Accounting Officer – Projects Support Unit At Expertise France

About Expertise France :

Expertise France is the french public agency for international cooperation. The Agency focuses on four priority areas:

• Democratic, economic and financial governance;
• Stability of countries in crisis/post-crisis situations and security;
• Combating climate change and favouring sustainable urban development;
• Strengthening health systems, social protection and employment.

In these areas, Expertise France engineers and implements capacity-building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and acts as a project coordinator, bringing together public expertise and private know-how.

With a business volume of 390 million euros and over 400 projects in 145 countries, Expertise France’s activities are part of France’s international cooperation policy and official development assistance.

Expertise France Rwanda implements 6 projects, mainly financed by the European Union and French Development Agengy (AFD), for a total amount of €50 million. The agency’s main areas of intervention in Rwanda are:

• Economic and financial governance
• Sustainable development, climate and agriculture ;
• Health and human development

Job description

Expertise France is opening its new office in Kigali and plans to create its Projects Support Unit (USP) with the aim of decentralizing support services in the field. The USP is composed of the purchase, logistics, finance and human resources departments required for project implementation. It is supervised by the the Coordinator of Transversal Functions (CFT).

Based in Kigali, the position is under the direct responsibility of the Administrative and Finance Manager (AFM) of the USP and in liaison with the finance teams of the projects.

Missions: the main missions entrusted to the Accounting Officer :

Accounting:

• Issuing and accounting for invoices and expense reports;
• Adjustment of advances;
• Lettering of accounts and justification of balances;
• Corrective ODG and ODA entries;
• Follow-up with head office on cash receipts;
• Prepares the accouting closure of the Rwanda office;
• Prepares project closings in conjunction with project managers;
• Miscellaneous filing and archiving;
• VAT follow-up.
• Fixed assets monitoring
• Third-parts accounts follow-up
• Analytical reallocations
• Breakdown of USP costs on the projects

Reporting :

• Preparation of monthly reports for Paris head office;
• Entry of expenses in project financial tracking
• Monthly reconciliation of project expenses between accounting software and financial tracking.

Audit :

• Preparation of project and internal audits

Position in the organization chart (hierarchical and functional links)

Reporting to: Administrative and Financial Manager

Qualifications:

BAC +3 in management control and accounting;

Strong capacity of work, rigor and organization;

Excellent use of Office Pack and accounting tools;

Good interpersonal and teamwork skills;

Adaptability and flexibility;

Good written and oral expression in French and English is mandatory;

Knowledge of donor rules

Professional experience :

At least 3 years’ experience in a similar position;

Experience in international cooperation is desired

Duration of the mission: 1 year renewable

Type of contract: local contract through HR services company.