Finance Analyst - Rwanda

About the role

BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative (UPGI) Rwanda is looking for a Finance Analyst to support the financial management of the Scaling Graduation with Governments Across Africa (SGGA) program, a 10-year partnership between BRAC and the Mastercard Foundation. The analyst works with an experienced finance team to manage accounting systems, policies and procedures in line with accounting standards, GAAP, donor rules and legal requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee cash and bank transactions in the finance unit and ensure data is posted correctly to the ERP system (SBI CLOUD)
• Follow up and review travel requests and liquidations against the travel policy
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and monitor receivables and payables
• Remit statutory deductions such as withholding tax monthly
• Help maintain the books of accounts, review accounting documents before payment and prepare payments, withdrawals and advances
• Record receipts and cash payments in the ledger with the cashier and reconcile foreign currency transactions
• Oversee the RWF bank account, including monthly reconciliations
• Prepare donor reports, fund requests and cost allocations, and support donor proposals and budgets
• Ensure compliance with Mastercard Foundation grant requirements, including audit documentation and expenditure monitoring
• Support safeguarding, reporting incidents and promoting safeguarding standards

Required profile

• Bachelor of Business Administration, preferably in Finance or Accounting, and a professional accounting qualification
• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience
• Experience with international or local NGOs is an advantage

Required skills

• Strong fluency with Excel formulas and functions
• Analytical and data-gathering skills
• Principles of budgetary administration, financial control, cash flow analysis and cost accounting
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with finance, program, HR, procurement, operations and field teams

Applications close on 12 November 2026; only complete applications will be accepted.