Treasury Assistant – Projects Support Unit

About Expertise France :

Expertise France is the french public agency for international cooperation. The Agency focuses on four priority areas:

• Democratic, economic and financial governance;
• Stability of countries in crisis/post-crisis situations and security;
• Combating climate change and favouring sustainable urban development;
• Strengthening health systems, social protection and employment.

In these areas, Expertise France engineers and implements capacity-building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and acts as a project coordinator, bringing together public expertise and private know-how.

With a business volume of 390 million euros and over 400 projects in 145 countries, Expertise France’s activities are part of France’s international cooperation policy and official development assistance.

Expertise France Rwanda implements 6 projects, mainly financed by the European Union and French Development Agengy (AFD), for a total amount of €50 million. The agency’s main areas of intervention in Rwanda are:

• Economic and financial governance
• Sustainable development, climate and agriculture ;
• Health and human development

Job description

Expertise France is opening its new office in Kigali and plans to create its Projects Support Unit (USP) with the aim of decentralizing support services in the field. The USP is composed of the purchase, logistics, finance and human resources departments required for project implementation. It is supervised by the Coordinator of Transversal Functions (CFT).

Based in Kigali, the position is under the direct responsibility of the Administrative and Finance Manager (AFM) of the USP and in liaison with the finance teams of the projects.

The main tasks are :

Cash flow and payments Follow-up

• Third-parts payments: Transfers to Rwanda and France, based on payment proposals in compliance with payment procedures.
• Imputation of third-parts advances
• Justification of third-parts accounts
• Daily cash management: Update of bank and cash management files, monitoring of bank and cash balances, bank transfers and commissions.
• Accounting of banking transactions
• Accounting for bank fees
• CB payments follow-up
• Bank reconciliation and cash counting
• Monthly reconciliation of cash statements with accounting software

Other :

• Miscellaneous archiving and filing
• Participates in project audits by providing proofs of payments and audit documentations.
• Participates in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual accounting closures
• Support the finance and accounting team in all tasks required for the smooth running of the department

Position in the organization chart (hierarchical and functional links)

Reporting to: Administrative and Financial Manager

Qualifications:

• Degree in accounting and/or finance
• Very good command of office tools, particularly Word and Excel, and accounting software
• Very good command of French and english

Professional experience

At least two years’ experience in a similar position, preferably in a context related to international cooperation or solidarity projects.

Team spirit and ability to collaborate

Methodical, organized and responsive

Sense of responsibility, proactive and autonomous

Duration of the mission: 1 year renewable

Type of contract: local contract through HR services company.

Send Resume + Cover letter at recrutement.rw@expertisefrance.fr mention “Treasury Assistant – Projects Support Unit ” in the subject

Candidates interested in this opportunity are invited to submit their applications as soon as possible. Expertise France reserves the right to pre-select candidates before this date.

The selection process will take place in three stages:

– Firstly, a shortlist will be freely drawn up by Expertise France.

– Secondly, shortlisted candidates may be invited to take written tests to assess their technical and linguistic skills.

– Thirdly, shortlisted candidates may be invited for an interview.