Deadline: 24 June, 2021
Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking to fill the role of Budget Officer.
AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs).
Responsibilities
- Implement and monitor measures to improve the filling rate and data quality of ATRS system
- Prepare and update cost accounting system parameters (salary bands, allocation key) for cost allocation and cost sharing
- Propose system improvements in the light of changes in system and budget process
- Propose and/or conduct independent research and analyses on budget issues, identifying problems, proposing solutions and making recommendations to management
- Maintain data integrity and budget control systems
- Update budget master data in SAP CO and SAP FM-BCS
- Coordinate budget loading in SAP
- Coordinate period-end closing exercise, including periodic reconciliation, to ensure system data integrity
- Analyse budget transfers and recommend appropriate actions
- Analyse budget data and provide analytical reports to allow decision making and initiative implementation
- Collaborate with other budget officers to provide inputs for department key documents
- Ensure delivery of periodical reports to stakeholders
- Support end users on daily requests
- Troubleshoot issues on budget systems and tools
- Monitor the ‘budget helpdesk’ email account
- Participate in the design of learning materials for budget and resource management systems
- Act as a resource person for budget and resource management training
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, I.T. or a related field
- Four years, minimum, of professional experience, with three years within international institutions or well-known corporate entities
- Knowledge of budgeting policies, practices and regulations, operational programming, performance measurement and strategic planning with experience in the preparation of strategic reports and/or research publications
- Demonstrated capacity to initiate and manage innovations and changes
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and manage time effectively to deal with multiple demands and deadlines with ability to work as part of a multicultural team
- Ability to solve problem
- Strong written and oral skills
- Client management
- Competence in the use of SAP, SAP-CO and SAP FM-BCS modules in particular, and MS Office applications (Access, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Proficient and good knowledge of SAP BI reporting
- Excellent written and verbal communications in English or French
To apply and for more information, click here.
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