Under direct supervision of Administrative and Finance Manager (RAF), the Finance Officer will perform the following tasks:

Accounting management

• Ensures that the accounting journals and cash flow journals of the projects in the project portfolio match each other
• Ensures that project portfolio expenses are correctly recorded in the accounts (general and cost accounting): names, accounting codes, cost accounting codes, lettering, exchange rates, etc.
• Prepare list of payment orders in online banking system.
• Participates, under the supervision of the RAF, in the closing of accounts.
• Under the supervision of the RAF, ensures compliance with the accounting document archiving policy.

Financial management

• Ensures that contractual and financial information is available
• Prepares and monitors financial follow-up according to Expertise France's established format.
•  Checks monthly financial monitoring (expenditure allocation, consumption, forecasts, etc.) of projects in conjunction with project managers
•  Supports project managers in completing their monthly financial reports.
•  In liaison with the RAF, prepares internal and external (donor) reports for projects in his/her portfolio.
• Under the supervision of the RAF, prepares and accompanies any audits or controls of projects in the portfolio.
• Prepares monthly and semi-annual budgets for projects in conjunction with the RAF (initial budget, revised budget and landing forecasts).

Head office payments

• Checks supporting documents before processing project payment requests
• Issue payment orders for projects expenditure

Internal control

• Implements internal control within projects (transmission of procedures, monitoring of their appropriation, participation in the improvement of operational practices in terms of financial accounting, etc.).

In view of the functions performed by the person concerned and the capacity-building work carried out within the Administration, Accounting and Finance division, this job description is not exhaustive.