Grant Thornton Uganda

Background
Grant Thornton Uganda is a leader in providing accounting services and business advice to owner-managers and entrepreneurial businesses. Founded in 1939 as A. M. Shah & Sons, the firm has offices in the major commercial centers of Uganda: Kampala and Jinja.

Grant Thornton Uganda is a member firm of Grant Thornton International. It is one of Uganda's leading firms of Certified Public Accountants and Business Advisers. The firm has 3 partners and over 20 efficient staff members.

A. M. Shah & Sons, as the firm was known earlier, has been associated with international firm network since 1955. We take pride in being the only locally grown firms to have grown to this status, whereas the other big four firms were set up here with their international affiliations.

Experience of the firm
We have over 50 years experience of working in African conditions and a reputation for diligence, knowledge and independence. We have been approved by the World Bank and IMF to act as auditors of Companies funded by them. We reckon that at present we are 6th largest firm in Uganda, and the only firm having two offices i.e. Kampala and Jinja.

Mission
Our mission, as an organization of professionals, is to service our clients by understanding them and helping them identify their needs.

We are committed to providing the most efficient and expeditious services, while always maintaining the highest ethical standards.

As our client, you can expect:

• Close, individualized client contact
• Broad-based business and financial expertise
• Services that are proactive, timely and consistently high in quality
• Our anticipation of your operational and financial needs
• Seasoned veterans in specialized areas such as:
- Tax and business services
- assurance - commercial
- assurance - not-for-profit
- management consulting.

Philosophy
At Grant Thornton, our most important assets are our people and our reputation. We are committed to excellence, both internally and externally. For this reason, we encourage and invest in the training of our people and in continuing education to further develop their professional abilities.

In return, we require that, above all else, our professionals use their talents to achieve and maintain total client satisfaction. That's simply because, at Grant Thornton, we put the best interests of our clients first.

We insist on giving our clients individual attention, and achieve this by listening to our clients and communicating with them openly, promptly, frequently and effectively. Our staff members are dynamic professionals who are always interested in helping our clients achieve their goals.
It is the Grant Thornton philosophy to provide clients with a team of professionals who combine local expertise with an overall global perspective.