Job responsibilities

Budgeting:

• Participate in preparation and monitoring of annual operating budgets and control its execution.

• Regular monitoring for the budget execution.

• Report on regular basis the budget execution status.

Prepare project payments transactions:

• Analyze requests and documents required to effect payment.

• Verification of attendance lists for casual laborers and preparation of payrolls.

• Receive and check conformity and accuracy of payments requests.

• Initiate the payment of invoices and other requests for payment on time.

• Advise the SPIU on general project accounting and monitoring.

• Record appropriate entries into the books of account on the basis of the documents provided by the financial manager.

• Reviewing the casual labors’ payrolls against attendance lists.

• Management of finance and accounts for RWB;

• Controlling movement on VCRP Project’s accounts opened in BNR.

• Payment and declaration of taxes withheld to the relevant tax Authority.

Reporting:

• Preparation of financial statements (monthly, quarterly and annual);

• Maintain the project books of account;

• Produce periodically the accounting situation of VCR Project;

• Prepare monthly bank reconciliation statements, the Designated account reconciliation statement;

• Analyse and document monthly any variances in the bank and designated account reconciliation statements.

• Initiate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.

• Preparation of annual performance report (APR);

• Declare and pay VAT and withholding taxes of VCRP Project’s service providers to Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA).

Filing:

• Ensure proper disbursement of funds is supported by appropriate vouchers.

• File all accounting documents.

• Ensure proper filing of financial documents

Others:

• Participate in Internal and External Audit exercises and assist them in their respective functions.

• Perform other activities that may be required from time to time and that are in line with the overall purpose of the VCRP/RWB-SPIU.

• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management with specialization in finance/accounting with at least foundation level one of CPA/CIA/CPFA/CPFM/ACCA (Applied Knowledge of ACCA) or Stage two of CAT/ API Certificate, and at least 3 years of work experience with donor-funded projects

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s degree in economics with at least foundation level one of CPA/CIA/CPFA/CPFM/ACCA (Applied Knowledge of ACCA) or Stage two of CAT/ API Certificate, and at least 3 years of work experience with donor-funded projects

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting with at least foundation level one of CPA/CIA/CPFA/CPFM/ACCA (Applied Knowledge of ACCA) or Stage two of CAT/ API Certificate, and at least 3 years of work experience with donor-funded projects

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance with at least foundation level one of CPA/CIA/CPFA/CPFM/ACCA (Applied Knowledge of ACCA) or Stage two of CAT/ API Certificate, and at least 3 years of work experience with donor-funded projects

  3 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Integrity

• Accountability

• Professionalism

• Decision making skills

• Presentation skills

• Time management skills

• Flexibility, team player, able to multi-task, and get things done as expected;

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Planning and organisational skills

• Fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an advantage

• Teamwork skills

• Ability to prioritize and plan effectively

• Excellent interpersonal skills