Vacancy title:
Finance Officer – NOA

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
World Food Program (WFP)

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, August 15 2025

Duty Station:
Rwanda | Kigali | Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, July 28 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

To support the stewardship of WFP’s resources, monitoring budgets, forecasting, reporting on key data and providing basic administrative and human resource functions that enable effective management of funds, and ensure assistance to beneficiaries is undertaken in the most efficient and effective way possible

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Finance, the incumbent will be responsible to:

• Maintain awareness of corporate finance and resource management strategies and major ongoing programmatic initiatives, participating where appropriate using finance and resource management expertise.
• Contribute towards the development of country specific plans and processes, aligned with Regional and wider WFP strategy, policies and processes to meet the food assistance needs of beneficiaries within the Country.
• Report on key data for financial status and outcomes of projects in accordance with corporate governance requirements, ensuring accuracy, deadlines, and accounting processes are complied with.
• Monitor budgets and carry out forecasting for new and ongoing projects according to established corporate procedures and requirements.
• Perform bank reconciliations, disbursements, clearance of receivables, overall cash management and monthly financial closures on a regular basis in accordance with corporate requirements.]
• Where necessary, deliver core administrative services, working with contractors and following standard processes to provide cost-effective, quality and timely services to WFP staff.
• Where necessary, undertake basic human resource functions related to staff benefits, recruitment of local staff, and training.
• Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reporting, providing management with financial, staffing and resource usage information to enable them to make informed decisions.
• Track and collate data to support others to improve policies, systems and procedures in order to minimise financial risks, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and ensure services are aligned with business objectives.
• Contribute to the delivery of financial controls and insight into WFP performance, supporting periodic risk and internal control assessments to identify areas which may present potential audit, compliance or financial risks.
• Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
• Represent unit/CO at internal meetings, external meetings and events with other UN agencies, banks and other financial institutions, or other partners and entities as required.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
• Other as required.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

• Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with 5 years of related work experience
• Membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA) or equivalent.

Experience:

• At least one year of progressive strategic leadership experience in financial management, budgeting and administrative functions.
• Has experience in financial analysing, interpreting data and generating reports at national level.
• Has experience implementing accounting and internal control processes.
• Knowledge of UN environment in general and WFP’s business and financial architecture and how it supports implementation of operations is desirable.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Technical accounting knowledge
• Financial Analysis and modelling skills
• Budgeting and Forecasting
• Understanding of GAAP, IFRS, financial statement preparation, and analysis
• Must be familiar with MS Office.
• Skill of SAP based ERPs is an asset.
• Risk Management – assess and mitigate financial risks and operational risks.

Languages:

Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Kinyarwanda.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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