Job Title: CFO
Company: FINCA Uganda
Robinah Siima was appointed as the CFO of FINCA Uganda in November 2022.
Robinah started her career in May 2008 as a sales and marketing assistant at Umoja House of Electronics, where she worked for a year. In June 2010, she joined Hotel Classic as an accounts assistant before securing an internship in operations and technology at Citi Bank Uganda in January 2011.
Her career took a turn in September 2011 when she joined Ernst & Young (EY) as an auditor, a role she held for five years. She later became a financial accountant at FINCA Uganda in September 2016 and was promoted to management accountant in February 2018. In March 2021, she moved to the Electricity Regulatory Authority as a senior management accountant, returning to FINCA Uganda as chief financial officer in November 2022.
Robinah holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Makerere University and an MBA from Amity University. She is a certified public accountant (CPA-U), a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), and a certified financial modeling and valuation analyst.
Work experience
Nov 2022 - Present: chief financial officer, FINCA Uganda (MDI)
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022: senior management accountant, Electricity Regulatory Authority
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022: management accountant, Electricity Regulatory Authority
Feb 2018 - Mar 2021: management accountant, FINCA Uganda (MDI)
Sep 2016 - May 2018: financial accountant, FINCA Uganda (MDI)
Sep 2011 - Sep 2016: auditor, Ernst & Young
Jan 2011 - Jan 2011: operations & technology intern, Citi Bank Uganda
Jun 2010 - Jun 2010: accounts assistant, Hotel Classic
May 2008 - Oct 2009: sales and marketing assistant, Umoja House of Electronics
Education
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022: Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst, Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Amity University
2015 - 2018: ACCA, The Management and Accountancy Training (MAT Uganda)
2020 - 2021: CPA, Certification in Finance and Financial Management Services
2008 - 2011: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom, Accounting Option), Makerere University
FINCA Uganda
FINCA Uganda is a microfinance deposit-taking institution that provides financial services to small entrepreneurs in Uganda. It is a subsidiary of FINCA International, which is headquartered in the US.
