Bachelor’s or Master’s in Accounting, Finance with CPA/CPFA intermediate level /ACCA Foundation Level (Completion of ACCA Applied skills papers) with three (3) years of relevant working experience;

or

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree with API/PFM Certificate and 3 years of working experience in Public financial management related field; or

Post Graduate Diploma or Master’s Degree in PFM with (1) year of experience in financial management;

A transition period for professional certification requirement is three (3) years starting from 1^st January, 2021. However, a new entrant without the required professional certification for a given job position shall not be eligible, one (1) year before the expiration of the transition period.

Required competencies and Key Technical Skills:

•  Knowledge of Rwanda’s financial management standards and procedures;
• Knowledge of Accounting principles and practices and financial data reporting ;
• Knowledge of the legal and institutional framework of Rwanda’s public finance management ;
• Knowledge of Management of Material resources;
• Knowledge of supply chain management;
• Collaboration and team working skills;
• Resource Management skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Problem Solving skills
• Decision Making skills;
• Risk Management skills;
• Result oriented
• Digital Literacy skill;
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all  is an advantage.

• Coordinate financial management and accounting services;
• Ensure that financial management and accounting guidelines and procedures are fully implemented;
•  Maintain financial management and accounting records;
• Ensure timely payments including salaries and taxes;
• Ensure that the various financial management and accounting reports are prepared in a timely manner
•  Ensure that management of receipts and execution of expenditure is duly approved in accordance with existing laws and regulations
•   Prepare the necessary records for external audit;
• Coordinate the external audit process in collaboration with the auditor general’s office
• Coordinate and manage logistics of the Ministry;
• Participate in creation and review of annual logistics operating plans and forecasting,
• Provide financial management support to all related teams in Finance
•  Establish and formalize financial management and control procedures.
• Participate in the preparation of work plans and annual budget