L-R: Charlotte Kukunda, Country Manager ACCA Uganda exchanges a newly signed Memorandum of Advertising with Joseph Ssekabira, FCCA, Associate Director, Risk Advisory Deloitte Uganda during the launch of the 8th edition of the Uganda CFO Awards.
ACCA Uganda and Deloitte Uganda have announced the renewal of their strategic partnership, aimed at advancing capacity building and recognizing excellence among Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in Uganda. This renewed collaboration will span the next three years, reinforcing the commitment of both organizations to foster professional development and acknowledge outstanding financial leadership in the country.
The first deliverable of this partnership will be the prestigious CFO Awards, set to take place on Thursday, 17th October 2024, under the theme Pushing Boundaries, Exploring the Growth Mindset. Nominations open Monday, 29th July, 2024 and close 6th September, 2024 via https://bit.ly/3WE1543
Speaking at the launch event, Charlotte Kukunda, Country Manager ACCA Uganda said, “This extension is to explore opportunities for collaboration for our mutual benefit. So, in addition to activities we’ve been doing under the CFO agenda in Uganda, like the annual awards, surveys, quarterly CFO forums – a platform that facilitates discussion of topical issues and nurturing of the next generation of finance leaders; CFOs and CEOs, we are adding the CFO lab which will focus on three important resources that CFOs should manage during times of significant change. The lab will be a training ground for CFOs and an addition to the benefits of those that emerge winners.
She mentioned that the core focus areas for a CFO in transition which the lab seeks to engage participants include personal and organizational time management, talent in the finance organization and critical stakeholder management.
Addressing the media at the same event, Joseph Ssekabira, FCCA, Associate Director, Risk Advisory at Deloitte Uganda reaffirmed the company’s commitment to continued collaboration with ACCA Uganda to uplift the profession, saying “our goal is to continue promoting the finance profession, working closely with ACCA Uganda to recognize finance leaders and to steer their roles with distinction. We are committed to the MoU that we have signed today, and we look forward to working with ACCA, but also importantly working with the different CFOs and accountants across the spectrum in this partnership to propel the CFO agenda to greater heights in Uganda.”
As the 1st Runner Up and Leadership Award winner of the 7th edition of the CFO Awards 2023, Peter Ssenyange FCCA, CFO PostBank Uganda urged CFOs and Heads of Finance to nominate themselves for this year’s awards in consideration of the immense learning and networking opportunities and recognition for their hard work. “The award allows you to self reflect about where you are as a CFO because ACCA is a global leader on how we deliver value as accountants. The advantage with ACCA is it not only talks to a global scale but is very in touch with the local context. As a CFO, my motivation to nominate myself was to benchmark myself against the best but as I did so, I learned a couple of things, as a CFO for PostBank and as the leadership of PostBank, are so invested in emerging talent to grow an institution. At the time I nominated myself, I looked at the criteria and one of the things that have, in the last 12 months, are the 7 capabilities of an accountant. Together with HR, we have now developed and marked our own finance talent against these capabilities and this has changed how we train our accountants, how we assess ourselves as finance leadership and how we promote and it’s done so well that it’s now so clear on what we’re going to invest in and so on. It’s still a journey but it’s a starting place.”
2024 CFO Awards categories:
-Not-for-Profit Award
-SME Award
-Young CFO Award
-Compliance & Governance Award.
-Strategy Execution Award
-Finance Transformation and Technology Award
-Sustainability Award
-Leadership Award
-CFO of the Year Award: The Judges will determine the winner from the submissions and interview process.
-Public Sector Award
