Before his government and private sector work, Suruma worked as a professor of economics and management at Makerere University and at Florida A&M University. In 1987, he joined the Bank of Uganda, the country's central bank, as the director of research, serving in that capacity until 1990.
Before engaging in government or private sector work, Suruma taught economics and management at Makerere University and Florida A&M University. In 1987, he was appointed as the research director for the Bank of Uganda, the central bank of his country, a position he held until 1990.