Apply: AfDB Financial Management Coordinator

Deadline: 17 April, 2021

Locations: Abidjan, Ivory Coast and Yaounde, Cameroon

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking to fill the role of Chief Regional Financial Management Operations Coordinator.

AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs), thus contributing to poverty reduction.

Responsibilities

  • Provide high quality technical guidance at the field offices in the financial management activities of assigned projects and programmes within the framework of the bank’s policies and guidelines all over the operations cycle
  • Oversee the review of and provision of comments on financial management aspects of assigned projects and programmes as documented in concept papers, feasibility studies, appraisal reports and other relevant documents
  • Carry out supervision work to ensure project financial management systems are functioning appropriately, including the periodic review of project financial management reports for financial performance
  • Provide advice and support to borrowers and the bank project teams on matters affecting financial management and disbursement on capacity building in projects and with public sector accountability institutions
  • Provide financial management guidance for the development of technical assistance programmes and evaluate and monitor their implementation
  • Assess the selection and recruitment of external independent auditors, ensuring their suitability including their independence, and competence to perform
  • Participates in PEFA, SAI-PMF, and ROSC-AA and other PFM-related assessments
  • Play an active role in CPPRs from the financial management perspective and draft the FM part of the CPPR report
  • Undertake capacity building on FM issues in the countries and in sector departments in the bank including participating in fiduciary clinics
  • Participate in donor coordination meetings within the region and country dialogue platforms based on the bank’s overall strategy

Requirements

  • Qualified professional accountant with a master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Public Financial Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline
  • Seven years, minimum, of relevant experience in the bank or similar financial institution, with particular expertise in designing, supporting and implementing financial management operations
  • Knowledge of the AfDB’s Development Bank’s Financial Management Policy and Procedures
  • Experience in supporting private sector operations will be a plus
  • Experience in a multilateral development bank, with emphasis on financial management, highly valuable
  • Experience in the preparation of financial management policy documents
  • Expert knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and International Standards on Auditing (ISAs)
  • Knowledge of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) and the International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAIs)
  • Good understanding of cross-cutting issues beyond financial management (e.g. procurement, governance, donors’ practices) at sector/country level
  • Ability to lead highly technical staff and ensure teams stay organised and focused
  • Experience in designing and assessing internal control (over financial reporting) systems and procedures using internationally accepted control frameworks
  • Excellent analytical skills with strong planning, organisation, and time-management skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in French or English
  • Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications

To apply and for more information, click here.

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