Position: Finance & Administrative Assistant
Reports to: Finance & Operations Manager
Position Type: Permanent
Hours: Fulltime
About SHONA Capital
SHONA Capital provides East Africa’s SMEs with flexible private debt to help them grow and achieve their full potential.
We understand that nurturing a business to thrive requires more than financial capital. Our dedicated team, coupled
with a curated network of experts, is committed to helping small businesses overcome critical bottlenecks in finance,
sales, HR, and operations, ultimately optimizing their growth trajectory and boosting profitability. Our management
support is hands-on and results oriented, with each engagement focused on optimizing measurable growth and impact.
We deploy capital through a proprietary debt fund in Uganda and managed funds investing across Eastern and Southern
Africa.
Key Responsibilities
Finance & Accounting – 70%
1. Reviewing and processing requisitions and reimbursement claims.
2.Assisting the investment team with credit control processes, budget planning, and expense analysis.
3.Maintaining a digital record of all financial transactions, documents, and supplier information.
4.Process loan disbursements, ensuring all necessary approvals and processing steps are complete
5.Monitor loan repayments, reconciling them across various transaction channels, and keeping the portfolio management team updated with accurate information.
Administration-30%
1. Ensuring the office is stocked with necessary supplies and that all equipment is working and properly maintained.
2.Planning, scheduling, and promoting office events, including meetings, conferences, interviews, orientations, and training sessions.
3.Manage office premises and ensure it provides a safe and productive working environment.
Qualifications
Education & Work Experience
● Bachelor’s degree, with a major in business, finance, accounting or economics. ACCA or CPA qualification is an added advantage.
● 2-3 years of experience in a finance and admin role, preferably in a financial institution
Skills + Capabilities
● Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures, including the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
● Hands-on experience with accounting softwares like QuickBooks
● Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills
SHONA Foundational Skills
These are core foundational skills that apply to all members of our team.
● Independence/Self Starter – Ability to assess and initiate things independently. Ability to manage a growing task/project without much guidance or structure. A person who is sufficiently motivated or ambitious to work on their own initiative without needing direction. Shows Initiative and is proactive in taking action.
● Business Acumen – Ability to understand how a business operates and makes money, and to proactively anticipate, navigate and leverage trends impacting the business.
● Proven at accomplishing results – Diligent executor, result driven and methodical in their execution.
● Team collaborator – Ability to work as a team to achieve the common goal.
● Life-long learner – Has a growth mindset, is curious and demonstrates a commitment to continued learning and development
● Intellectual curiosity – The desire to want to know more, to poke around in blind spots and new areas, to make connections between different challenges and opportunities to cross-pollinate ideas.
● Resilience and perseverance – The ability to thrive in a variety of circumstances.
● High emotional intelligence – Self-aware, self-regulated, strong interpersonal skills, curious about people and empathetic.
● Relationship building – Ability to quickly build rapport and engagement with people, including listening and clear communication.
● Analytical skills – Ability to collect, gather, visualize and analyze information in detail and see a problem or situation from different points of view. Analytical skills allow you to solve complex problems by making decisions in the most effective way.
● Project management – Ability to plan, execute, coordinate – leading to completion of the work of a team, achieving specific goals and meet specific success criteria in the required timeframe
● Technology Savvy – Ability to use a computer and online tools to support effective delivery of SHONA work, including but not limited to Google Drive, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint and Email.
SHONA Values
We are a values-driven organization, and we love to work with people that share these values:
● We are People focused
● We Do and Do better
● We Bet on potential
● We are Bold and Courageous
● We are Honest and Transparent
How to Apply
Please submit your application through this link > CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Closing Date
This is a rolling application process, we will keep the position open until we find the right candidate for the roll. We
estimate that the full process will take 4 weeks from initial submission of your application to final decision.
SHONA Capital is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. It is
our policy to ensure that no applicant for employment at SHONA Capital receives less favourable treatment than
another on grounds of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, religion, or sexual orientation, or is disadvantaged
by requirements or conditions which cannot be shown to be justifiable irrespective of the age, disability, gender,
marital status, race, religion or sexual orientation of the person to whom it is applied.
