CALL FOR JOB

PROGRAM ACCOUNTANT

Program history

Created in 1982 and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997, Handicap International (HI) is an international solidarity organization specializing in the field of disability, independent, non-governmental, non-denominational, without political affiliation and non-profit. . It intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, it acts and testifies to meet their basic needs, to improve their living conditions and to promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. 

From January 24, 2018, the Handicap International Federation implements its programs under the use name “Humanité & Inclusion/Humanity & Inclusion” (HI). However, the legal name remains “Handicap International Federation”.

In Rwanda, HI has been present since 1994. HI collaborates with local operational partners and public partners including ministries and other public institutions in the implementation of projects.

Since August 1, 2020, HI Rwanda is part of a regional program in East Africa called “East African Region (HI-EAR)”. This comprises three countries: Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya with its coordination office in Uganda. HI undertook these management changes with the aim of improving coverage of the needs of vulnerable people, including people with disabilities. This restructuring results in particular in the pooling of resources at the regional level. All members of EAR intervene under 3 main axes as defined in the operational strategy 2021-2023: 

• Pillar 1: Social and economic inclusion  : promote the social, cultural and economic civic participation of vulnerable people; ensuring access to education for all; provide institutionalized expertise and support and strengthen the representation and skills of vulnerable people through their associations;

• Pillar 2: Rehabilitation, prevention and health  : preventing and combating chronic and disabling diseases, early detection and prevention of avoidable disabilities and promoting mental health through a community approach;

• Pillar 3: Protection  : HI seeks to prevent the occurrence of violence based on gender, age and disability by striving to initiate actions that empower vulnerable people and mobilize local, national and international actors to a specific commitment to promoting and respecting the rights of vulnerable people confronted with violence based on gender, age and disability. It is committed to researching and providing reliable data on identifying vulnerable populations and mitigating underlying risk factors.

For the successful completion of its operational strategy, Handicap International Federation which implements its programs under its operational name “Humanity & Inclusion” (HI) is looking for an  Accountant

job summary

context

The Accountant is responsible for the regular keeping of accounts, the completion of closings, the monitoring of third-party accounts, the identification of fixed assets, the implementation of the archiving of supporting documents and compliance with organizational standards and the country’s regulatory framework. 

Position:  Accountant

Supervisor:  Finance manager

Location : Programme Rwanda

Number of people under direct supervision:  0

Rwanda team size:  117

Duration of the contract:  Permanent contract

Composition of the Finance team:  1 Financial Manager, 1 Program Accountant, 1 cashier and 3 Financial assistants.

Missions / responsibilities

Mission 1: Strategy and management

• Monitors and escalates accounting risks of which he/she is aware to his/her hierarchical and functional lines and contributes to their mitigation. 
• Contributes to the identification of accounting and legal risks for HI within its scope. 
• Participates in strengthening the skills of partners in the accounting field.

Mission 2 : Standards and expertise 

• Leads the deployment and monitors compliance with all of HI’s policies, processes and financial tools within its scope and, if necessary, develops specific financial tools under the control of its hierarchical and functional lines.
• Manages and monitors HI’s compliance with the legal framework of the country or countries of intervention and the existence of a watch on the evolution of standards, case law and practices of other actors in the financial field.
• Ensures the production and filing of financial documents ensuring the legality of HI’s exercise in the country or countries of intervention. 
• Ensures compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
• Ensures the implementation and compliance with procedures for archiving financial documents and the publication and updating of financial documents on dedicated spaces. 
• Manages internal control on its scope as well as corrective actions if necessary.

Mission 3 : Operational implementation 

Responsibility 1: Keep regular accounts

• Enters daily the accounting entries in the accounting IS (and in the country’s IS if necessary), ensuring that the labels of the accounting entries are precise and consistent with the accounting allocation, that all the required fields are completed, and in consistency with HI’s chart of accounts (and the country’s if necessary). 
• Receives supporting documents and translates essential elements into one of HI’s working languages ​​(French or English). 
• Formalizes requests to create or close accounting journals in the accounting Information System (IS).
• Prepares all accounts closing documents (monthly and annual).
• Creates the fixed asset sheets in the accounting IS and communicates the identification number of the fixed assets to the logistics department so that they appear in the equipment tracking file. 
• Performs the procedures for requesting exemption from Value Added Tax (VAT) and prepares declarations. 
• Prepares supporting documents requested by internal and external auditors. 
• May be required to temporarily replace a member of the accounting team.

Responsibility 2: Implements accounting archiving

• Edit accounting slips. 
• Ensures legibility and regular scanning of supporting documents. 
• Monthly archives of the scanned documents on a server and the paper documents in a place guaranteeing their physical integrity. 
• Transmits supporting documents (paper and digital format) to their final storage locations.

Mission 4 : Animation of the profession 

• Contributes to the animation of the business sector on its perimeter by participating in exchanges of practices for the improvement of standards and their proper use.

Mission 5 : Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Contributes to the program’s emergency preparedness actions and, during an emergency, adapts its working method in order to contribute to an effective humanitarian response by HI

Expected profile

The application file must consist  of a cover letter addressed to the Country Director of Handicap International Federation in Rwanda, accompanied by the contact details of 3 professional references in relation to this position, certificates of services rendered, a detailed Curriculum Vitae and copy of diploma. 

Complete applications must be submitted no later  than October 30, 2022 at midnight sent via  the following email:  [email protected]  with subject: COMPTA-HI-202210

Only the preselected candidates will be contacted. Any attempt to influence the recruitment process will result in automatic disqualification.