Finance Officer

DRC Finance team plays a strategic role at the heart of our organization. Comprised of dynamic and rigorous professionals, they ensure the proper management of financial resources, operational compliance, and decision-making support at all levels. We are much more than an accounting department: we are essential partners in the planning, growth, and sustainability of our activities. Joining our team means entering a stimulating environment where excellence, integrity, and collaboration are at the heart of our values.

We seek to recruit a Finance Officer to be based in Kinshasa or Lubumbashi to support with all financial management and compliance of the DRC Country Program.

Responsibilities:

• Review and process invoices registered in the financial system for appropriate and sufficient supporting documentation according to Donor/GAAP and PATH policies.

• Review receivable accounts (program advances and prepayments to vendors) regularly and ensure that the accounts in question are cleared on time.

• Review Workshop expense reports to ensure that they have complete documentation, accurate, and comply with applicable policies and internal procedures.

• Register journal entries in the accounting system.

• Ensure that no additional advances are paid to the same staff before previous advances are reconciled. Follow up with projects on all outstanding program advances.

• Ensure mobile money and Omni payments are well supported with documents and are made on time

• Review bank instructions for cash movement and payment for project activities.

• Pull proof of payments to share with projects who in turn share with the suppliers.

• Ensure that all financial activities are conducted with the approval of appropriate PATH designees for expense approval and technical oversight.

• Process transactions in the finance system on time and ensure that transactions are successfully approved in the workflow.

• Review and Reconcile balance sheet accounts on monthly and annual basis.

• Review petty cash reconciliations monthly and check that replenishment is done on time.