Senior Finance and Administration Officer at African Development Bank - AfDB

Under the supervision of the CDSF Coordinator, the Senior Finance and Administration Officer will be responsible for (i) carrying over the financial monitoring of the CDSF: (ii) preparing the reporting documents required for the donors, ClimDev-Africa partners and the Bank; (iii) supporting the CDSF Operation Officers in dealing with project financial matters; and (iv) assisting the Coordinator in the administrative tasks linked to the management of the CDSF. The tasks include among others the following:

CDSF financial management:

Budgeting and budget management of CDSF by:

• Designing financial monitoring tools;
• Oversee CDSF financial expenditure in accordance with agreed budget work plan and in accordance with CDSF and Bank

procedures

• Liaising with the financial control department in preparing the CDSF financial statements;
• Capturing the CDSF financial flows;
• Analyzing the financial statements and accounts of the CDSF;
• Liaising with the resource mobilization officer (ORRU) to get the donors’ disbursements to CDSF effective.

Project activities:

Support project portfolio implementation in close collaboration with ORPF by:

• Designing projects financial monitoring tools in collaboration with the FMA;
• Recruiting the project auditors;
• Assessing the financial management of the projects through project supervision missions or supervision reports;
• Supporting the CDSF Operation Officers in order to ensure the financial closure of the projects;
• Helping the CDSF Operation Officers assess the overall financial performance of the project (ex-ante and ex-post analysis.

CDSF Administration

Support the Coordinator in the administrative management of the CDSF by:

• Organizing the preparation of the various committees and Governing structures involved in the CDSF governance;
• Managing the CDSF documents reporting process to the CDSF various Governing structures (AfDB Board of Directors, CDSF Steering Committee);
• Preparing the internal requests (President, Vice-presidents, Directors);
• Preparing the recruitment documents and follow-up the recruitment process;
• Perform any other duties as may be requested by the CDSF Coordinator.

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• A minimum of Master's degree or its equivalent in accounting, business, economics, finance;
• At least five (5) years of professional working experience, of which at least 5 in a related field of work, preferably with expertise in fund management involving a portfolio of projects and range of Institutions (public sector, civil society and private sector institutions)
• Working experience in accounting management systems and knowledge of SAP are essential;
• Knowledge of development issues relating to rural development in Central Africa and forestry sector would be an advantage;
• Demonstrated ability to take initiatives, to synthetize, to conceptualize complex issues and to write reporting documents;
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English and/or French:
• High degree of tact and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients and stakeholders at all levels:
• Results-Oriented, team player, demonstrated ability to work in multicultural environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different nationals and cultural backgrounds;
• Computer literate and competence in the use of Bank standard software (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint).