Financial Specialist (Under Contract ) at City of Kigali (COK): (Deadline Sep 15, 2026)

Duties and responsibilities: - Participate in the preparation of action plans and budgets; - Reviews and finalizes final and mid-term budgets for all allotments including development of detailed justifications; - Participate in budget negotiations with MINECOFIN; - Consolidate revenue collection reports in collaboration with RRA; - Coordinate the budget revision process - Preparation of annual, quarterly and monthly cash plans of the City of Kigali in collaboration with other departments; - Preparation of periodic fund requests from the Treasury; - Generate purchase orders for internal approval. - Processing commitments for different requests; - Ensure all invoices and various requests received from the financial controller are well verified before payment; - Check payment documents for further processing; - Ensure all invoices from external parties (contractors, suppliers, etc.) are paid in due time and safe keep transaction supporting documents; - Record all transactions properly in IFMIS or other accounting software and submit the monthly consolidated report within the stipulated deadlines; - Maintain bank accounts, ensure monthly bank statements and account overviews are produced regularly; - Prepare bank accounts reconciliation statements; - Quarterly review of CoK expenditure vouchers to guide the next quarter disbursement; - Implement strong internal control systems in decentralized entities to ensure transparency and accountability; - Provide technical / financial assistance to all implementing decentralized entities in the CoK; - Consolidate the financial reports and generate the accounting information of decentralised entities; - Preparation of periodic budget execution and financial statement reports; - Maintain and regularly update of CoK assets inventory register; - Ensure that the preparation and review of periodic inventory and fixed asset report is timely produced; - Monitor the implementation of the employees’ performance contracts and their appraisals in the finance department; - Consolidate and submit the annual performance evaluation report of employees to DAF for further review; - Monitor the preparation of the payroll lists, fringe benefits of all concerned staff at the finance department; - Facilitate external and internal audit of the CoK; - Facilitate process of internal and external audit of different NBAs under CoK supervision; - Preparation and submission of activity plans and periodic reports; - Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.