NOTICE OF RECRUITMENT D’UN FINANCE ANALYST – DRC BASE.E A GOMA or BUKAVU
OFFER N°002/EA-RIKOLTO/DRC/JO/2024
General context
Rikolto in DRCongo, is an international foundation of’utility under Belgian law active in four continents:’Africa, Latin America,’Asia and’Europe. Present in the Democratic Republic of Congo since’an 2005, Rikolto RDCongo implements a development and’ programme to support agricultural value chains and food systems in a logic of sustainability of interventions and’ appropriation of processes by stakeholders. It is active mainly in the arabica coffee, cocoa, rice and sustainable food systems sectors in cities. Its regional representative office in DR Congo is located in Bukavu, South Kivu. For more details on’identity and the Rikolto program in DRCongo, please refer to the website : www.rikoltordcongo.org
In recent years, Rikolto’s programmes in DR Congo have grown significantly and its teams have grown. For the years to come, Rikolto aims to increase its impact by three times while ensuring effective management and creating an adequate framework for the development of its staff and the’organisation in a global way. To get there, Rikolto wants to recruit a Finance Analystable to’ accompany the’organization in its vision by ensuring financial and accounting management.
The post is open to the external’
Position title
Finance Analyst – DRC
Work place
Goma or Bukavu
Positioning of the position within the’organisation
Member of the Financial Department of the Regional Directorate of Operations – East Africa.
Responds to :
Regional Finance Manager – East Africa
Collaborates with :
Program, Finance and Administration Teams of the DRC
Responsible for :
Finances Officers of the DRC
Duration of the contract
Long duration: 12 renewable months
Start of contract
February 1, 2023
Function grade
END-9 Zone 1
Responsibilities and main tasks
- Ensure and supervise the monthly, annual closings and prepare the financial statements according to SYSCEBNL and IFRS of the country’s accounts ;
- Prepare and submit to Finance Manager all donor reports according to the contractual reporting cycle ;
- Ensure unannounced checks of the boxes and produce the minutes ;
- Send the consumption reports from the budgets weekly to the country managers of each program and discuss with them on the critical budget lines ( exhausted or whose rates are still zero : not used ) ;
- S’ ensure that salary payment files are properly prepared and reconcile paid and recorded salaries while ensuring the particularity of advances granted to staff. Same for taxes and contributions paid and those recorded ;
- To check whether the return of funds on SWIFT payments (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), RTGS (Real-Time Gross Settlement) and EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) have been properly accounted for to compensate for original transactions that failed at the bank level ;
- S’ ensure that the bonds taken by the banks are correctly encoded in the appropriate accounts and follow-up is ensured so that the bonds are returned after presentation of the expected elements.
- S’ ensure that legal obligations relating to financial information are transmitted to the relevant state services before the deadlines provided for by law (different declarations to the DGI after payment, etc, and’other non-consecutive declarations of payments) ;
- Holding country finance meetings and S’s ensure that each finance officer performs his or her tasks correctly and reassemble the’information in case of need for capacity building which is necessary’ whose competence is not’ available within the’ team Country.
- Represent Regional Finance Manager to partners, funders and solicitations of internal Rikolto teams in DRCongo.
- Write financial technical notes, letters with preponderant financial information’ and send to the Regional Finance Manager for approval in a form and with a quality fund ;
- S’ ensure that the statutory financial statements of the partners are certified internally according to generally known and applied accounting requirements
- Take responsibility for the’ finance country team and S’sure to be able to answer all accounting and financial questions of the country.
Academic training and experiences
- University studies with a BAC+5 degree in Financial Management, Accounting and Audit, management sciences, business management, business and administrative sciences or other related field.
- Have professional experience of’at least 5 Years in an international NGO (preferably in the field of agricultural development) as an accountant or financier with a relevant level of responsibility and in the’ use of accounting software TOMPRO and or EXACT Globe.
- Being certified as an accountant (certified accountant) would be an asset
Aptitudes
- Sens d’innovation and creativity
- Team work and good collaboration
- Mastery of’anglais ;
- Compliance with reporting deadlines,’ordering, etc.
- Demonstrate’ enthusiasm and’opiniatry ;
- Hardworking ;
- Orientation to results ;
- High level of’integrity in management and a sense of quality in work ;
- Good knowledge of management and accounting methods ;
- Good knowledge of the nature of cash flows ;
- Good knowledge of management control techniques ;
- Good knowledge of banking relationships ;
- Good knowledge of managing the financial and operational due diligence process ;
- Good knowledge of the legal system and’information systems…
- Good communication and networking ability ;
- Good knowledge of management software: TOPRO and EXACT Globe.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Power Query, Power Pivot and Power BI to centralize, transform, analyze and present budget and financial data in the form of dashboards ;
- Good knowledge of donor procedures such as: DGD, BM, IFAD, USAID and EU ;
- Ability to take the lead and ensure adequate and timely follow-up actions ;
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision ;
- Be able to work in a multicultural environment ;
File constitution
- Motivation letter
- Curriculum Vitae: Maximum Four pages with three references (Phone and email)
- Copy of Bachelor or Master’s degree (Bac +5) and other Certificate
- Certificates of services rendered taking place at the post
- Copy of the unemployment card issued by’ONEM
- Copy of the Passeport or the’lector card
- Complete the online form available here https://forms.office.com/e/WCY0Zgh4VU or https://shorturl.at/xyTW9
Submission of applications and selection procedure
Deadline for receipt of applications : 31 January 2024 at 16h59 GMT+2. The file received out of time will not be taken into account.
- File to be transmitted in a SINGLE FILE IN PDF FORMAT (Any folder sent in a different format or in multiple files will not be considered).
- File to be sent only by e-mail to the following address’: eastafrica.recruitment@rikolto.org with subject : « FINANCE ANALYST DRC »
- Download the original job offer here offer_finance_analyst.pdf
Selection criteria
- Completeness of the file : The file must include at least 6 elements as mentioned above.
- Form and background of the cover letter and CV
- File format
- Relevance of the’experience
Testing organization
- Test written :
- Oral interview
NB :
- Each candidate must have their own personal computer for those selected.
- Female applications are highly sought afterDone at Bukavu, 15 January 2024
For Rikolto in East Africa
Pascal BISMWA.
P&O Manager
How to apply
File to be sent only by e-mail to the following address : eastafrica.recruitment@rikolto.org with as object : « FINANCE ANALYST DRC » before the 31 January 2024 at 16h59 GMT+2 and complete the online form available here https://forms.office.com/e/WCY0Zgh4VU or https://shorturl.at/xyTW9
File to be transmitted in a SINGLE FILE IN PDF FORMAT (Any folder sent in a different format or in multiple files will not be considered).
