UNHCR Finance Associate Job Vacancy in Rwanda

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• Maintain financial records and monitoring systems
  to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements and
  other data for day-to-day transactions and reports.

• Select and enter data from a wide variety of
  documents, verifying accuracy by chocking sources, making necessary
  calculations and assuring inclusion of all relevant data.

• Prepare recurring reports as scheduled and
  special reports as required for budget preparation, audits or other
  reasons;

• Advise and assist staff members, experts and
  consultants on all aspects of allowances, salary advances, travel dams and
  other financial matters, calculate and authorized payments due for claims
  and services;

• Maintain liaison with officials of local Panics
  to obtain day to day information on exchange and interest rates. changes
  in  procedures and regulations and matters pertaining to maintenance
  of office bank accounts;

• Prepare detailed cost estimates and participate
  in budget analysis and projections as required;

• Initiate correspondence to verify data’s, answer
  queries and obtain additional information on accounts and financial
  transactions, as required;

• Verify that the financial transactions are
  correct and in accordance with UNHCR rules and procedures;

• Provide answers and guidelines for
  finance-related questions received from field offices and HQ units;

• Prepare and update standard operating procedures
  (SOPs) and  guidance notes;

• Monitor bank and cash accounts. In order to avoid
  negative balances and to ensure that the reconciliations are prepared by
  the deadline and adhere to quality requirements;

• Handle petty cash- related requests received from
  field offices and prepare the draft Petty Cash Authorization Memorandum;

• Monitor petty cash accounts, in order to ensure
  that authorized ceilings and Individual payment limits are not exceeded,
  to avoid negative balances and to ensure that disbursements are expended
  in the correct financial period;

• Monitor open items according to the wary work
  plan.

• Review supporting documentation for tee selected,
  high value open items and contra items (opposite San);

• Ensure the function of VAT Management Focal
  point;

• Monitor expense and revenue accounts according to
  the annual work plan;

• Carry out month-end and year-end closing
  activities;

• Participate in the preparation of the financial
  Statements and respond to the audit requests;

• Contact Field offices and HQ units and request
  correction/adjustment relating to the above issues as appropriate and
  necessary;

• Prepare monthly finance-related reports;

• Perform other related duties as required

• Completion of secondary education with post
  Secondary training/certificate in Accounting, Business Administration,
  Finance or related fields;

• University degree will be desirable

• With good knowledge of Computer in MS Excel, MS
  Word, MSRP and MS Access;

• Minimum of 6 years of previous relevant
  professional experience;

• High level of IT affinity (MS Office
  applications, people Soft).

• Fluency in English and French (written and
  sooner) and excellent knowledge of Kinyarwanda

• Knowledge and work experience of MSRP
  applications:

• Completion of UNHCR teaming programmes or
  specific training relevant to the functions of the position;