Mission description

The Project Support Unit in the Kigali office is seeking a Finance Officer to strengthen the finance team and support the increasing volume of activities.

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 in HQ and on the field.

Position in the organization chart (hierarchical and functional links)

Reporting to: Administrative and Financial Manager

Project or context description

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 10 projects, mainly financed by the European Union and French Development Agengy (AFD). The agency's main areas of intervention in Rwanda are:

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

Required profile

• Team spirit and ability to collaborate
• Methodical, organized and responsive
• Sense of responsibility, proactive and autonomous
• Type of contract: local contract through HR services company (at first, with aim of direct recruitment by Expertise France)
• Remuneration: competitive remuneration will be offered according to Expertise France' salary scale and candidate's qualification and experience.

Additional information

French speaking is a strong asset as most of the trainings are in french

Date of expected start: 05/01/2026

• 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
• Credit card payments follow-up
• Bank reconciliation and cash counting
• Edit payment slip and payments
• Monthly reconciliation of cash statements with accounting software
• 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

• Very good command of office tools, particularly Word and Excel, and SAGE accounting software
• Very good command of French and english
• Team spirit and ability to collaborate
• Methodical, organized and responsive
• Sense of responsibility, proactive and autonomous

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