Junior Finance Officer
Location
Rwanda
Country
Rwanda
Contract type
Contract
Work pattern
Full Time
Market
Various
Discipline
International development, Education
Job ref
8034
Recruiter contact
Shailesh Chougule
Job Description:
The Junior Finance Officer will be supporting the project finance team in effective administration of financial operations. He/she will support the Finance Team to implement financial policies and procedures. The principal duties and responsibilities will be as follows:
- Assist the finance team in managing day-to-day transactions, including expenses payments.
- Support in ensuring that the financial transactions are properly authorized, recorded, have adequate supporting documentation, filled, maintained and can be easily extracted for the purpose of preparing financial statements, and financial audits.
- Support the Finance Manager in ensuring all project staff adhere to internal financial controls, ensure the “Do-Check-Approve” process is applied in all financial transactions, that conflicts of interests and authority levels are respected.
- Support the finance team to maintain accurate financial records and data.
- Work closely with the finance team to implement financial policies and procedures.
- Support in petty cash management and ensuring regular reconciliation of cash balance for review.
- Provide support for timely payment of per diem and allowances for workshops participants
- Assist with the compilation of Vendors’ list and collation of vouchers for batch processing within the financial system.
- Assist in the preparation of all payment vouchers, and cheques and ensure the timely settlement of all undisputed invoices.
- Checking and ensuring that all payment vouchers meet the minimum audit requirement by checking for approvals and necessary supporting documentations.
- Any other task assigned by the supervisor
Ethics
- Always Operate in line with Our Code of Ethics.
- Promote integrity and honesty in all financial reporting and business practices, maintain objectivity and avoid conflicts of interest, and commit to the confidentiality of sensitive financial information.
- Identify and report unethical behaviour, ensuring adherence internal financial controls and compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. Proactively in recognising potential ethical issues and take appropriate action to address and report them through the proper channels.
- Implement and maintain data protection policies with regards to sensitive financial information, proactively identify and report data protection risks to the Finance Manager
Note: This job description reflects the present requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and be subject to amendment in consultation with the post holder and line manager.
Candidate Specification:
Required Qualifications and skills
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- At least one to three years of experience in a financial role, preferably in development organizations.
- Strong understanding of financial and accounting principles.
- Strong IT skills and knowledge of MS Office systems.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to think ahead and produce accurate information.
- Willingness to be flexible and respond in a timely manner to support colleagues
- Experience in operating within environments with diverse cultures and practises.
- Understanding the concepts of due diligence, value for money and ethics and transparency.
Project Description:
Cambridge Education has been awarded the FCDO funded Girls in Rwanda Learn (GIRL) programme, a 6-year programme (Nov 2024 - Jun 2030). GIRL is the FCDO’s new bilateral education programme in Rwanda, building on components of the previous Learning for All (LFA) programme (2015-2023). The LFA programme worked to improve learning outcomes in English and Mathematics in all government and government-aided schools in Rwanda, with a special focus on girls and including children with special educational needs. GIRL has been designed to build upon this work by continuing to focus on foundational learning outcomes in English and Mathematics, with an even stronger focus on girls’ education and inclusive education. It will work to reduce school drop-out and improve transition to lower secondary or other learning pathways, particularly for girls and children with disabilities. The programme is made up of 3 main components:
• Component 1 will focus on improving learning outcomes in English and Math and providing technical assistance to the Government of Rwanda to strengthen capacity and the policy environment for improved foundational learning.
• Component 3 will focus on managing an innovation fund for out-of-school girls using a test-learn-adapt approach.
• Component 5 will focus on technical assistance and advocacy to the government around foundational learning and out-of-school girls, to ensure approaches are scaled and evidence from the programme feeds into policy and programming in the sector.
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