Chief Operating Officer Kijani Forestry

Location: Gulu, Northern Uganda

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, or a related field required
• A Master’s Degree or MBA strongly preferred
• Professional certifications, such as Project Management Professional (PMP) or
• Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 10 years of executive experience
• In-depth understanding of the industry including risk management and compliance.
• In-depth understanding of accounting principles including budgeting, balance sheets, income statements, cash flow, and capital planning management
• Demonstrated strategic leadership ability

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
• High level thinking and problem-solving ability
• Excellent leadership skills, with steadfast resolve and personal integrity
• Understanding of advanced business planning and regulatory issues
• Solid grasp of data analysis and performance metrics

WE LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
• Caring: We empathize with and consider the needs of others. We conduct business with compassion.
• Passionate: We are enthusiastically committed to the vision of positively impacting people’s lives through planting trees.
• Innovative: We are willing to take big, bold, calculated risks to address the scale of problem we’re solving. We remain open to consider new and novel solutions.