Project Accountants
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Date Posted | June 20, 2026 |
| Category | Accounting Audit Finance Management |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Currency | UGX |
Description
Job Description
Job title | Project Accountant | ||
Department/Team | Programmes | ||
Job Family | FMS – Finance Management Services | Job Code | |
Reporting to | Project Manager | ||
No. of direct reports | 1 | ||
Location | Mbale- 1 Vacancy Soroti -1 position | ||
Employer | MUCOBADI , DFCU Foundation | ||
About the Project
The Youth Economic Empowerment through Livestock Development (YEELD) Program is a five-year initiative aimed at improving the socio-economic well-being and resilience of financially disadvantaged young people aged 18–35 years in the Teso, Bukedi, and Ankole sub-regions of Uganda through livestock value chains. The program seeks to create 250,000 work opportunities, including for 200,000 (80%) young women, 5% persons with disabilities (PWDs), and 3% refugees and displaced persons (RDPs). YEELD is being implemented across 20 districts in the three sub-regions through a consortium coordinated by Ripple Effect, dfcu Foundation, and Multi Community Based Development Initiative (MUCOBADI), and Action For Development (ACFODE) as a Gender and Social Inclusion partner in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation.
Role Purpose
The overall purpose of the job is to manage project finances effectively by ensuring accurate reporting, proper use of funds, strong controls, and compliance with donor and organizational requirements, while supporting teams to plan, monitor, and use resources efficiently.
To support the Project Manager and project teams in all finance and administration functions and ensure that the YEELD program offices are running smoothly by providing administrative support.
Provide financial support to project staff including regular review meetings where the postholder shares project finances and highlights any issues. Oversee the process of making payments for the project activities in accordance with budgets. Take the lead in the provision of financial-related information to donors in line with their requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting and Compliance | § Prepare accurate and timely financial reports to management and donors, highlighting any issues with project staff. § Carry out regular visits to field offices to audit financial and administrative systems applied within projects and provide support and guidance to project staff in their financial responsibilities. § Ensure that project assets and inventory systems are maintained per Organisation policy. § Provide support with the management of sub-grantee portfolio by reviewing monthly financial reports, discussing any variances, ensuring compliance with donor and Organisation policies and with any legal & regulatory provisions, and following up on any review action plans. Build the capacity of the subgrantee per the project objectives & plans. § Support the project teams in executing the project related procurement functions as per the laid down Organisation guidelines. § |
Internal Controls | § Receipt of project payment requests from project and head office staff, checking those requests against budgets and passing on to other staff for further processing. § Control and receipt of accountability documentation from project staff to support cash advances, checking that information for budgetary provision and correct coding and following up on any queries. § Provide support with the supervision of the field-based Project Finance Assistant. § |
Budgeting & Monitoring | § Conduct monthly review meetings with project staff where finances are shared and potential issues highlighted (e.g. under/overspends, donor compliance issues, incomplete information). § Provide technical support to project staff in preparation of budgets in line with Organisation and donor requirements, including full costing and explaining financial implications. § Work with the organization funding team to develop project proposals for donors and advise management on financial implications. § Be responsible for budgeting, monitoring and control of project administrative expenditure, ensuring all transactions are in line with policy. § Provide training and technical support to the project staff in respect of their financial responsibilities and functions. |
Other duties | § Ensure compliance with Organisation policies and all relevant legislation. § To undertake other duties of a similar nature as reasonably required by the line manager. |
Key Result Areas | § Produce high-quality financial reports for management and donors § Monitor compliance with donor regulations, policies, and legal requirements § Review sub-grantee reports and ensure adherence to financial and regulatory standards § Support audits and ensure proper documentation and accountability § Lead preparation and review of project budgets and proposals § Provide financial analysis and advice on cost implications, cash flow, and funding requirements § Support fundraising teams with budgeting for proposals § Guide project staff in budget preparation and cost management § Ensure proper asset and inventory management |
Safeguarding
We are committed to creating a safe and rewarding environments for all of our people, including staff, participants, partners, volunteers, children, and vulnerable adults. It is a shared responsibility to ensure that everyone is treated properly and protected from harm, exploitation, and abuse. To fulfil this commitment, we have established a robust Safeguarding Policy that everyone working with us is expected to follow, along with a confidential whistle-blowing procedure that allows individuals to raise any concerns they may have.
Requirements
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
- A bachelor’s degree, with a major in accounting and/or a full professional qualification in A.C.C.A, CPA, CIMA or equivalent.
- Partial professional qualification in ACCA, CPA or equivalent, or a post-graduate qualification in a relevant field is desirable.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential:
- A minimum of three years’ post qualification experience.
- Internal Control Procedures. Experience in communicating financial matters, especially to non-finance staff. Sub-grantee/partner portfolio management.
Skills and Attributes
- Creativity & reasoning: The role requires a good understanding of the programme activities and how these relate with the accounting and budgeting function.
- Communication and interaction: The role requires clear communication skills. One should be able to clearly communicate to the staff on financial matters and to support staff in understanding financial policies and procedures. The role also will involve communicating with other stakeholders including donors, partners, vendors and service providers.
- Stewardship: The role should have a good level of computer literacy and demonstrated ability to capture data/information using different advanced computer software, produce computer-based reports, read and interpret financial information and interact and respond appropriately to the donor, head office and other Organisation countries through IT media
- Judgements & actions: The role works within broad guidelines that include facilitating the project staff and coordinating with the head office, donor and sub-grantee, and thus should be able to plan their time accordingly to ensure all areas are supported. The role involves high level of interaction with staff and other project actors for effective technical and advisory role. One should clearly understand the relationship between the project activities and the budget, and the variances that arise from this relationship, and to ensure that expenditure is within budget, and to be able to relate any variances to future activity and budget reforecasts.
- Working environment: To enhance close supervision, the role requires occasional travel to the field and support other project district sites on financial matters. The role will involve occasional field trips to better understand the programme activities, but also to ensure that financial policies are being followed by staff and partners. The role will involve interacting closely with the Project Manager on financial and programme matters and also working with other finance staff based at the head office.
- Computer skills and knowledge in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and any accounting packages
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and internal control procedures.
- Report writing skills
- Good networking skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Full understanding of all technical aspects of the Organisation programme
- Strong people management ability
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Team player
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to communicate basic financial matters, especially to non-finance staff
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Have empathy with Organisation’s Christian foundation and core values
- An initiator and self-driven
- A team leader, builder, and developer
- A broad and mature thinker
- A strategic thinker with an eye for detail