Project Financial manager

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance and related fields with experience of 5 years or a Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance and related Fields with 3 years is preferred.
• Must hold a professional Accounting Qualification (ACCA or CPA) or a Possession of Part II of ACCA or Intermediate Level for CPA;
• Track record of at least 5 years working experience in finance, audit and operations management
• Excellent communication skills with proficiency in English. Knowledge of French and Kinyarwanda is an added advantage.
• Proven skills in managing change, achieving results, ensuring quality, and building teams and capacity.
• Strong command of computer skills, especially in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Access and accounting packages.

Key Technical Skills & Knowledge required

• Managerial skills (leadership skills, communication skills, problems solving skills, monitoring and evaluation skills, planning and organizing skills)
• Proven competence in using of accounting computer software application (SAGE Evolution, or Quickbook or tompro) and statistical software, spreadsheet database and word processing package,
• Having professional accounting, Software Certificate(s) would be an advantage.
• Must have superior communication skills both in written and verbal form
• Be highly organized and analytical,
• Be passionate about team working,
• Have exceptional good problem-solving skills,
• Understanding of local taxes declaration and payments procedures,

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• Provide leadership to the finance, information Technology (IT) and HR (Human Resources (HR) teams through setting goals, coaching and appraising the performance of individual staff.
• Formulate strategies that lead to quality and depth in the talent employed in the business
• Develop and implement financial strategies that respond to the project resource and performance needs in support of the project’s strategic objectives
• Lead the accounting function including maintenance of the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll to facilitate financial management
• Ensuring the provision of timely, accurate and relevant financial information in accordance with approved accounting policies and financial reporting standards.
• Coordinate the financial reporting process, ensuring quality, timeliness, and compliance with all reporting guidelines
• Oversee the project ’s transaction processing systems
• Custodian of project assets (control, loss protection, internal controls)
• Manage risk and return of project financial resources
• Monitor the finance operations to ensure full compliance with the relevant regulations and guidelines both internal and external to ensure minimal risk exposure to the business due to non-compliance
• Develop project’s plans and budgets as well as spending, procurement and cash flow plans;
• Develop and update standard operating procedures and best practices to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the systems and their usage
• Lead the development and testing of new programs developed to ensure responsiveness to project needs
• Oversee the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade and support of al IT systems including database, the core system, network infrastructure, operating systems and software applications,
• Control the existence of all written documentation, including system and user manuals, license agreements, and documentation of modifications and upgrades to ensure all systems have supporting documents to guide the usage
• Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures Maintain strong relationships with Financial institutions and participate in the negotiation process for financial services to provide a healthy assets and liabilities match
• Lead in compliance with local tax laws and other statutory deductions both for Finance and HR matters