Job Description
• Undertake stocktaking of capacity gaps in accounting and financial reporting matters in collaboration with Districts, the Project Coordinator and the Accountant General or his/her delegate
• Initiate capacity development reforms in collaboration with District, the Project Coordinator and the Accountant General or his/her delegate;
• Actively participate in delivering on PFM capacity building initiatives approved in the fiscal decentralization Joint Action Plan and others as assigned by the hierarchy;
• Prepare an action plan in consultation with Districts and subsidiary entities on how to strengthen capacities of the PFM Staff in Districts and their subsidiary entities in accounting and financial reporting matters;
• Provide coaching to PFM staff at District and their subsidiary entities having under their responsibilities accounting and financial reporting matters;
• Participate in delivery of training workshop to PFM Staff and other stakeholders from MINECOFIN and other Institutions involved in building capacities for the PFM staff in districts and their subsidiary entities;
• Engage with the Monitoring and Evaluation team including contributing data to help analyze the capacity building interventions;
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports on implementation of the action plan specified in a) above;
– Attend and participate in the following coordination meetings
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– monthly coordination meetings for each team based at province
– Joint meetings between the PFM specialists, the Programme Coordinator, FDD, MINECOFIN technical departments and MINALOC every six months;
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– taking meetings between each PFM specialists’ team and the district technical teams, Corporate Services Division Manager, Sector Executive Secretaries, and Vice Mayor for Finance every four months;
• Meetings every two months with District PFM counterparts for coordination and updates
Job Profile
• At least a Master’s degree level in Finance, Accounting; professional qualification as ACCA, CPA will be an added advantage with 3 years relevant working experience in a public institution or Government/donor funded project Or a Bachelors degree in the same areas with 5years relevant working experience as above
• Prior knowledge of the public financial management capacity gaps in districts and their subsidiary entities;
• Demonstrable knowledge of Rwanda’s fiscal decentralization policy and strategy;
• Excellent understanding of the PFM Learning Strategy would be an added advantage;
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in staff training and capacity building in the field of accounting and financial reporting;
• Strong and confident communication skills, particularly in high level discussions, as well as relation building and management skills;
• Ability to understand, interpret and apply compliance obligations, in a complex environmental of overlapping and sometimes contradictory requirements;
• Fluent in Kinyarwanda and English or French, the fluency in both in English and French being an added advantage
• Demonstrable ability to find solutions to complex challenges
• Experience in providing training and advisory in area of Public financial management is a must.
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