The Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa,Accountant Jobs Vacancy

JOB
VACANCY – ACCOUNTANT

BACKGROUND

The
Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (The SDGC/A) is an autonomous
non-profit international organization headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda. The
SDGC/A was opened in July 2016 with the mission to support governments, civil
society, businesses and academic institutions to accelerate progress towards
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For more information about The
SDGC/A, visit www.sdgcaafrica.org

The
SDGC/A intends to recruit an Accountant to work with for The Center and
partners in realizing the SDGs Agenda across Africa.

Job
Title Accountant

Supervisor
Director
of Corporate Services

Contract
National
Recruited Staff Service Contract

Category
National
Staff

Duration
Initial
appointment of one year subject to renewal and extension

Location
SDGC/A
Headquarters, Kigali – Rwanda

Salary
Competitive
package based on qualification and experience

Closing
Date Friday, October 27, 2017 (4:00PM,
Kigali time)

JOB
PURPOSE

The
Accountant will manage and administer functions of accounting including
financial reporting, financial controls,

payments,
treasury and budget.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial
Controls and Reporting

Manage
accounting activities and schedule to meet the financial reporting
requirements and deadlines specified by the Management and Donors.
Prepare
financial statements in compliance with International Financial Reporting
Standards.
Ensure
that financial transactions are in compliance with SDGC/A policies and
procedures and with applicable funding source requirements.
Monitor
financial activities and advise the Director of Corporate Services of
situations which may have adverse effect on compliance with policies and
procedures.
Contribute
to continuous improvement of internal controls environment including
policies, systems and procedures.
Identify
requirements for and develop reporting formats to aid in the management of
operations and grant expenditures.
Perform
a monthly basis balance sheet reconciliations are completed on a timely
basis and ensure that those final reconciliations and balances are
reviewed with the Director of Corporate Services.
Prepare
donor financial reports in respect to accounting and contractual
requirements and ensure the review of such reports by the Director of
Corporate Services prior to submission.
Prepare
documents required by the auditors, facilitate audit work, liaise with
auditors, and initiate actions necessary to address timely issues raised
by the auditors.
Oversee
the internal controls for protection of the SDGC/A assets (cash,
inventory, fixed assets) through the enforcement of internal control
policies and procedures.
Ensures
compliance with tax and pension regulations; as well as other applicable
laws and regulations related to financial matters.
Oversee
training and technical support to program and corporate services staff for
skills improvement in the areas of compliance with policies and
procedures.

Treasury

Supervise
bank relations and bank account activities including negotiation of fees,
interests and currency exchange rates in compliance with SDGC/A policies
and procedures.
Oversee
the timely preparation, review and approval of all monthly bank account
and cash reconciliations.

Prepare
payments and monitor cash balances.
Ensure
compliance with policies and procedures on advance payments.
Design
and implement systems necessary to maintain on current basis accurate
forecasts of cash requirements for meeting payables, commitments and cash
investments.
Ensure
that cash requests are submitted timely to donors and appropriate cash
balances timely and maintained to facilitate implementation of restricted
grants.
Minimize
the SDGC/A’s foreign exchange exposure to currency losses.
Prepare
and follow up the submission of monthly the tax refund applications.
Supervise
and follow up on the collection of contractual and other receivables.

Budget

Support
the process of preparation and revision of budgets and grant proposals.
Provide
to Management and facilitate the review of the monthly budget against
actual expenditure reports and analysis for all restricted and
unrestricted funds.
Monitor
the allocation of indirect costs recovery to grant budgets in compliance
with donor requirements and SDGC/A policies and procedures.
Prepares
the annual and monthly cash forecasts based on approved budgets and
funding.

REQUIRED
QUALIFICATION & SKILLS

Experience

Minimum
of five years’ experience in managing accounting functions and financial
reporting.
Extensive
experience in preparation of financial statements in compliance with
International Financial Reporting Standards.
Extensive
experience in working with computerized accounting systems, spreadsheets
and database programs.

Education

A
minimum of Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Business Administration,
Commerce or Finance.
A
recognized professional certificate in accounting such as CPA or ACCA.

Other
Skills and Abilities

Must
have good written and verbal skills in the English language.
Must
be able to identify and communicate potential problems and propose
solutions.
Must
be able to set appropriate priorities and deal effectively with numerous
simultaneous tasks.
Ability
to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal technical support
from within the program organization.
Must
be a good communicator to support other staff.
Good
at role of facilitator and team player in solving problems.

HOW
TO APPLY

Interested
candidates meeting requirements should send their applications following given
guidelines. All documents in an application package should be only in pdf
format with the following:

Application
letter in English (with telephone number)
Curriculum
Vitae in English with contacts of at least 3 work related referees or line
managers.
Copies
of academic degree and CPA or ACCA professional certificates.

Applications
should be emailed to: recruitment@sdgcafrica.org
Application deadline is: Friday, 27th October 2017 at 4:00 PM.

REMARKS

Only
shortlisted candidates meeting requirements of this position will be
contacted.
All
applications that will not follow application instructions will be
rejected immediately.
No
hard copy will be accepted, all application should be done by e-mail.