Financial Controller

• Lead the finance team; manage budgets, cash-flow forecasts, management accounts, financial reporting and statutory financial statements
• Manage project accounting: Work-in-Progress (WIP), project budgets, cost-to-complete forecasts, expenditure variances, commitments and project margins
• Assess Bills of Quantities (BoQs), engineering contracts, commercial purchase orders, joint-venture arrangements and subcontracts for financial risk, payment exposure and profitability
• Manage URA and statutory compliance: EFRIS, VAT, withholding tax (WHT), PAYE and all applicable tax filing and reconciliation obligations
• Oversee working capital: receivables, payables, supplier payments, project invoicing, payment certificates, retentions and collections
• Enforce financial policies, approval controls and reconciliations; coordinate audits and produce decision-ready reports for management

Qualifications & Experience:

• At least 7 years of relevant accounting and financial management experience, including at least 3 years working for an engineering contractor firm (EPC/construction)
• Fully qualified CPA or ACCA (or an equivalent recognised professional accounting qualification) is mandatory
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a closely related discipline
• Demonstrated hands-on mastery of WIP accounting, cost-to-complete forecasting, project profitability analysis and interpretation of engineering BoQs
• Practical working knowledge of URA systems and Ugandan tax compliance, particularly EFRIS, WHT, PAYE and VAT
• Proven experience leading a finance team
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, financial modelling and ERP skills

Skills & Competencies:

• Sound commercial judgement and strong analytical, cost-control skills
• Integrity and accountability
• Effective cross-functional leadership and clear management reporting
• Ability to assess engineering contracts from a financial and commercial risk perspective