#Hiring an Accountant & Business Analyst
→ Location: SHONA Office & Remote
→ Duration: 3 Months (with possibility of extension)
→ Reports to: Managing Director
Who are we?
Rootical business builder is a startup studio that powers purpose-driven entrepreneurs in Uganda to build and own their regenerative agri-food companies. Bringing together talent, capital and ideas — a startup studio is a structured endeavor around a repeatable process to build businesses.
With 4 active businesses in our portfolio from the 2023 cohort and 6+ businesses coming up from the 2025 cohort, we are looking for a financial expert to streamline accounting processes and support data driven business growth.
Rootical is a collaboration between Shona and Fresh Ventures Studio. Since 2013, Shona has been providing business advisory and business training to help SMEs grow revenues and become profitable businesses. We teamed up with Shona because of our shared urgency to build businesses that matter. They are the expert partner for developing good businesses in Uganda. Fresh Ventures Studio builds new companies that accelerate a circular and regenerative food system in Europe. Fresh launched in 2021 to work alongside founders to address the world’s most pressing problems through scalable agri-food ventures. We joined forces with Fresh to build on their experience and implement a similar model in Uganda.
Are you ready to join our mission to build food system shaking businesses?
After guiding 50 Ugandan talents through an intensive food system leadership bootcamp, in every cohort Rootical works with 24 Founders-in-residence on a systemic venture building journey. In 2025, we launched our second cohort and are currently in the systemic venture building phase.
We are also currently actively building 4 businesses in the studio and 2 in-house ventures to become commercially viable and purpose-driven enterprises, designed to accelerate the transition to a fair and regenerative food system.
Job description
Rootical is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Accountant with interest of growing into the role of Business Analyst to support our portfolio businesses with accounting, financial compliance, analysis and forecasting. The ideal candidate will ensure accurate record-keeping, tax compliance, and efficient financial management using QuickBooks, while also developing business analysis to drive data-based decision-making.
→ Key Responsibilities
Accounting & Financial Compliance (50%)
Review and correct existing QuickBooks entries to ensure accuracy.
Set up and maintain a standardized chart of accounts for all Rootical businesses.
Audit and ensure all transactions are recorded correctly and reconciled monthly.
Lead regulatory compliance, including correct invoicing, filing returns and liaising with tax authorities, filing PAYE and NSSF.
Inventory Management (20%)
Implement and maintain inventory tracking systems.
Support businesses to monitor stock levels and provide reports to optimize inventory turnover.
Financial Reporting, Analysis & Forecasting (20%)
Prepare monthly financial statements (P&L, balance sheets, cash flow statements).
Develop financial forecasts and budgets to guide business decisions.
Support founders with financial modeling, budgeting and scenario planning.
Analyze financial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Process improvement (10%)
Streamline accounting workflows and document best practices.
Provide financial insights to support key investment decisions and support in procurement.
Train founders and team members on QuickBooks and basic financial management.
→ Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or another relevant field.
Preferably 2+ years of experience in a similar role.
Proficiency in QuickBooks (essential), Advanced excel/sheets and other accounting software.
Strong analytical skills with experience in financial forecasting and reporting.
Knowledge of Ugandan tax laws and compliance requirements.
Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
Ability to work independently and collaborate with non-finance teams.
Experience in inventory management is desirable.
Professional certification (e.g., CPA, ACCA) is a plus.
→ Duration and compensation
We are looking for a junior accountant with a keen interest to grow into the role of a business analyst. While this is a short-term engagement, we are intentional about potentially hiring you into the team. This position is not suitable for accounting or consulting firms.
This is a 3-month consultancy opportunity with an ideal start date of September 1st, 2025.
Our team is based at the Rootical office at SHONA, Canon Road, Ntinda, Kampala, Uganda with flexibility to work from home on some days.
We offer professional service fees at the rate of what could become a full-time employment position according to Rootical-SHONA’s salary scale..
→ Mission & Mindset
In every new team member, we look for a strong alignment on values and shared vision.
You are able to demonstrate how you embody Rootical’s values and share the vision of how our future food systems should look like.
You are always thinking of creative solutions to challenges.
You are able to tackle projects without much guidance.
You don’t fear trying something new and experimenting.
You are not easily overwhelmed.
You believe in the power of entrepreneurship to solve some of the greatest challenges that we face and will jump for an opportunity to play a small part in a grand journey as we seek to make our food systems more fair and regenerative.
How to apply
Step 1: Send an email to talent@rootical.org with the subject line “Rootical Accountant & Business Analyst Application”. Please attach the following 2 documents to the email in pdf:
Your CV with a LinkedIn profile, and 2 references that know you well and can give insight into your ability to do this job. Please include their name, phone number, email, and your relation to them.
A document with answers to these questions.
Why are you interested in this role? How does your experience fit? (max. 300 words)
Why Rootical? How do you envision supporting regenerative agri-food start-ups in our studio? (max. 300 words)
We strongly encourage you not to use AI to create your CV or answers to the questions above, there’s something about human creativity we just love!
If you are selected for the following rounds, you might expect to have a phone interview with our team, complete a job-specific challenge (which we will explain at that time) and have a final in-person interview with the Rootical Team.
We want to encourage women to apply. If you need more context or have any questions before applying, please contact us at talent@rootical.org to schedule a call.
Date of publication: August 21st, 2025.
We accept applications on a rolling basis. Our goal is to have you start as soon as possible. We will no longer receive applications after August 30th.
