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Accountant – Projects
2025-11-17T16:20:59+00:00
MTN-Uganda
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FULL_TIME
 
Kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Telecommunications
Accounting & Finance
UGX
 
MONTH
2025-11-24T17:00:00+00:00
 
Uganda
8

Main Purpose:

Responsible for CAPEX budget control as per approved budgets and projects financial reporting as per Accounting and CAPEX Governance procedures as well as in-charge of asset leases accounting and reporting in line with IFRS 16

Reports to:

Manager – Capital Investments Finance

No. of Vacancies:

1

Main Job Functions:

Lease accounting (IFRS 16)

  • Ensure an up-to-date lease register is kept by updating the asset lease solution is accurately maintained and updated with additions, disposals and adjustments
  • Post monthly lease related journals and reconciliation of various general ledger accounts as they pertain to Leases
  • Coordinate with legal, technology and facilities to capture new lease contracts and modifications.
  • Liaise with Accounts Payable to ensure lessor are timely paid
  • Notify Legal of about to expire lease agreements so that they are timely renewed
  • Prepare monthly reports relating to asset leases

Project Accounting

  • Monitor and control capital budget by ensuring demand requests qualify for capital spend and that funds are available for spend
  • Analyse projects budgets and actuals to investigate variances
  • Monitors the financial progress of capital projects and advise the projects team on accounting and implications of spend decisions
  • Reconcile cost accounting module transit accounts to ensure they are manually cleared
  • Ensure costs relating to completed projects are accurately rolled up and individual assets are created.
  • Prepare CWIP Aging report on monthly basis to guide in technical working capital management
  • Respond to CWIP and Project Accounting audit queries
  • Liaise with BOOST resources to ensure system errors are timely resolved; system reports issues are fixed
  • Reconciliation of GL WIP account balances against the WIP listing report and offer timely explanations and resolutions for any variance(s)
  • Prepare Capex additions per Project from the Boost Actual additions report on a monthly basis
  • Reconcile monthly Capitalisation against systems Asset additions report.
  • Liaise with Project Managers to have all completed projects closed and related costs Capitalised
  • Keep a record of documents to support WIP transactions that meets Audit requirements.
  • Support the budgeting and forecasting for leases and PPE

Reporting & Compliance

  • Ensure compliance with IFRS and internal accounting policies.
  • Support month-end and year-end closing activities related to leases and CWIP.
  • Assist in preparing financial statements and disclosures related to leases and CWIP.
  • Respond to internal and external audit queries.
  • Regular project reports to key stakeholders

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Statistics or related field.
  • Professional certification (e.g., CPA, ACCA) is required or in progress.

Work Experience

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in financial accounting, preferably with exposure to IFRS 16 and project accounting.
  • Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g.Oracle, MRI) and Excel.
  • Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.

Industry / Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (preferred)
  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (preferred)

COMPETENCIES

  • Attention to detail and accuracy
  • Strong understanding of IFRS 16 and fixed asset lifecycle
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and finance teams
  • Good communication and reporting skills
  • Time management and ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to work under minimum supervision
  • Ensure an up-to-date lease register is kept by updating the asset lease solution is accurately maintained and updated with additions, disposals and adjustments
  • Post monthly lease related journals and reconciliation of various general ledger accounts as they pertain to Leases
  • Coordinate with legal, technology and facilities to capture new lease contracts and modifications.
  • Liaise with Accounts Payable to ensure lessor are timely paid
  • Notify Legal of about to expire lease agreements so that they are timely renewed
  • Prepare monthly reports relating to asset leases
  • Monitor and control capital budget by ensuring demand requests qualify for capital spend and that funds are available for spend
  • Analyse projects budgets and actuals to investigate variances
  • Monitors the financial progress of capital projects and advise the projects team on accounting and implications of spend decisions
  • Reconcile cost accounting module transit accounts to ensure they are manually cleared
  • Ensure costs relating to completed projects are accurately rolled up and individual assets are created.
  • Prepare CWIP Aging report on monthly basis to guide in technical working capital management
  • Respond to CWIP and Project Accounting audit queries
  • Liaise with BOOST resources to ensure system errors are timely resolved; system reports issues are fixed
  • Reconciliation of GL WIP account balances against the WIP listing report and offer timely explanations and resolutions for any variance(s)
  • Prepare Capex additions per Project from the Boost Actual additions report on a monthly basis
  • Reconcile monthly Capitalisation against systems Asset additions report.
  • Liaise with Project Managers to have all completed projects closed and related costs Capitalised
  • Keep a record of documents to support WIP transactions that meets Audit requirements.
  • Support the budgeting and forecasting for leases and PPE
  • Ensure compliance with IFRS and internal accounting policies.
  • Support month-end and year-end closing activities related to leases and CWIP.
  • Assist in preparing financial statements and disclosures related to leases and CWIP.
  • Respond to internal and external audit queries.
  • Regular project reports to key stakeholders
  • Attention to detail and accuracy
  • Strong understanding of IFRS 16 and fixed asset lifecycle
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and finance teams
  • Good communication and reporting skills
  • Time management and ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to work under minimum supervision
  • Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g.Oracle, MRI) and Excel
  • Strong analytical and reconciliation skills
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Statistics or related field
  • Professional certification (e.g., CPA, ACCA) is required or in progress
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in financial accounting, preferably with exposure to IFRS 16 and project accounting
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (preferred)
  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (preferred)
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Accountant – Projects

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Telecommunications, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
MTN-Uganda

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, November 24 2025

Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, November 17 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Main Purpose:

Responsible for CAPEX budget control as per approved budgets and projects financial reporting as per Accounting and CAPEX Governance procedures as well as in-charge of asset leases accounting and reporting in line with IFRS 16

Reports to:

Manager – Capital Investments Finance

No. of Vacancies:

1

Main Job Functions:

Lease accounting (IFRS 16)

  • Ensure an up-to-date lease register is kept by updating the asset lease solution is accurately maintained and updated with additions, disposals and adjustments
  • Post monthly lease related journals and reconciliation of various general ledger accounts as they pertain to Leases
  • Coordinate with legal, technology and facilities to capture new lease contracts and modifications.
  • Liaise with Accounts Payable to ensure lessor are timely paid
  • Notify Legal of about to expire lease agreements so that they are timely renewed
  • Prepare monthly reports relating to asset leases

Project Accounting

  • Monitor and control capital budget by ensuring demand requests qualify for capital spend and that funds are available for spend
  • Analyse projects budgets and actuals to investigate variances
  • Monitors the financial progress of capital projects and advise the projects team on accounting and implications of spend decisions
  • Reconcile cost accounting module transit accounts to ensure they are manually cleared
  • Ensure costs relating to completed projects are accurately rolled up and individual assets are created.
  • Prepare CWIP Aging report on monthly basis to guide in technical working capital management
  • Respond to CWIP and Project Accounting audit queries
  • Liaise with BOOST resources to ensure system errors are timely resolved; system reports issues are fixed
  • Reconciliation of GL WIP account balances against the WIP listing report and offer timely explanations and resolutions for any variance(s)
  • Prepare Capex additions per Project from the Boost Actual additions report on a monthly basis
  • Reconcile monthly Capitalisation against systems Asset additions report.
  • Liaise with Project Managers to have all completed projects closed and related costs Capitalised
  • Keep a record of documents to support WIP transactions that meets Audit requirements.
  • Support the budgeting and forecasting for leases and PPE

Reporting & Compliance

  • Ensure compliance with IFRS and internal accounting policies.
  • Support month-end and year-end closing activities related to leases and CWIP.
  • Assist in preparing financial statements and disclosures related to leases and CWIP.
  • Respond to internal and external audit queries.
  • Regular project reports to key stakeholders

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Statistics or related field.
  • Professional certification (e.g., CPA, ACCA) is required or in progress.

Work Experience

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in financial accounting, preferably with exposure to IFRS 16 and project accounting.
  • Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g.Oracle, MRI) and Excel.
  • Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.

Industry / Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (preferred)
  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (preferred)

COMPETENCIES

  • Attention to detail and accuracy
  • Strong understanding of IFRS 16 and fixed asset lifecycle
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and finance teams
  • Good communication and reporting skills
  • Time management and ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to work under minimum supervision

 

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Accounting/ Finance jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Monday, November 24 2025
Duty Station: Kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Posted: 17-11-2025
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 17-11-2025
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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