Cardno Emerging Markets (East Africa) is seeking a Financial Management Consultant for an upcoming program providing Technical Assistance to AU-IBAR. Under the direction of the Director AU-IBAR, the incumbent will advise, develop and support capacity or development initiatives in budgeting, finance and accounting areas.
Working closely with Finance Unit colleagues to identify and manage business process improvement in the areas of budgeting, finance and accounting; ensuring that FAO is receiving communications related to business process and system improvement requests in a timely manner; that communications are efficiently and effectively channeled within the finance unit; and that actions required of FAO are executed timely and with appropriate quality.
Desired Skills and Experience
Qualification:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in finance, accounting or related field, and the incumbent must be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Chartered Accountant (CA) or equivalent.
Professional experience
- A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in accounting and finance in private or public sector multinational organizations is required.
- Experience in adapting to complex accounting systems such as IPSAS and IFRS is desirable.
- Practical experience in public accounting and audit is also desirable.
- Experience in drafting procedures, guidance notes and an exposure draft is desirable.
- At least 2 assignments of developing IPSAS-compliant accounting policies, and providing guidance on operational procedures that will support the preparation of IPSAS-compliant financial statements (e.g. for property, plant and equipment; employee benefits and contingent liabilities);
- At least 2 assignments of managing IPSAS compliant periodic reporting by ensuring completeness, accuracy and compliant underlying financial data;
- At least 2 assignments of preparing and consolidating financial statements and audit files to support the statements;
- Ability to work and assist management by providing information and responses to internal/external audit observations, analyzing audit recommendations and assisting in drafting replies to audit observations;
- Ability to support the IPSAS transition to the full SAP implementation;
- Ability to contribute to the development of a change management plan including the development and implementation of communication plans and products to support IPSAS and SAP implementation;
- Ability to contribute knowledge in budgeting, finance and accounting capacity development, including: a) Identification of technical knowledge gaps of staff members b) Development of approach to implementation c) Monitoring of scope, timeline and risks d) Assessment of resource requirements
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the African Union Commission. For this position, fluency in English, i.e. oral and written proficiency, is required. Knowledge of other African Union official languages is an advantage.
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