JOB DESCRIPTION

To provide accounting and administrative supervision

to Urwego’s finance function ensuring effective, efficient, high-quality accounting & budgeting services, timely reporting and compliance to timelines and regulations.

Key responsibilities

Key responsibilities

• Put in place preventive and detective measures designed to foster accuracy of financial data,
• Ensure daily and weekly reconciliations of general ledger accounts,
• Ensure existence of relevant roll forward reports (fixed assets, lease, borrowings, loans) to confirm accuracy of financial data.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports for internal and external use,
• Ensure financial reports are true and fair in accordance with accounting standards and other laws and regulations,
• Prepare periodic regulatory reports (daily, monthly, quarterly),
• To each report, prepare narrative reports explaining key variances,
• Ensure value for money for all transactions
• Have orderly transactions to ease auditing exercises by auditors (internal & external), inspector and tax administrator,
• Attend in a timely manner to queries from auditing and inspection processes,
• Ensure timely closure of findings from auditing and inspection processes,
• Assist and guide clearance of all queries raised by external as well as internal auditors.
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls,
• Propose perceived internal controls deficiency to finance director for improvements,
• Review and recommend changes in policies and procedures that will improve financial performance.

QUALIFICATIONS

Main qualifications are:

• Should have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or other related disciplines,
• Should hold ACCA or CPA qualification,
• Having experience in auditing is an added advantage,
• Be result oriented and live Christians values of humility and customer care to mention but a few,
• Be team player and good at building and developing teams,
• A good communicator,
• Excellent skills in use of spreadsheets mainly excel.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Be proactive and able to work under pressure,
• Be skilled at strict adherence to tight deadlines,
• Have a compliance culture to accounting standards, laws, regulations, policies and procedures,
• Readiness to perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor,
• Mastery of accounting principles, BNR regulations, and tax laws,
• Readiness to perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

How to apply

Interested and eligible applicants should submit the following documents to urwegohr@urwegofinance.com not later than 16th April 2026 at 5pm. Send the documents in one folder and fill in the subject line in the position of Finance Manager.

• Motivation letter explaining your suitability for the position,
• Curriculum vitae with 2 referee names,
• Notarized Academic Documents and certificates,
• Proof of ACCA or CPA completion,
• Recommendation from your Church,
• Statement of Faith,
• Criminal Record Form,
• National ID.