Business Planning and Forecasting Accountant
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Date Posted | May 5, 2026 |
| Category | Accounting Finance Management Telecom |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Currency | UGX |
Description

Job Description
Why Airtel Africa?
At Airtel Africa, we act with passion, energy, and a can-do attitude. Innovation with an entrepreneurial spirit drive us. If you like “ordinary”, then we are not for you.
We champion diversity. We anticipate, adapt, and deliver solutions that enrich the lives of communities we serve. we roll up our sleeves to win with our customers.
By choosing Airtel, you choose to be part of a winning team. All this in addition to a brilliant opportunity to build a career in your field of expertise, across our different operating companies in Africa.
Airtel Africa is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and remain fully committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Responsibilities
Responsible for converting Airtel’s future strategic planning into financial objectives for company in
terms of both financial and non-financial indicators.
- Prepare reliable multi-year business plans Key KPIs and Financial statements.
- Ensure that the business plans are delivered as per group advised time table.
- Scan the future business environment and incorporate their implication in to business plan.
- Co-ordinate with other departments to insure all inputs to are received in time.
- Present the business Plan to the Finance Director for discussion before being presented to senior management.
- Prepare timely and accurate Annual Operating Plan according to group guidelines.
- Co-ordinate with marketing, Sale, networks, IT, Customer Service, Airtel Money, Finance and Human Resources and Operational expenditure and Capital expenditure input.
- Ensure that approved annual operating plan is disaggregated into departmental cost centres and uploaded on the financial reporting system for facilitate comparison with actual performance.
- Ensure all group guidelines are incorporated in the annual operating plan.
- Prepare accurate monthly Flash & forecast that align business performance to the Annual Operating Plan.
- Prepare Capex Business Cases and Product Analysis.
- Give insight of business performance against set key performance indicators and a detailed analytical commentary on the monthly financial performance.
Qualifications
- Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics or business related discipline.
- Professional accounting qualification like ACCA, CPA, ACA, CIMA will be an added advantage.
- 3 - 5 years working experience in a busy accounting function.
- Experience in telecom space, Fintech or fast moving consumer goods.
- Able to operate in a performance driven organization.
- Business awareness.
- Attention to detail.
- Analytical skills,
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