Deputy Country Manager

• PositionDeputy Country Manager
• CompanyUnifi Uganda
• LocationKampala
• Job typeFull Time
• ExperienceAt least 10 years
• ClosingApplications close on 30 November 2026. Official wording: “30 November 2026”.

Unifi Uganda provides short-term personal loans through branches and a USSD/mobile channel. It is part of the wider Unifi Africa group, which operates in several African countries. Official organisation website.

Unifi Uganda is hiring a senior leader to join the country's management team and optimize local business operations while shaping and executing strategy. The role combines people leadership, credit and branch operations, regulatory oversight, commercial growth, and coordination with Unifi's central teams.

• Lead, monitor, train, recruit, and select local staff, and take responsibility for team performance.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and manage procurement, spending, cost control, and profitability.
• Oversee credit risk, credit-policy changes, and employer-risk management.
• Improve branch operations, collections, and cost control; oversee branches and support day-to-day head-office and call-centre operations.
• Support the Country Manager with local operations and roll out new branches.
• Work with centralized IT and analytics teams to improve local operations and products.
• Manage regulatory compliance through engagement with relevant authorities.
• Lead or support projects and product rollouts to improve the quality of new and existing clients.
• Support marketing, grow sales from existing clients, oversee direct-marketing client acquisition, and strengthen the Unifi brand in Uganda.
• Contribute to Unifi Uganda and Unifi Africa strategy as a senior management team member and help maintain a positive workplace.

• At least 10 years' work experience at senior-management level in a high-velocity sales environment.
• Finance and credit experience is preferable, but not essential.

Stated in the advert: Not stated.

Open the employer ATS vacancy page at https://unifiuganda.simplify.hr/vacancy/i6iawg and submit an application through the online vacancy form. The employer page does not state a separate email route or list additional required documents in the captured advert.

Applications close on 30 November 2026. Official wording: “30 November 2026”.

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Apply through the official recruitment route

• Checked on 8 November 2026 against Unifi Uganda's official advert.
• Closing date confirmed as 30 November 2026. NextRoleHub closes the listing at 23:59 Kampala time that day.
• The application link goes to the employer's own page or email. Applying is free; report anyone who asks for money.
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• Bank and finance employers usually test applicants before interviews. Our bank jobs guide explains the usual stages and requirements in Uganda.
• Applications go through unifiuganda.simplify.hr. Create your account early and keep your CV in a simple layout; our guide to applicant tracking systems explains why.
• If a gross salary is stated, check your take-home pay after PAYE and NSSF with the free salary calculator. When you are shortlisted, prepare with interview questions and answers for Uganda.