Finance Analyst

Job Title: Finance Analyst (1) 

Location: BRAC Head Office, Kigali 

Reports to: BRAC UPGI Program Director 

Duration: 1 Year (with possibility of extension) 

Start Date: December 2026 

Contract Type: Fixed-Term 

BRAC is an award-winning international non-governmental development organization, with the vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, whereeveryone has the opportunity to realise their potential. BRAC is a leader in developingand implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes to assist poor anddisadvantaged communities in low-income countries, including conflict-prone andpost-disaster settings. It is an organisation of and for the people of the Global South,pioneering new development and social enterprise approaches to equip communities toachieve prosperity. As well as being the world's biggest NGO by the number of staff andpeople directly reached, BRAC has regularly been ranked the number one NGO in theworld by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, an independent organisation committed tohighlighting innovation, impact, and governance in the non-profit sector. BRAC retained the top spot in 2020 among the top 500 NGOs for the fifth consecutive year. 

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. It started its firstprogramme outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002 and today has activities in 14countries across Africa and Asia. BRAC has a holistic approach to development thatuses a wide array of programmes that include microfinance, education, health,agriculture, gender, and human rights. BRAC invests in communities' own human andmaterial resources, catalysing lasting change and creating an ecosystem in which people in poverty have the chance to seize control of their own lives. 

About the Position: 

BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative (UPGI)Rwanda program is seeking a qualified andexperiencedFinance Analyst to assist the financial management and implementation of theScaling Graduation with Governments Across Africa (SGGA)program. SGGA is a 10-yearpartnership between BRAC and the Mastercard Foundation aimed at catalyzing large-scalepoverty reduction by supporting governments across 10 African countries to execute Graduation programs at scale. 

The Finance Analyst position will assist the UPGI Finances management of accountingsystems, policies, and procedures in compliance with accounting standards, GenerallyAccepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), donor’s rules and regulations, and legal requirementsto assist high-quality programs serving the vulnerable. As part of an experienced financeteam, the finance Analyst will help organize daily financial activities through the dutiesoutlined below.

Key Responsibilities: 

• deliver operational oversight function on cash/bank transactions in the finance unit 
• Ensure accuracy of all data required for processing financial transactions to the right charts of accounts into the ERP system (SBI CLOUD). 
• Follow up and evaluate all UPGI Program-related travel requests and liquidations in line with the travel policy. 
• produce bank reconciliation statements on a monthly basis for evaluate by the Finance manager in a timely manner. 
• track balances in account receivables and payables, produce reports on material exceptions to policies or detect long outstanding ones for corrective actions. 
• make sure that all statutory deductions such as Withholding Tax (WHT) are promptly remitted to the relevant statutory authority monthly 
• help with conducting training on financial matters for the UPGI Program team when necessary. 
• assist Finance Manager to ensure high standard of financial stewardship in both country office and field offices 
• Assisting the Finance manager in maintaining books of accounts, 
• Reviewing the correctness and adequate of accounting documents before making payments 
• Preparing all payments, cash withdrawal by bank and clearing advances 
• Undertaking all transactions at bank (preparing transfers, receiving bank debit and credit advice, bank statement every month or where required) 
• Coordinating with the cashier to record all receipt vouchers, payments paid in cash to the ledger. 
• track and reconcile foreign currency transactions, ensuring accurate recording, tracking, and reporting of foreign exchange (FX) gains and losses in accordance with applicable accounting standards and organisational policies. 
• Oversee the local currency (RWF) bank account, including monitoring account balances, reviewing transactions, preparing monthly reconciliations, and identifying discrepancies for timely resolution in coordination with the Finance Manager. 
• Preparing donor reports and making sure to be delivered within the deadline. 
• Performing cost allocation of accounts to put into vouchers 
• Posting into the ERP system on a daily basis. 
• assist to Finance Manager to produce donor proposal and budgets and submit them timely 
• Ensuring accounting documents/files for audit 
• Preparing fund request for country office operations 
• Dealing with customers include bank, visitor, consultant and staff on finance and accounting when required. 
• Ensure compliance with Mastercard Foundation grant requirements, including retention and filing of financial documents, compliance with receiving guidelines, and verification that expenditures are supported and aligned with approved budgets, activities, and grant

provisions. 

• assist Mastercard Foundation grant expenditure monitoring, financial reporting, audit documentation, and timely escalation of potential compliance issues to the Finance Manager. 
• assist effective program planning, implementation, and decision-making. 
• organize with banks, suppliers, consultants, staff, field offices, and other stakeholders on finance and accounting matters. 

Qualifications and Experience: 

• Bachelor of Business administration preferably in Finance / Accounting and Professional Accounting qualification from any recognized institution. 
• Strong fluency with excel formulas and functions. 
• Strong analytical and data gathering skills 
• Principles of budgetary administration 
• Financial control and monitoring 
• Preparing fund request for Staff 
• Principles and practices of cash flow analysis and cost accounting. 
• Financial, statistical and comparative analysis and formulas. 
• Financial planning, forecasting, organizing, teamwork and collaboration. 
• Having any other professional degree in finance or accounting will add advantage. 
• Minimum 2 years work experience in the relevant field. 
• Working for any other international or local NGO will also add advantage 

Desirable Attributes: 

• High level of integrity, accountability, accuracy, and attention to detail. 
• Strong communication, interpersonal, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills. 
• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with Finance, Program, HR, Procurement, Operations, field teams, and external stakeholders. 
• Strong commitment to financial stewardship, compliance, safeguarding, and BRAC’s mission of supporting vulnerable populations. 
• Proactive, solutions-oriented, adaptable, and able to work effectively in a dynamic, multi-stakeholder program 

Safeguarding and Compliance

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. 
• Act as a key source of assist, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment. 
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so. 

How to Apply:

This is an outstanding opportunity to assist a highly effective, collaborative, and innovativenon-profit. BRAC International offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Please apply for the role using the below link

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Only complete applications will be accepted, and short-listed candidates will be contacted.Application deadline: The application deadline is <<<13th November 2026>>>

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expectsall employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder andevery member of the communities we collaborate with has the right to be protected from all forms ofharm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, andgender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitmentprocess includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issuesregarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of ourPerformance Management System