JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Accountant (f/m)
This selection serves to constitute a pool/reserve
Background
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges – Agriculture development and Food Security, Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality – and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,00 staff, Enabel manages about 200 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
Its staff members in Brussels and overseas embody the commitment of the Belgian State and other development partners to international solidarity.
Enabel is preparing the implementation of the recently signed five-year bilateral cooperation program (2024 – 2029), with a total budget of 95 million euros, in three priority development sectors in Rwanda: health, agriculture, urbanization and support in public financial management.
To support further development of its activities Enabel is currently looking for an (f/m) Accountant to constitute its reserve to quickly serve future opportunities when arise.
Duty Station: Kigali, Rwanda.
Duration of the contract: Open-ended employment contract – local contract according to the Rwandan labor law
Expected starting date: from July 2024 or later depending on budget availability.
Function:
Under the direct supervision and leadership of a Financial Controller, the Accountant will be in charge of the accounting of the Enabel managed projects.
In compliance with applicable laws and regulations, s/he ensures the processing, entering and control of accounting data and documents of the portfolio/interventions/representation in order to provide qualitative accounting: reliable, timely and exhaustive.
In general, (s)he will:
- Be responsible for all accounting transactions and ensure the completeness and accuracy of imputation.
- Prepare payments by verifying documentation and requesting approval for disbursements.
- Perform periodical accounting closing and reporting.
- Ensure that the accounting reflects the reality to support budget execution analysis and planning.
- Support the Financial controller in managing and following up the grants.
- Manage the questions regarding fiscal and social domains in order to ensure complete and qualitative information on these matters.
- Follow the accounting procedures and rules of the Republic of Rwanda and Enabel, in order to assure that the information presented in the financial reports is correct, as to provide a reliable basis for decision-making.
- Manage the bank accounts and cash flows & balances.
- Analyse the treasury position and prepare the request for funds.
- Verify the compliance of invoices and salaries according to the procedures and ensure their timely payment.
- Carry out the banking reconciliation.
- Support to internal and external audits
- Carry out some administrative and logistics task related to the project management unit (Driver scheduling, field mission’s organisation, small procurement, workshop bookings, assets inventory …)
Profile:
qualification and experience
- Rwandan Citizen;
- Bachelor degree in Accounting and Finance,
- Maximum 5 years of relevant working experience in Finance and Accounting, budget support or similar position of which at least 3 years specifically in Accounting, within either a donor agency, a government project or a highly recognized private organization;
- Completed ACCA / CPA is an asset.
technical skills
- Knowledge of management processes (budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, treasury management, public contracts, internal control and audit) shall constitute an advantage
- Possess proven experience with accounting software.
- Computer literate with proficient knowledge of MS Word, Excel including Pivot Tables analysis and Power Point,
- Analytical skills and data consistency
- Fluent in Kinyarwanda and in English, knowledge of French is an asset
attitude
- Proactive and Team player
- Skilled at solving problems.
- Adopt a solution- and results-oriented approach;
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to be flexible and adaptable.
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
- Show engagement, sense of responsibility and integrity.
- Adaptability, cultural-gender-age-religion-nationality sensitivity
- Able to fit in a collaborative governance mindset (Self responsible, accountable, proactive, authentic communication…)
Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values) .
Following this recruitment procedure, a shortlist of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.
We offer:
Salary package according to our salary grids (class 4: Accountant): From 1.355.343RWF monthly gross salary, adjustable depending on the number of years of relevant experience, the following are some additional benefits:
- Insurance coverage (medical and group workers protection)
- Option for remote working depending on the nature of the job
- Personal Learning and development, on the job and outside
- Opportunity for internal mobility
Interested?
Applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through Enabel website https://jobs.enabel.be/job/Kigali-Accountant/1079069201/ by clicking the “Apply now” button including detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 5 pages), a motivation letter and a copy of University degree(s) in one single scanned document.Submit the full file not later than 10th of June 2024. Only applications submitted via the above link will be considered.
Women candidates are strongly encouraged.
Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.
Enabel never requests money to be part of any recruitment process.
Done at Kigali, 04th June 2024
Resident Representative,
Enabel in Rwanda
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