Financial Controller
City Of Kigali
Job location
Kigali
Job details
JOB DETAILS:
- Ensure continuous monitoring of District and NBAs budget execution by comparing spending patterns and trends against financial plans through analysis of actual and projected spending;
- Ensure continuous monitoring of revenue collection in the district;
- Establish management controls using policy guidelines and generally accepted accounting standards for the prevention of waste, fraud and mismanagement in CoK, decentralised entities, and NBAs;
- Review purchase Orders for all allotments in the procurement system to ensure that there was appropriate fund assigned;
- Coordinate the preparation and pre-checking of documents for payment of goods and services after checking the conformity and accuracy of payment requests;
- Ensure all invoices from external parties (contractors, suppliers, etc.) are paid in due time;
- Monitor and follow up accounts details for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities, until such accounts are settled;
- Review and evaluate budget requests, control and reporting of obligations and expenditures to the Director of Finance;
- Ensure budgets execution are in compliance with all mandated spending restrictions and limitations;
- Exercise legal and regulatory controls over approved budgets from decentralised entities and NBAs and report to DAF.
- Review and arrange funding data in the Standard Accounting and Reporting System from decentralised entities to the DAF;
- Ensure maintenance of Accounting Ledgers in order to facilitate timely financial reports, budget and accountabilities;
- Ensure that generated purchase orders for internal approval are free from material errors;
- Ensure accounting coding and budgeting lines are correct. This includes verification of financial reports, expenses and supporting documents;
- Coordinate the preparation of the Cash Books and General Ledger using an appropriate accounting software to produce income and expenditure reports and consolidate financial reports and statements;
- Supervise the preparation of bank reconciliation statements;
- Ensure that all transactions are properly recorded in IFMIS and other accounting software, and that periodical financial reports are submitted to CoK within the stipulated deadlines;
- Ensure the timely production of accurate financial reports as per set deadlines.
- Supervise proper receipt of funds and effective custody and disbursement of funds;
- Facilitate the conduct of internal and external audits;
- Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.
Job Experience: No Requirements
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months:
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree