Finance Officer

• Prepare and present timely, accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including variance analysis, forecasts, and performance insights for AquaTrust leadership
• Lead preparation of statutory financial statements in compliance with IFRS, GAAP, and applicable Ugandan financial regulations
• Monitor cash flow, accounts receivable and payable, and establish strong financial controls, policies, and procedures to safeguard AquaTrust's assets and ensure financial sustainability
• Coordinate with external and internal auditors and maintain documentation and audit trails across all activity, including donor-funded and investment-financed projects, to ensure audit readiness
• Partner with the AquaTrust Enterprise Manager, functional leads, and finance staff across UWP and RRD to develop and monitor financial plans, ensuring consistent policies and aligned reporting
• Ensure accurate project accounting, billing, and reporting in compliance with donor requirements, including performance-based contracts tied to service metrics such as system uptime
• Monitor project-specific financial risks and provide funders and leadership with timely updates, summaries, and closeout reports
• Oversee AquaTrust's customer billing systems, ensuring accurate, timely collection of hand pump and piped system service fees, along with prompt receipt generation and delivery
• Develop investment-ready financial systems, budgets, forecasts, and performance reporting that ensure revenue is tracked, allocated, and reinvested appropriately
• Supervise, mentor, and develop AquaTrust's finance and accounting staff, ensuring clarity of roles, accountability, and a performance-driven culture
• Foster collaboration across finance, construction, operations, and sales teams to ensure financial discipline is embedded in day-to-day decision-making
• Oversee payroll management for AquaTrust staff, ensuring accuracy, timely tax filing and remittance, and full compliance with statutory requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Commerce, Business Administration or a related field
• 3+ years of progressive experience in financial management
• Demonstrated experience in a utility, infrastructure, or donor-funded sector
• Advanced knowledge of accounting systems, preferably QuickBooks
• In-depth understanding of IFRS, GAAP, and local financial regulations
• Proven ability to manage donor reporting, grants compliance, and project-level financial controls
• Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, or CIMA is an added advantage
• Willingness to travel periodically to support field-level financial processes

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Leads with integrity, humility, accountability, and sound judgment
• Meticulous, disciplined, and unwavering on accuracy
• Experience with outcomes-based funding contracts and revenue-generating social enterprises is an advantage
• Fluency in one or more local Ugandan languages is an added advantage