Vacancy title:
Finance Manager

Jobs at:
iCPAR Rwanda

Deadline of this Job:
Friday 20 July 2018.

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

JOB DETAILS:
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (iCPAR) was established under law number 11/2008 of 06/05/2008 to regulate the accounting profession in Rwanda. The Institute has a new strategic plan 2017 - 2021 which aims to boost the number of professional accountants in the country. iCPAR announces the following positions which will support the implementation of its five year strategic plan.

Job Purpose:
The Finance manager is a key person in the sstrategy and Institutional Sustainability (SIS) department, reporting to the Director SIS and is a member of the management team of the department. The role of the Finance Manager is to ensure effective financial management of the institute and supervise the overall activities within the finance department.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare Departmental Strategic and Business Plans and the budget for the Department of Finance and play an active role in Corporate Planning and budgeting for ICPAR;
• Develop, regularly review, maintain and enforce implementation of financial management processes and procedures to be implemented within ICPAR;
• Ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the Financial Management Systems of ICPAR;
• Develop and implement procedures for assessing and implementing measures to ensure that ICPAR obtains cost effectiveness and Value for Money in all its activities and operations so as to identify cost savings and hence contributing to the efficiency in ICPAR’s operations;
• Develop, implement and regularly review the Risk Management Systems to ensure existence of adequate measures to manage, monitor and protect revenues and other financial resources under control and responsibility of ICPAR. This will include ensuring appropriate accounting procedures existing at ICPAR to control and monitor the annual budget;
• Oversee and Coordinate all financial reporting functions of the organization including the preparation of periodic management accounts, as well as the Financial Statements of ICPAR, ensuring compliance and consistency with the requirements of National Legislation and the financial reporting requirements of donors;
• Play the role of custodian of the computer based financial management and reporting system of the ICPAR ensuring that the right resources are effectively deployed to ensure that the system is working as designed at all times. This will include approving and coordinating changes and improvements in the automated financial and management reporting system;
• Ensure that revenue collections are accurately captured and that all reconciliations are implemented in a timely manner;
• Oversee the activities of the commercial banks as well as ensuring adequate and effective bank reconciliation process in the institute;
• Ensure existence of adequate cash flow to meet the organization's needs and advise management over Working Capital position and needs of the institute;
• Develop financial and tax strategies;
• Ensure that payments made by the ICPAR are made in adequate time;
• Oversee and coordinate the activities of both Internal and External Independent auditors ensuring all audit issues are attended to and addressed. This will include ensuring that there is an audit file for the year-end audit;
• Manage the development of the budget with department heads for approval by Governing Council;
• Attend Board and Subcommittee meetings while presenting the Annual Budget, Financial Statements and Financial Policies of ICPAR;
• Coach and mentor the accountants and management of the department for purposes of empowering them in performing their duties effectively;
• Undertake Recovery function;
• Provide necessary support to all other departments;
• Perform any other assigned duty.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:
This person specification will be used in short listing and interviewing to select the best candidate. Each applicant should, therefore, address the person specification in his/her written application and where appropriate you should give examples of how you meet the criteria. E is essential and D is desirable.

 Qualifications:

• Professional certification like CPA, ACCA or any other equivalent qualification with substantial relevant experience and Member of a professional body in good standing (E)
• A degree in Finance or Accounting with an MBA as an added advantage (D)
• Demonstrate a strong literacy, numeracy and analytical skills (E)
• Knowledge of the accountancy profession in Rwanda(D)
• A relevant administrative qualification or evidence of formal training(D)

Experience:

• Managerial experience of at least 5 years in a finance portfolio
• Experience in usage of accounting software such as SAGE, Oracle etc
• Conversant with office applications like Word processing, spreadsheets, Power point and database, internet etc

 Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes

• Proven ability to communicate effectively both written and orally;
• Excellent strategic, analytical, organizational and change management skills;
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation;
• Ability to be innovative and identify risks and look for ways of overcoming them;
• Ability to work under pressure, flexibly and manage conflicting priorities;
• Ability to meet deadlines and Manage change;
• Report writing skills for both Qualitative and Quantitative information.
• Proven leadership abilities and ability to evaluate work with massive data.
• Possesses high degree of integrity.
• Ability to recognise and appreciate the confidential nature of work.
• Evidence of commitment to strategy and sustainability services.
• Skills in financial modelling.

Working Relationship:

• Key member of Strategy and sustainability Department (SIS)
• Report to the Director of Strategy and sustainability Department.
• Regular communications with all stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Our relentless commitment to personal development and career growth
• Working with the best people to build a strong, relevant and sustainable accountancy profession that is at the heart of national development

Job application procedure
The above mentioned positions are Managerial posts requiring a strong educational underpinning, a track record of achievement in developing people, delivering change and meeting demanding targets.
Interested applicants should send their applications together with their CVs, giving full details of their age, qualifications, experience, present and expected remuneration, full contact details including day time telephone number, to:
recruitment@icparwanda.com by Friday 20 July 2018.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Preference will be given to Rwandan Nationals.