute PAYE and NSSF, issue payslips and returns, post payroll journals and reconcile bank and mobile money payments.
• Verify and process supplier, partner and mobile money/bank payments against approvals; manage petty cash; run payables and receivables; reconcile fees, commissions and revenue shares.
• Apply approval limits and segregation of duties; supply data for Bank of Uganda and AML/CFT reporting; flag unusual items to Compliance and report errors and fraud promptly.
• Assist budgets, forecasts and cash flow; analyze volumes, margins and revenue by corridor; advise on accounting and tax for new products, partners and corridors.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Commerce.
• CPA (U), ACCA or CIMA (completed or advanced stage).
• 3-4 years of accounting experience, ideally in fintech, banking, mobile money or payments, with hands-on high-volume reconciliation, multi-currency accounting and URA filings.
• Multi-country group reporting and payroll experience is an advantage.

Required skills

• IFRS and Ugandan tax law
• ERP/accounting systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Xero or QuickBooks
• Advanced Excel
• Payment rails, settlement cycles and FX accounting
• Bank of Uganda and AML/CFT awareness