Job Description Cordaid
Job Title: Project Finance Officer
Organizational Unit :Rwanda Country Office
Job’s aim: Responsible for the financial control of projects and for the compliance with contractual agreements
Aim of the Organizational Unit :Is responsible for realization of Country Office targets
Supervisor: Rwanda Country Manager
Supervises: none
Results Areas
Description
Project budgets
Develops project budgets in coordination with program managers for presentations to donors. Makes sure that cost recovery is guaranteed and the correct Cordaid tools, data and forms are being used. Supports the cash planning process with the Finance Manager.
Financial project data and reporting
Keeps the implementation of projects in focus and assesses the financial management reports and results. Shares this information with program managers and Finance Manager in time and appropriately when financial management does not go according to plan. Provides timely updates to management to allow for proper communication with donors.
Financial quality of partners’ reports
Guides and advises partners in such a way that they effectively and efficiently run the project and meet the reporting requirements.
Compliance knowledge
Supports the Finance Manager to develop, maintain, and deliver training on compliance issues to realize sufficient compliance knowledge, has a positive attitude towards compliance and improved compliance behavior.
Information audits
Supports the organization in collecting all necessary information for audits in time. Prepares the audits and ensures a high quality for accountability material.
Audit related improvements
Ensures that recommendations from in- and external audits are implemented and disseminated throughout the organization.
Cost Recovery
Ensures that his / her own costs are being recovered, either in the by the Business used man-hour tariffs or by charging the activities to donor contracts directly.
Integrity
Adheres to the Code of Conduct and integrity policies, reports concern and follows regular integrity training, this is a medium risk position.
Other
Any other duties assigned by the manager
Knowledge, Skills, and Experiences
Knowledge of Accounting, Bachelor Level or Equivalent. Professional Accounting Qualification (e.g., CPA, ACCA, CIMA) desirable but not essential
Experience in accounting in non-government organizations
Knowledge of project management, planning & control, administrative processes, donor requirements and relevant languages.
Knowledge of the mission, vision, values, goals, structure, program strategies, regions, and the strategy of Cordaid.
Behavioral values and skills: trust, accountability, problem solving, cooperation, flexibility, creativity, innovative, diplomatic, results-oriented, collaboration
Social skills to realize a positive attitude towards compliance and improvements in compliant behavior, and to accompany and direct partners with financial management of the organization and projects.
Writing skills to develop training material and to define unambiguous internal agreements, and to formulate opinions on the preparation of project budgets and financial reports.
Competencies
Self-motivated, proactive and result driven
Being a person with high integrity
Ability to work independently but at the same time being a team player
Ability to connect with people of diverse backgrounds
Ability to learn quickly.
KRAs
Meeting periodic reporting to donors and respecting deadlines.
Monitor the invoices submitted to donors both locally and internationally
Provide guidance to project and Program managers and to the partners.
Compliance issues identified and responded to appropriately
Collect and share lessons learnt to colleagues and partners
Excellent audit reports, showing any actions/improvements have been implemented
Staff member
Supervisor
Date Document 11 February 2022
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Salary scale Grade VII
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How to apply
Interested candidates should go to https://icco.hrmagic.co/careers/job?id=Nzgz and? apply online. Ensure you fill in all the required fields and submit accordingly. The final deadline for submissions is Sunday 13th March 2022 at 12:00 am. Only online applications submitted before the deadline will be considered.
NOTE: Cordaid has integrated background checks in the recruitment procedures. As a
member of the Dutch Relief Alliance and having implemented a broad integrity framework, we apply an interagency scheme to prevent misconduct and will ask for written references in the final stages of the recruitment procedure.
