Accounting - Finance Jobs at Rwanda Women’s Network and Other Companies

JOB DETAILS:
Accountant
Reports To: Health Center Manager
Location: Rwn Head Office
Introduction
Rwanda Women’s Network (RWN) is a Non-Governmental Organization that came into existence in 1997 dedicated to promoting and strengthening strategies that empower women.
RWN’s mission is to work towards the improvement of the socio-economic welfare of women in Rwanda through enhancing their efforts to meet their basic needs and this is done through five core programs i.e. Health care and support, education and knowledge sharing; socio-economic empowerment; GBV Prevention and Response and governance and leadership.
RWN offers 20 years of community-based experience in women and girl’s empowerment programming including health, gender-based violence (GBV) and economic strengthening. RWN has strong experience recruiting and managing community volunteers who support its programming outcomes at community and village level.
Website: http://www.rwandawomensnetwork.org/ 

Position Summary
The Accountant will provides financial information to management by researching and analyzing accounting data; preparing reports.

Responsibilities And Tasks
• Compile and analyse financial information to prepare financial statements including monthly and annual accounts and ensure compliance with financial rules and regulations;
• Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures;
• Review entries and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents and reports;
• Determines proper handling of financial transactions and approves transactions with in designated limits;
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annually according to procedures;
• Adhere to internal and external reporting deadlines;
• Be responsible for tax obligations;
• Review of accounts payables and weekly check runs;
• Monitor compliance with financial rules and regulations institutional procedures;
• Daily and monthly report and reconciliations;
• Reports, analyses and ensure integrity of all financial information;
• Contribute to the health center environmental hygiene;
• Participating in quality assurance and quality improvement of the health center;
• Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor;
• Perform any other duties as assigned by line Manager;

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities:
• Knowledge of various financial Software used in Health Institutions of Rwanda
• Planning and organizational skills;
• Communication skills;
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Financial software (SMART IFMIS & Quickbooks);
• Judgment & Decision Making Skills;
• Interpersonal skills;
• Time management Skills;
• Fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage



JOB DETAILS:
2 Accountant
Level:6.II
Job description

• Keep and update the books of accounts of the Sector;
• Impute budgetary expenditures and file all supporting documents related to these operations;
• Verify whether disbursements initiated take into account priorities of the Sector and respect financial procedures;
• Carry out periodic bank accounts reconciliation;
 Carry out the management and replenishment of petty cash of the Sector and file all supporting documents;

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance
0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Management with professional certificates like ACCA or CPA or Certified Internal Auditor
0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's in Management with specialization in Finance/Accounting with certificate in CPA or ACCA or CIMA
0 Year of relevant experience

Competency 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
• Knowledge of cost analysis techniques
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Knowledge in international standards of environment
• Time management skills
• • Knowledge to analyse complex financial information & Produce reports
• • Deep understanding of financial accounts;
• Knowledge to analyse complex financial
• Planning and organisational skills
• Judgment and Decision Making Skills
• High analytical Skills
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Financia software (SMART IFMIS)


JOB DETAILS:
Rural Finance Specialist
Commercializationm De-Risking for Agricultural Transformation Project
Full-Time
Job Description
Overall Function of the Position
Reporting to the Senior Value-Chan Development Specialist, the Rural Finance Specialist is responsible for coordinating and supporting the implementation of the project activities. She/he works in close collaboration with services providers in financial aspect. More specifically, the Rural Finance Specialist is responsible for:
• Establishing contracts and agreements with service providers and monitoring their implementation;
• Helping to ensure that the rural poor, including specifically women, have sustainable access to financial services.
• In collaboration with rural finance service providers introduce these products in the intervention area which includes: (i) product development in savings, leasing, value chain financing products (including the exploration of warehouse receipting), and index-based weather insurance; and (iii) capacity building and linkages for rural women and men (financial literacy), their organizations and farmer associations to microfinance institutions (MFIs); and (iii) promoting sustainable rural financial services through financial support of the Access to Finance Rwanda initiative. Identifying institution-building needs of MFIs and other partners as appropriate and organizing the provision of related support;
• Strengthen women and men management skills as individuals and cooperatives in order to enable them to transform their income generating activities into sustainable microenterprises along the selected commodity chain.
• Provide overall guidance and support the implementation of group enterprises and market-based initiatives, in close collaboration with financial institutions working with the project. This includes setting up a financial facility to finance activities under this sub-component;
• In collaboration with other heads of units, preparing the annual work plan, budget and reports.
• In collaboration with other unit heads and the M&E specialist, monitoring the implementation and impact of Project activities in his/her area of specialization.
• Ensure follow up of budget execution under “Rural finance unit.
• Field monitoring in collaboration with M&E and ensure that progress reports are submitted on time to the relevant authorities;
• Undertake any other assignments or relevant duties in the field of his/her competences as may be assigned by his direct supervisor.

Qualifications:
• Master’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Finance, Economics, Agricultural Economics/Business Management,
• For Master’s Degree, three (3) years of experience in the implementation of Rural Development Programs and Projects.
• For Bachelor’s Degree, five (5) years of experience in the implementation of Rural Development Programs and Projects.
• Having worked with IDA projects is an added advantage
• Extensive experience of relationship with government institutions and international cooperation agencies;
• To explore the readiness of MFIs/FIs to provide loans to traders, farmers and other value chain actors;
• Rural finance experience in Rwanda such as rural and agricultural finance, value chain finance and access to finance services or smallholder farmers and farmers’ organizations,
• Capacity building of smallholder farmers in finance literacy and farmer cooperatives and linkages to financial institutions to access finance services, and promote bankable projects;
• Development, design or refining of agricultural financial products tailored to farmers ‘needs;
• Capacity building of microfinance institutions and enable them to deliver better services to smallholder farmers;
• Capacity to organize work at different levels of participation.
• Good skills in coordinating and working in teams.
• Good writing skills and competence in the use of computer software applications
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English or French is required; fluency in both English and French an advantage.

Qualification requirements:
• Master’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness, Agriculture, Marketing and Rural development
• For Master’s Degree, three (3) years of working experience working with smallholder farmers to access markets
• For Bachelor’s Degree, five (5) years of working experience working with smallholder farmers to access markets
• Have practical knowledge of facilitating business development especially for smallholder farmers;
• Promote processing entities and linkage to markets;
• Familiarity with IDA project implementation procedures and guidelines.
• Good writing skills and competence in the use of computer software applications
• Has experience of managing teams and promotes teamwork
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English or French is required; fluency in both English and French an advantage.

Competency 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


JOB DETAILS:
Finance Voyager
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Applicants that do not meet these criteria will be automatically regretted and removed from consideration from this traineeship program

Voyage In Finance
With an overall focus on delivering the types of results that have established us as a premium brand. Immersing you in this fascinating world from your very first day, you’ll form part of the Hotels Finance Division supervisory team.

You will develop an insider knowledge of;
• Everything from recording transactions and posting to ledgers,
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• Ready to take on a supervisory level role
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Not just any traineeship! You will receive a supervisory level pay.
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About The Team
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