EDF Finance and Contracts Specialist, KE2

Job Title:                       EDF Finance and Contracts Specialist, KE2

Project Start Date:        August 2013

Project Duration:          44 months

Function of the Position:

The EDF Finance and Contracts Specialist will provide training and capacity building to the imprest accounting officers and/or imprest administrators in issuing Programme Estimates. DAI is searching for candidates with this experience in economic development and private sector development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and ACP countries.  Specific experience in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Nigeria would be an advantage.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Supporting Programme Estimates with imprest accounting officers and/or imprest administrators for project implementation
• Conducting training and capacity building activities for finance, accounting and procurement staff in EDF funded projects
• Strengthen capacity of Ethiopian government ministries in financial management, programme and project administration and financial and accounting record keeping for EC/EDF funded programmes

Qualification and skills:

• An appropriate higher university degree.
• Should be a qualified accountant in possession of any of the following professional qualifications: ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Fluent  command of written and spoken English
• Proficiency in full EC project cycle management, including excellent planning, forecasting, monitoring and reporting skills

General Experience:

• Not less than 10 years of working experience in financial management and/or government capacity building in financial management 
• At least 5 years’ experience in private sector development programmes involved in accounting, monitoring of resource utilisation and management of works, supply and service contracts on EDF contracts                                                                                                   

Specific Experience:

• Practical application of all aspects of financial management                                                                  
• Practical experience of project management, Accounting procedures and preparation of annual budgets 
• Knowledge of the operations of decentralised and collaborative management including monitoring of resource utilisation                                                                                                                                 
• Excellent knowledge of EDF financial procedures, including preparation, procurement and administration of programme estimates, resulting from at least 3 years’ experience working on EDF projects                     
• Demonstrated capacity in computer software packages for financial management and database management
• At least 3 years’ experience training and capacity building of imprest accounting officers and/or imprest administrators in EDF financial procedures                                                                                                                                            

To apply for this role please use the following link:

http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH13/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=DAINC&cws=1&r

Deadline for applications:

31stMarch 2013

Company Description

DAI is an employee-owned international development company. For 40 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governments, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 60 countries. Our integrated development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines—crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS and disease control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.