Recruitment Of Financial Accountant For NELSAP-CU (National Professional Position)

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for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info. We need to decide which sections have content. From posting: - Description: includes background, job purpose. Could be "About the role" maybe. - Key Responsibilities: list. - Minimum Qualifications and experience: includes qualifications and experience. - Skills Required: list. - Duty Station: location. - Employment Terms: contract basis, renewal, probation. - Possibly Pay and Schedule: not mentioned. So we should NOT create Pay or Schedule sections because no info. - Benefits: not mentioned explicitly. No benefits listed. So we should not create Benefits section. Thus sections: About the role (background + job purpose), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe combine qualifications and experience?), Qualifications (maybe separate), Skills, maybe Duty Station? Not in list of allowed headings; but we could embed duty station in About the role or maybe as a separate section? The allowed headings are limited to those eight. We must use those headings only for sections. If we have info that doesn't fit, we could incorporate into existing sections (like About the role includes duty station). Or we could create a

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  Qualifications

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    Requirements

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    About the role

    (background + job purpose + duty station)

    Responsibilities

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    Requirements

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    Qualifications

    (Bachelor's degree, full professional qualifications such as ACCA or CPA, knowledge of computerized accounting software, understanding of IPSAS, master's added advantage)

    Skills

    (list) We must not include Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Now we need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract details. Background: Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) description, centers, NELSAP, objective. Job Purpose: The Financial Account will provide technical support in implementation of the NELSAP financial management system following applicable financial rules and regulations. Duty Station: Kigali-Rwanda, but shall travel extensively in Nile Equatorial Lakes Region as need arises. Responsibilities list: - Implement a common, computerized financial management/accounting system: Process, analyze and monitor financial transactions through the computerized financial management accounting system. - Implement the financial management policies and procedures. - Establish and maintain an adequate and secure accounting records management system. - Ensure Effective Financial Reporting: Prepare inputs, as requested by the user departments/projects for the preparation of the required financial management reports and other required financial statements. - Prepare and present accurate and timely financial reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. - Carry out monthly bank reconciliation and prepare reports. - Development Of Donors And Partners' Collaboration: Study the signed grant agreements to understand donor requirements. - Arrange for opening of new project bank accounts. - Prepare request for funds to mobilize project and forward for review. - Ensure proper allocation of transactions to appropriate grants and projects. - Support preparation of donor reports. - Ensure compliance with donor procedures. - Facilitate Audit Consultancies: Assist the external auditors in undertaking annual audits of the financial statements. - Address audit findings and implement corrective action. - Assist the internal auditor in undertaking internal audits of the internal control system. - Treasury Management Functions: Liaise with the bank on transaction processing including forex rates. - Confirm bank balances, prepare bank balance reports and monitor cash flows. - Capture all incoming receipts to NELSAP-CU accounts. - Facilitate communication with the bank. - The job holder supervises, mentors and coaches direct reports/supervisees to develop their overall capabilities in meeting job standards in addition to continuously developing their capabilities. We need to preserve all; we can break into bullet points. Requirements (experience): At least five (5) years of working experience in financial management of complex projects at national or regional levels or in International NGOs or Intergovernmental organizations. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Commerce or Business Administration with accounting or finance option, or related field of study. - Full professional qualifications such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is a must. - Knowledge of computerized accounting software such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 or any other computerized accounting software. - Thorough understanding of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and compliance requirements. - A master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage. Skills Required list: - Communication - Collaboration - Integrity - Data analytics skills - Computer literacy especially in all MS and Windows-based applications including Excel, Word, and other relevant software. - Hands-on experience in using Microsoft Dynamics 365 accounting software. - Demonstrated writing, presentation and reporting skills. - Fluency in spoken and written English language. Employment Terms: The appointment will be on a contract basis for one (1) year renewable based on performance, availability of funds and need for service with the initial 6 months as probation period. The contract may be renewed for such a number of times to complete the entitled ten (10) years of service in NELSAP-CU. We could include this in About the role or maybe a separate section? Not in allowed headings; we could put under About the role as additional paragraph. We must not include application instructions, email addresses, deadline, etc. So we remove those. Now produce HTML fragment. We'll wrap sections in appropriate tags. Example:

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    Make sure to not include any extra text outside HTML. Let's craft paragraphs. About the role paragraph: combine background, job purpose, duty station, employment terms. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can split into multiple

    under same heading. We'll do:

    About the role

    The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is an inter-governmental organization initiated and led by the Nile riparian countries to promote joint development, protection and management of the common Nile Basin water resources. NBI has a Shared Vision, namely: ‘to promote sustainable socioeconomic development through the equitable utilization of, and benefit from, the common Nile Basin water resources.’ A wide range of programs and projects are currently under varying stages of identification, preparation and implementation designed to contribute towards the realization of the NBI Shared Vision. NBI is managed from three Centers. The first Centre at Entebbe, Uganda, forms the NBI Secretariat (NILE-SEC) while the other two centers are the investment programs – the Eastern Nile Subsidy Action Program (ENSAP) and the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program Coordination Unit (NELSAP-CU). The Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) is an Investment Program by the Government of Burundi, DRC-Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is governed by the Nile Equatorial Lakes Council of Ministers (NEL-COM) through the Nile Equatorial Lakes Technical Advisory Committee (NELTAC). The objective of NELSAP-CU is to achieve joint action on the ground to promote poverty alleviation, stimulate economic growth and reverse environmental degradation.

    The Financial Accountant will provide technical support in implementation of the NELSAP financial management system following the applicable financial rules and regulations.

    The duty station is Kigali, Rwanda, with extensive travel required within the Nile Equatorial Lakes Region as needed.

    The appointment is on a contract basis for one (1) year, renewable based on performance, availability of funds and need for service, with an initial six‑month probation period. The contract may be renewed to accumulate up to ten (10) years of service in NELSAP-CU.

    Now Responsibilities:

    Responsibilities

    • Implement a common, computerized financial management/accounting system: process, analyze and monitor financial transactions through the computerized financial management accounting system.
    • Implement the financial management policies and procedures.
    • Establish and maintain an adequate and secure accounting records management system.
    • Prepare inputs, as requested by user departments/projects, for the preparation of required financial management reports and other required financial statements.
    • Prepare and present accurate and timely financial reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
    • Carry out monthly bank reconciliation and prepare reports.
    • Study signed grant agreements to understand donor requirements.
    • Arrange for opening of new project bank accounts.
    • Prepare requests for funds to mobilize projects and forward for review.
    • Ensure proper allocation of transactions to appropriate grants and projects.
    • Support preparation of donor reports.
    • Ensure compliance with donor procedures.
    • Assist external auditors in undertaking annual audits of the financial statements.
    • Address audit findings and implement corrective action.
    • Assist the internal auditor in undertaking internal audits of the internal control system.
    • Liaise with the bank on transaction processing including foreign exchange rates.
    • Confirm bank balances, prepare bank balance reports and monitor cash flows.
    • Capture all incoming receipts to NELSAP-CU accounts.
    • Facilitate communication with the bank.
    • Supervise, mentor and coach direct reports/supervisees to develop their overall capabilities in meeting job standards and continuously develop their capabilities.
    Requirements (experience):

    Requirements

    At least five (5) years of working experience in financial management of complex projects at national or regional levels or in International NGOs or Intergovernmental organizations.

    Qualifications:

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Commerce or Business Administration with accounting or finance option, or related field of study.
    • Full professional qualifications such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is a must.
    • Knowledge of computerized accounting software such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 or any other computerized accounting software.
    • Thorough understanding of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and compliance requirements.
    • A master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
    Skills:

    Skills

    • Communication
    • Collaboration
    • Integrity
    • Data analytics skills
    • Computer literacy especially in all MS and Windows‑based applications including Excel, Word, and other relevant software.
    • Hands‑on experience in using Microsoft Dynamics 365 accounting software.
    • Demonstrated writing, presentation and reporting skills.
    • Fluency in spoken and written English language.
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