Job Description
• Undertake stocktaking of capacity gaps in audit and internal control matters in collaboration with the Districts, Project Coordinator and counterparts in the Office of the Chief Internal Auditor;
• Initiate capacity development reforms in collaboration with the Districts, Project Coordinator and counterparts in the Office of the Chief Internal Auditor;
• 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 audit matters and financial control matters;
• Provide coaching to PFM staff at District and their subsidiary entities on the collaboration framework between them and their respective internal audit committees;
• 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:
– Joint meetings between the PFM specialists, the Programme Coordinator, FDD, MINECOFIN technical departments and MINALOC every six months;
• Stock
– 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 Master’s degree in Internal Auditing, Finance, Accounting with professional qualification as ACCA, CPA CIA with 3 years relevant working experience in internal auditing in a public institution or Government/donor funded project or as external auditor in a highly reputable audit institution Or a Bachelor’s degree in the same areas with 5 years relevant working experience as above
• Working experience as auditor Prior experience in project management, project monitoring, log frames and M&E in a developing country is an added advantage
• 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 on audit and internal control matters
• Strong and confident communication skills, particularly in high level discussions as well as strong relationship 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
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