Join our team!
At Emata, we have a brilliant and driven team of developers, product managers, and data scientists.
With us, you get the freedom and responsibility to innovate and create work that makes you stand out.
We continuously invest in your personal development through training and certifications, in addition to offering health insurance, salary loans, flexible "Work from home"- policy, offsites, daily lunches in our office garden, and excellent games of table tennis.
Benefits include
Friendly, hard-working team of professionals
Investment in your personal development
Health insurance, employee shareholder plan, salary loans
Flexible hours and vacation
Open Positions
Are you looking to solve serious challenges, and take on real responsibilities to create work that stands out? We are looking for a smart problem solver.
What you would do
As part of our Impact Team, you perform our field activities and play a key role in scaling up, training and supporting dairy cooperatives, crop aggregators and farmers that use Emata.
You also link our technical and product teams and the users to collect feedback and promote Emata and its vision. More concretely, your responsibilities include:
- Select, sign-up, onboard, train and support agricultural cooperatives
- Lead farmer onboarding campaigns and loan launch events
- Build relationships with partners like NGOs, apex bodies, cooperatives, and farmers
- Observe and collect user feedback to support continuous product development
- Give product presentations and demos
What we are looking for
We are looking for an outgoing and communicative person. Someone with a great talent and skill for training people and building trustful relationships.
In a perfect world, you bring the following:
- Ability to build and manage relationships with people from all walks of life
- Commercial drive and ability to convert prospective clients
- Professional command of English
- Professional command of the major language(s) of the region you are applying for:
- Central: Luganda and Runyankole (both)
- North: Acholi, Langi, Alur or others
- Southwest: Runyankole
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Customer service attitude
- Self-starting and can-do mentality
- Ability to organize
- Computer proficiency
- Driving license
- Prior experience in agriculture (and tech) is an added advantage
What we offer
Apart from a fun, fast and meaningful working environment, we offer:
- Contract on project basis (5-10 days/month)
- Potential for full-time employment
Are you the one we're looking for?
Are you passionate about finance and technology? Do you have a strong background in accounting? We are hiring a financial controller and offering you a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join our incredible team behind Emata, a Ugandan award-winning fintech venture.
About us
Emata dares farmers to dream big. We provide affordable and digital financial products to farmers. The company was started in 2020 and is the first digital lender for farmers in Uganda. Emata loans are up to 5x more affordable than current alternatives and empower farmers to invest in their farms and prosper. We achieve this by leveraging cutting-edge developments in technology, data science, and alternative credit scoring.
At Emata, we have a brilliant and driven team of 18 software developers, product managers, and data scientists. With us, you get the freedom and responsibility to innovate and create work that makes you stand out. We continuously invest in your personal development through training and certifications, in addition to offering health insurance, salary loans, flexible work remote policy, offsites, and daily lunches in our office.
What you would do
You will join the team as a full-time Financial Controller. As such, you are responsible for our financial accounting, repayment reconciliations, and reporting to our funders and investors. Concretely, your responsibilities include:
- Financial accounting, management reporting, and audits
- Share repayment schedules, reconcile incoming repayments, and resolve non-repayment issues together with our team and partners
- Report to funding partners and investors
- Support the closing of investments and funding deals
- Contribute to fact-based decision making on management level
You will work closely with our brilliant CFO/COO. The position is full-time and located in our beautiful office in Bugolobi, Kampala.
What we are looking for
We are looking for a down-to-earth and meticulous person with a passion for numbers. In a perfect world you bring the following:
- 3-5 years of experience in accounting or controlling with banks or financial institutions
- Good understanding of credit
- Meticulous work attitude and high attention to detail
- Hands-on mentality
- Desire to work in a fast-paced tech startup
- Advanced excel skills
- Experience with Quickbooks is an advantage
What we offer
Apart from a fun, fast and meaningful working environment, we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Excellent growth opportunities and investment in your personal development through training, courses and certifications.
- Comprehensive benefits package, incl. health insurance, lunch, allowance for airtime and transport, access to salary loans, etc.
Are you the one we're looking for?
Offices
Emata is a licensed Microfinance Institution. Visit us at our offices in Kampala and Mbarara for a glass of milk and a demo.
Call us: +256 (0) 741 445 718