Description
Job Title: Financial Accountant
Department: Finance and Grants Management
Reports To: Accounting and Reporting Manager
Location: Kigali
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Summary:
We are seeking a detail-oriented and organized Financial Accountant to join our finance team. This role is mainly responsible for managing and processing all incoming invoices and payments, ensuring accuracy and timeliness while maintaining compliance with company policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities:
- Receive and review invoices from vendors and suppliers.
- Process and verify a high volume of invoices for accuracy, proper approval, and account coding.
- Match invoices with purchase orders and receipts to ensure completeness and accuracy.
- Schedule, Prepare and process payments to vendors, which may include checks, electronic transfers, or other payment methods in accordance with vendor terms.
- Process employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with company policies
- Maintain and update vendor records and resolve any discrepancies or issues with vendors in a timely manner.
- Maintain organized and accurate records of all financial transactions.
- File and archive invoices, receipts, and payment documentation for auditing purposes.
- Reconcile monthly vendor statements and respond to inquiries related to payments or balances.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting principles, and relevant regulations.
- Communicate with internal departments, including purchasing and receiving to resolve discrepancies or issues with invoices.
- Respond to vendor inquiries and address any concerns in a timely manner.
- Assist with audits by providing requested documentation and reports.
- Assist in the month-end closing process by reconciling accounts ledgers and preparing necessary reports.
- Prepare annual financial statements that comply with IFRS
- Perform monthly tax computation to ensure full compliance with tax regulations
- Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisory authority.
Requirements:
- Bachelorโs degree in accounting or finance preferred.
- 3+ years of experience in an Accounts Payable, Financial reporting or external audit role.
- Holder / or being at an advanced level of CPA/ACCA or equivalent professional qualification recognised by ICPAR
- Strong knowledge of IFRS, accounting principles and practices.
- Experience in preparation of financial statements would be an added advantage
- Knowledge of local and international tax laws.
- Proficiency in using advanced excel functions/modelling skills.
Other qualities:
- High attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
How to Apply
Applicants should provide: (1) curriculum vitae, (2) Degree, (3) A cover letter describing your interest in UGHE and relevant experience. Please upload these under the โAdditional Filesโ tab on the application page.
University of Global Health Equity is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Organizational Profile
UGHE is a new kind of university focused on training the next generation of global leaders in health care delivery. The university launched in Rwanda in September 2015. Through an academic experience uniquely rooted in the values of equity, students are empowered to both ease suffering at the bedside and drive transformational, systemic changes to the health system.
UGHE is an initiative of Partners In Health (PIH), an internationally recognized non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. In over nearly three decades of operating alongside public sectors in countries around the world, PIH has developed a model to deliver high quality healthcare to some of the worldโs most marginalized communities. Nowhere has this impact been more profound than in Rwanda, where Inshuti Mu BuzimaโPIHโs sister organizationโand our government partners have driven innovation for a decade.
Members of the UGHE community are tenacious and resolute in our drive to attain social justice, make common cause with those in need, listen to and learn from others, and operate with honesty and humility as we uphold academic integrity and intellectual curiosity. The University of Global Health Equity seeks individuals committed to these values to join the team.
Commitment to Safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment:
At UGHE, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including community members โ as well as our students, contractors, staff, and visitors to our campus are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment and any form of systemic abuse, whilst reducing risk and vulnerabilities. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with UGHEโs policy.
UGHE will request information from applicantsโ previous employers about any findings of fraud, harassment, sexual harassment and any form of systemic abuse or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.