Accountant

About Us:

UpEnergy delivers high-impact, emission-reducing projects that accelerate decarbonization and create long-term benefits for local communities. We focus on making life-improving clean technologies available across Africa, impacting millions of lives and significantly reducing CO2 emissions. With a growing team spread across multiple countries, we seek motivated and entrepreneurial talent eager to help us deliver even more impact.

About the Role:

UpEnergy is at a time of exciting growth, and rapid expansion which is why we require an impact-driven and analytical Accountant to support the Finance Team. The accountant will report directly to the Finance Manager- Ghana.

If you are eager to gain incredibly rich, hands-on experience while being part of one of the fastest growing

social enterprises in Africa and believe you’re up for the challenge (as well as a lot of fun!), we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the Finance manager during annual financial audits and any other Periodic audits
• Working closely with the Ghana Finance team to ensure smooth running of operations
• Examining bank statements and reconciling them with general ledger entries
• Examining expenses submitted by employees
• Keeping an eye on incoming payments from accounts receivable and outgoing payments from accounts payable
• Preparing Payments by verifying documentation and requesting
• Creating company financial reports with all the necessary information included
• Analyzing data collected in order to determine the state of the company’s financial health
• Identify areas for improvement and implement improvements to processes
• Maintaining customer confidence and protecting operations by keeping financial information
• Working with the Finance Team to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting
• Perform general cost accounting and other related duties in the
• Managing accounts and ensuring all transactions balances out and all books are up to date
• Managing payment of statutory deductions like tax, pension and
• Any other financial duties that may come up from time to

Does this sound like you?

• Skilled in accounting, with working knowledge of Quick books
• Minimum academic qualification: Bachelor’s degree in any finance or accounting field
• Exceptional ability to collaborate, influence, and execute against strategy
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in accounting within an FMCG or manufacturing environment, with hands-on expertise in cost accounting.
• Professional certification such as ACA, ACCA is an added advantage
• Excellent communication skills (clear and concise) and interpersonal skills
• Experience in auditing
• Innovative mind‐set oriented toward constructive problem‐solving and collaboration with stakeholders from various sectors
• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, resourcefulness, and ability to multi‐task and adjust to changing priorities
• Ability to work independently, a self-starter that is excited to work in frontier markets
• Proactive problem solver who initiates troubleshooting to keep the project on track
• Excitement to help a high impact start-up launch operations in a new market
• Strong work ethic, can navigate through uncertainty, identifies as a team player above all else
• MS Excel skills
• Strong work ethic, can navigate through uncertainty, identifies as a team player above all else
• Excited to be part of UpEnergy’s growth story

Why Join Us?

Your Impact, Amplified

Joining UpEnergy means becoming part of a mission-driven team dedicated to making a tangible difference in the world. Our focus is on ensuring that the world's poorest are not left behind in global decarbonization efforts, and that sustainable, life-improving technologies reach those who need them most. As a fast-growing organization, we provide the unique opportunity to work on innovative projects that directly impact millions of lives across Africa. Whether you're on the ground implementing projects or supporting our global expansion, you'll be part of a dynamic team where your work contributes to reducing CO2 emissions and fighting energy poverty. This is more than just a job—it's a chance to create lasting change and be at the forefront of a global movement towards equitable decarbonization.