Senior Finance Officer

The Senior Finance Officer will provide comprehensive financial support to the Jhpiego Rwanda office and its programs, ensuring smooth and compliant financial operations. Reporting to the Senior Finance & Operations Manager, the Senior Finance Officer will be responsible for managing day-to-day financial activities, as well as preparing and submitting monthly financial reports. The key responsibilities will include, monthly financial reporting, budget elaboration, performance tracking and financial forecasting including New Projects Developments. The Senior Finance Officer will also be responsible for payroll verification, posting accounting transactions, especially journal entries, bank reconciliations, and overseeing expenditures posted in General Ledgers including office allocations to ensure transactions are properly posted  as per donor guidelines. In addition, the Senior Finance Officer will collaborate closely with program teams to coordinate financial planning and ensure alignment with established accounting procedures and systems. The role involves maintaining an effective on-site financial accounting, bookkeeping, and reporting system that upholds the integrity and efficiency of Jhpiego’s financial operations.

Accounting (60%):

• Ensure accounting and financial transactions are well supported and processed in the QBE accounting system
• Prepare monthly reconciliations for bank accounts and other GL accounts for Jhpiego Rwanda office
• Review posted financial transactions in QBE. Work closely with programs staff, operations staff and Finance team to ensure transactions have the right charge and accounting codes
• Prepare the necessary JEs to make corrections for wrongly coded expenses
• Perform office allocations as per donor as well as Jhpiego policies
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly close
• Manage prepaid rent and appropriate accounting treatments
• Responsible for Financial reports and documentation required for donor reporting

Bu     Bugeting and Financial Management (20%):

• Work with Senior Finance and Operations Manager as well as the programs teams to prepare assigned budgets for new proposals
• Prepare Quarterly Casflow Requests
• Update budgets and forecasts in Board system for assigned projects.
• Prepare monthly reports to track expenditure against budget for each project and program
• Analyze under spending and overspending trends across projects
• Provide a wide range of financial and budgetary analysis including creation of Dashboards as requested by the Senior Finance & Operations Manager
• Work with the project teams to ensure budgets are reflective of planned activities, are feasible to implement, planned costs in compliance with donor regulations, and value fo   r money

ort  Reporting and audit (10%):

•  Provide supporting documents to statutory audit and any other Project audits
• Preparation of financial reports and documentation required for audit
• Maintain electronic and manual filing systems for all reports issued

 Payroll verification (10%):

•  Work with HR team to ensure monthly payroll is prepared accurately and timely
• Ensure the statutory deductions and related returns are calculated accurately
• Work with HR team to ensure timesheets are submitted timely

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or Business Administration. Having a CPA, ACCA or equivalent Accounting professional certificate is an asset.
• Minimum of SIX (6) years relevant experience in finance or accounting from International NGOs or International Development Agencies.
• Knowledge of US regulations would be an added advantage.
• Previous experience with nonprofit organizations will be an added advantage.
• An understanding of maintenance of ledger entries, bookkeeping skills and bank reconciliations.
• Computers skills including use of spreadsheets and/or accounting packages.
• Good oral and written communication skills to effectively communicate findings and analysis.
• Be cooperative, hardworking, flexible & dependable.
• Be of high integrity and have a sense of confidentiality.

NB: Please note that we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. This means we may proceed with interviews and make hiring decisions before the stated application deadline. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to ensure full consideration

Application submission deadline: 11th June 2025

Note: The position is on a national contract and only applicants holding permit to work in Rwanda can apply. Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview. For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org. The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer:

Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on gender, marital status,pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Jhpiego promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans.

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