The Organization

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. The Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation (https://alliancebioversityciat.org/ )

With novel partnerships, the Alliance generates evidence and mainstreams innovations to transform food systems and landscapes so that they sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish people.

The Alliance is a member of the CGIAR Consortium (www.cgiar.org) a global research partnership for a food-secure future.

About The Project

Beans for Women Empowerment (Beans4Women) is a five-year project funded by Global Affairs Canada and implemented by the Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance, PABRA under the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Beans4Women aims at strengthening the gender equality, agency in decision-making, and resource rights of women and girls active in the bean sector in three conflict-prone provinces of Eastern DRC. The project focuses on three areas that most affect the degree of women’s empowerment in the bean sector, namely the business environment around climate-smart agriculture, the participation of women in bean sector leadership and decision-making, and the rights of women to productive resources like land and nutritious food. Eastern DRC. The project will build on partnerships with INERA and development partners to benefit 2 million people, 60% of whom will be women and girls, in poor rural communities in Eastern DRC and will indirectly benefit 10 million people over the longer term.

The Position Summary

Duties and responsibilities

• Oversee the effective running of banking operations ensuring all bank/cash accounts are duly reconciled and balances maintained for seamless office requirements.
• Ensure operational funds are adequately available for operational payments.
• Ensure that liquidated expenses are duly documented, posted, and stored in accordance with institutional financial procedures, donor requirements, and GAAP.
• Work closely with PLANS, program staff, and FINOPS regional team to ensure that project payments and expenses in DRC are processed, coded, and posted in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with ABC policies and procedures.
• Support institutional and project Audits ensuring the timely submission of Audit information, compliance with audit requirements, and timely implementation of audit recommendations.
• Work with different Program and administrative units to collect monthly cash requirements for submission to the regional office.
• Support the preparation of office operational, personnel, and capital budgets including the collection and feedback from relevant parties.
• Work closely with PLANS and PABRA team to elaborate project financial reports ensuring satisfactory compliance with donor requirements, providing timely responses to any queries raised by the donor.
• Accurate and timely posting of financial transactions into UNIT4 Business World (UBW) ERP in line with ABC financial policies and procedures.
• Conduct continuous analysis of TB accounts (including alliance inter-company accounts) to enable complete and timely submission of monthly and quarterly reports to the regional office.
• Review and verify the correctness of Travel Expense Claims (TECs)/Accountabilities, including correct AECs, exchange rates, expense reporting, and presence of all receipts.
• Ensure proper filing of accounting documents for ease of retrieval during audit and project review exercises

Requirements

• University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.Masters degree preferable.
• Accounting certification e.g. CPA, ACCA, CIMA an added advantage
• Strong proficiency in French and English languages, both written and spoken
• At least five (5) years of relevant work experience in a closely related field gained in an international organization including budgeting, accounting guidelines, and financial management of projects.
• Strong knowledge of accounting and budgeting practices and procedures relevant to not-for-profit organizations
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work effectively with other national and cultural backgrounds.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
• Strong client service orientation
• High degree of integrity and transparency
• High level of computer skills, ability to handle complex financial and budgeting systems including excellent knowledge of Excel and ERP systems.
• Knowledge of IFRS

Terms of employment

This is a nationally recruited position based in Bukavu, Eastern DRC. The initial contract will be for two (2) years, subject to a probation period of three(3) months and is renewable depending on performance and availability of resources. This position is currently graded at level BG07 (on a scale of 14 levels, BG 014 being the highest level).

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits. We believe that the diversity of our staff contributes to excellence. The Alliance is an equal-opportunity employer and strives for staff diversity in gender and nationality.

Applications

Note: The Alliance does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). The Alliance also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.

Applications closing date:28^th July 2023

Please note that email applications will not be considered.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We invite you to learn more about us at:

http://alliancebioversityciat.org