Vacancy title:
Finance Specialist(under contract)

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Public Administration, and Government, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
City Of Kigali

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, September 2 2025

Duty Station:
Kigali | Kigali | Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, August 25 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities:

– Participate in the preparation of action plans and budgets;

– Reviews and finalizes final and mid-term budgets for all allotments including development of detailed justifications;

– Participate in budget negotiations with MINECOFIN;

– Consolidate revenue collection reports in collaboration with RRA;

– Coordinate the budget revision process

– Preparation of annual, quarterly and monthly cash plans of the City of Kigali in collaboration with other departments;

– Preparation of periodic fund requests from the Treasury;

– Generate purchase orders for internal approval.

– Processing commitments for different requests;

– Ensure all invoices and various requests received from the financial controller are well verified before payment;

– Check payment documents for further processing;

– Ensure all invoices from external parties (contractors, suppliers, etc.) are paid in due time and safe keep transaction supporting documents;

– Record all transactions properly in IFMIS or other accounting software and submit the monthly consolidated report within the stipulated deadlines;

– Maintain bank accounts, ensure monthly bank statements and account overviews are produced regularly;

– Prepare bank accounts reconciliation statements;

– Quarterly review of CoK expenditure vouchers to guide the next quarter disbursement;

– Implement strong internal control systems in decentralized entities to ensure transparency and accountability;

– Provide technical / financial assistance to all implementing decentralized entities in the CoK;

– Consolidate the financial reports and generate the accounting information of decentralised entities;

– Preparation of periodic budget execution and financial statement reports;

– Maintain and regularly update of CoK assets inventory register;

– Ensure that the preparation and review of periodic inventory and fixed asset report is timely produced;

– Monitor the implementation of the employees’ performance contracts and their appraisals in the finance department;

– Consolidate and submit the annual performance evaluation report of employees to DAF for further review;

– Monitor the preparation of the payroll lists, fringe benefits of all concerned staff at the finance department;

– Facilitate external and internal audit of the CoK;

– Facilitate process of internal and external audit of different NBAs under CoK supervision;

– Preparation and submission of activity plans and periodic reports;

– Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with CPA/CPFA/CPFM intermediate level /ACCA Foundation Level (Completion of ACCA Applied Skills papers)
  • 3 Years of relevant experience

• • Master’s Degree in Finance with CPA/CPFA/CPFM intermediate level /ACCA Foundation Level (Completion of ACCA Applied Skills papers)
  • 1 Years of relevant experience

• • Master’s Degree in Accounting with CPA/CPFA/CPFM intermediate level /ACCA Foundation Level (Completion of ACCA Applied Skills papers)
  • 1 Years of relevant experience

• • Master’s Degree Finance with CPA/CPFA/CPFM intermediate level /ACCA Foundation Level (Completion of ACCA Applied Skills papers)
  • 3 Years of relevant experience

• master’s degree in Management with a CPA intermediate level /ACCA Foundation Level ( Completion of ACCA  Applied Skills Papers), Or CPFA/CPFM
• 1 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• • Integrity

• • Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills

• • Inclusiveness

• • Accountability

• • Communication

• • Teamwork

• • Client/citizen focus

• • Professionalism

• • Commitment to continuous learning

• • Resource management skills

• • Analytical skills

• • Decision making skills

• • Time management skills

• • Risk management skills

• • Digital literacy skills

• • Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage.

• • Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French. Knowledge of Swahili is an added advantage

• • Verbal and written communication skills

• • Knowledge of Accounting principles and practices and financial data reporting

• • Communication skills

• • Knowledge of Rwanda’s financial management standards and procedures

• • Knowledge of Rwanda Public Financial Law

• • Budgeting skill

• • Analytical skills;

• • Planning and organisational, Budgeting skills

• • Problem solving skills and ability to handle effectively multiple tasks

• Result oriented

Psychometric Languages

• • English

• Français

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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