Project Accountant at Association Mwana Ukundwa: (Deadline 26 February 2024)

Project Accountant at Association Mwana Ukundwa: (Deadline 26 February 2024)

Vacancy title:
Project Accountant

Jobs at: ASSOCIATION MWANA UKUNDWA (AMU)

Project title:

Enhancing food and nutrition security in the southern province of Rwanda

It is funded by European Union under its project entitled: Boosting food production in Rwanda “KUNGAHARA”

Duty Station:
To be based at AMU Headquarters situated in Kicukiro district

Job details:
Association Mwana Ukundwa (AMU) wishes to recruit a full-time Project Accountant

Major responsibilities:

• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, and documents financial transactions.
• Managing all financial aspects of day-to-day operations of the branch.
• Managing accounting and financial systems and maintaining full and accurate accounting records at the project level.
• Prepare and follow up of the bank reconciliation.
• Reconcile books of accounts.
• Conduct financial analysis and prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial report.
• Submit on a regular basis monthly, quarterly, yearly report to the Finance Manager with copy to Project Manager.
• Provide advice in the budget implementation and control.
• Ensure compliance of AMU and donors’ policies and procedures.
• File supporting papers justifying the expenditures.
• Handle special accountancy (handle the manual inventories books of the equipment of respective program).
• Make systematic classifications of documents.
• Perform any other duty that may be requested by AMU Management.

Minimum required qualifications and skills

• Project Accountant should preferably hold a bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• Holding a CPA, or pursuing or at least capable to pursue CPA or related accounting professional courses.
• More than 3 years of experience working in the field accounting.
• Have excellence knowledge on QUICK BOOK program.

Application Documents:

• Expression of interest letter
• Updated CV (maximum 2 pages) with contact details
• 3 references
• Copies of educational qualifications
• Church recommendation
• Criminal Background Record
• Copy of National Identity card.

Qualified and interested candidates should submit their application documents written in English addressed to AMU – Executive Director exclusively to: amuinfo95@gmail.com  by February  26, 2024  not later than 5:00pm Kigali time.

N.B. Only selected candidates will be contacted for tests.

The recruitment process includes specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.

Done Kigali 19^th February 2024

Dr Byiringiro Samue

AMU- Executive Director