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    Posted: 5 July 2023
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    VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

    ICPAR was established by law number 11/2008 of 06/05/2008 to grow and regulate the accountancy profession in Rwanda. It is the only professional accountancy organization (PAO) mandated by law to regulate the accountancy profession in Rwanda.

    The Institute exists to serve public interest and has wide-ranging responsibilities including promotion and adherence to financial reporting, auditing, and ethical standards. The institute has a responsibility for regulating and promotion efficient accounting practices in public interest. ICPAR is a member of the international Federation of Accountants (IFAC).

    To accomplish its mandate, the Institute is looking for qualified national candidates to fill the following positions:

    1. DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (EDS)

    1.1 Job Purpose:

    The Director of Education Development Services is a key member of the Institute’s Senior Management Team and the lead for developing ICPAR’s capabilities and delivering key results in education services. The role holder will work with a broad range of external stakeholders especially students, employers, and education providers.

    1.2 Key Responsibilities:

    • • Lead development of ICPAR’s capabilities in education development services;
    • • Recruit, manage and develop a highly engaged motivated and professional
    • team of staff;
    • • Ensure ICPAR Secretariat in association with the Education Commission,
    • develops capabilities in Education development services in line with ICPAR
    • Bylaws and IFAC standards;
    • • Lead ICPAR’s delivery of key results in education development services;
    • • Ensure increased student enrolment, engagement and progression;
    • • Ensure appropriate secretariat support to Education Commission;
    • • Development and delivery of agreed programme of curriculum development to
    • meet needs of Rwandan public and private sector, IAESB and other professional
    • standards and policy issues;
    • • Development and professional delivery of an appropriate examinations and
    • experience assessment programme;
    • • Development and delivery of an appropriate pricing strategy and income
    • generation targets as identified by the Institute strategy and business plan;
    • • Lead development of effective partnerships with key stakeholders in education
    • and employer sectors in line with Institute’s strategy;
    • • Work with the Chief Executive and other Directors to develop a high performing
    • team providing effective corporate leadership leading to the Institute.

    1.3 Personal specifications

    1.3.1 Qualifications:

    Educated to at least Masters level or equivalent, and have an accounting professional qualification at least equivalent to CPA.

    1.3.2 Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

    • • At least 10 years’ experience of teaching or education in accountancy or closely
    • related fields;(E)
    • • At least 7 years’ senior management experience in accounting, finance,
    • management or a closely related field;(D)
    • • Practical experience of managing people and projects, preferably within an
    • educational or professional environment;(E)
    • • Track record of effectively working with and influencing stakeholders in public
    • and private sectors; ;(E)
    • • Track record of exam development and management; (D)
    • • Advanced knowledge of the accountancy profession including qualifications and
    • challenges prevalent in Rwanda; (E)
    • • Keen interest and knowledge of accountancy issues and developments in the
    • market and worldwide (D)

    1.4 Working Relationships:

    • • Chief Executive and other Directors-support them in the leadership,
    • development and management of the Institute in order to achieve market
    • objectives, targets and KPI’s;
    • • Educational Services staff team-lead, develop and manage team to deliver
    • excellent services in a collaborative and resilient way;
    • • Regular communication as and when required in educational services;
    • • Other key external partners within education sector, government and the private sector to enhance and maintain partnerships as required;
    • • Work with the Chief Executive Officer and other Directors to develop as a high
    • performing team providing effective corporate leadership leading to the
    • Institute.

    1.5 Benefits

    • • Competitive salary;
    • • Our relentless commitment to personal development and career growth;
    • • Working with the best people to build a strong, relevant, and sustainable
    • accountancy profession that is at the heart of national development.

    2. QUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

    2.1 Job Purpose:

    Ethics and Quality Assurance Manager is a key member of the Professional
    Development Services department who will be responsible for quality and
    development of members, Practitioners and Licensed firms.

    2.2 Key Responsibilities:

    • • Conduct the Audit Quality Assurance (AQA) reviews for licensed firms and practitioners;
    • • Monitor and follow-up with the action plans provided by the AQA reviews;
    • • Conduct an evaluation and validation of membership and firms’ application and thereafter issue licenses after Governing Council approval;
    • • Develop, review and implement the Disciplinary procedures manual;
    • • Develop, review and implement the Ethics and compliance manual;
    • • Develop and implement systems to support the realization of ICPAR Mandate in line with member compliance and best practice support;
    • • Develop and execute an audit plan and produce audit reports;
    • • Prepare Commissions’ Annual calendars and ensure implementation;
    • • Support various Commissions and committees’ meetings in particular Inspection and Disciplinary;
    • • Conduct and ensure suitability assessment of the Disciplinary cases and ensure appropriate processing;
    • • Conduct and identify high risk cases and ensure that these are appropriately directed to responsible individuals and seek legal advice together with the
    • Disciplinary Committee where appropriate;
    • • Support the ICPAR IFAC SMOs compliance program;
    • • Support the ICPAR bid for full IFAC membership;
    • • Develop and implement Practice assurance by working with selected companies/individuals to deliver the Practice Assurance assignment and ensure that results are followed up with appropriate action;
    • • Manage operational tasks in relation to quality assurance review process of ICPAR licensed members;
    • • Certify that ICPAR’s Quality Assurance Review is effective and operates in compliance with SMO 1 requirements;
    • • Provide ethics advice to the membership and deal with ethics enquiries as appropriate;
    • • Support development of the quality assurance function to effect improvements which enhance the development of the profession. Ensure that development in malpractice and new qualifications fit with the regulatory framework;
    • • Prepare and develop the Departmental Annual budget; monitor the budget on a monthly basis identifying over and under spend, seeking efficiencies where possible and communicating it to the team;
    • • Identify a feasible risk management approach and identify potential risks to the professional standards function and incorporate them into the risk register of the institute;
    • • Support member firms and practitioners to implement Audit and Quality Assurance (AQA) action plans;
    • • Act as the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for the Institute;
    • • Ensure that the Institute AML/CFT Program is operational and effective;
    • • Perform any other assigned duty.

    2.3 Personal qualifications

    2.3.1 Qualification:

    • • A Professional Certification like CPA, ACCA or any other relevant qualification
    • and a member in good standing of a professional body recognized by IFAC (E);
    • • A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, accounting, economics or any other related
    • qualification with at least a minimum of five (5) years’ relevant experience (D);

    2.3.2 Experience:

    • Managerial experience of at least 5 years and above in an auditing firm or any
    other related organization (D);
    • Experience in audit quality assurance (E);
    • Experience in AML/CFT issues (D);

    2.3.3 Skills, Knowledge and attitudes:

    • • Positive attitude, flexibility, teamwork, attention to detail, high degree of initiative required;
    • • Assimilation of verbal and written data to draw logical conclusions;
    • • Ability to inspire and motivate prospective members;
    • • Excellent writing and speaking ability in both English and French;
    • • Strong interpersonal and Communication skills;
    • • Accuracy; timeliness and strong organizational skills;
    • • Knowledge of the CPD Policy;
    • • Knowledge of SMO’s (Statement of Member Obligations);
    • • Ethical and Integrity;
    • • Time management and Negotiation skills.

    2.4 Working Relationship:

    • • Key member of Professional development services department (PDS)
    • • Reports to the Director - Professional Development Services.
    • • Regular communications with all stakeholders.

    2.5 Benefits

    • Competitive salary
    • Our relentless commitment to personal development and career growth
    • Working with the best people to build a strong, relevant and sustainable
    accountancy profession that is at the heart of national development

    3. BRAND AND COMMUNICATION MANAGER

    3.1 Job Purpose:

    The Brand and Communication manager is a key person in the Strategy and
    Institutional Sustainability department (SIS), reporting to the Director SIS and is a
    member of the management team of the department. The overall work of the Brand
    and Communication Function at ICPAR is to act as the link between the Public and
    the whole Institution at the same time ensuring good internal and external
    communication. This includes nurturing a strong Institution network, increasing
    awareness and developing an enviable institutional image by developing and
    executing effective communication and media relations programs.

    To succeed in the role, the incumbent requires excellent networking skills to build and
    sustain a good image of ICPAR through planned publicity campaigns and PR activities.

    3.2 Key Responsibilities:

    • • Design and implement the brand and communication strategy in line with the Institute’s mandate;
    • • Initiate and maintain relationships with various public and private media;
    • • Regularly gather data and process it to produce information which is updated
    • on the ICPAR website, social media platforms and other publications;
    • • Prepare and implement an annual media plan;
    • • Organize all ICPAR events and outreach activities including seminars, press conferences, interviews etc.
    • • Maintain and update information on the Institute website;
    • • Write regular relevant articles to be published in newspapers and ICPAR website, and other publications;
    • • Write and edit in-house magazine, case studies, speeches, articles and annual reports;
    • • Prepare and supervise the production of publicity brochures, handouts, promotional videos, photographs, films and multimedia programs;
    • • Manage ICPAR quarterly Journal/ bulletin;
    • • Coordinate media coverage;
    • • Communicate with colleagues and key spokespeople;
    • • Create, manage and update social media accounts;
    • • Liaise and respond to queries from media, individuals and other organizations in various platforms;
    • • Manage the public relations aspect of a potential crisis situation;
    • • Sourcing and managing speaking and sponsorship opportunities;
    • • Commission market research;
    • • Foster community relations through events such as open days, talk shows, public lectures and through involvement in community relations;
    • • Provide support to other departments;
    • • Perform any other assigned duty.

    3.3 Person Specifications

    3.3.1 Qualification:

    • a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Media and communication, marketing or Public Relations from a reputable university with at least five years of managerial experience;(E)

    • A Master’s degree in the aforementioned fields will be an added advantage with at least three years of experience;(D)

    3.3.2 Experience:

    • • We are seeking an exceptional professional with 5 years plus of work experience in a recognized organization;(E)
    • • The person would have worked as a marketing manager, communications manager, Brand manager, public relations manager or any other related position;(E)
    • • Proven experience of assembling of engaging communicating materials, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative information to produce analytical reports; (E)
    • • Social Media Content Management: At least two years of creating and managing social media content;(D)
    • • Highly skilled in writing and editing content ;(E)

    3.3.3 Knowledge, Skills and attitudes

    • • Excellent Communication, interpersonal and writing skills;
    • • Creativity, imagination and initiative skills;
    • • Good team work, analytical and problem-solving skills;
    • • Business awareness and good knowledge of current affairs;
    • • Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to multi task;
    • • The ability to cope up with pressure;
    • • High level of Communication and Negotiating skills;
    • • Having a broad knowledge and relations of current media functionalities;
    • • Ability to recognize and appreciate the confidential nature of work;
    • • Evidence of commitment to strategy and sustainability services.

    3.3.4 Attitudes:

    • • We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders;
    • • Flexibility: You should be comfortable with ambiguity and quickly learning new skills and subjects;
    • • Growth: Potential to move into a leadership position within six to twelve months, based on performance;
    • • Other Skills: Quantitative and qualitative analytical skills; expert Microsoft Office (especially very strong PowerPoint and Excel skills). Knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat would be an added plus;
    • • Language: Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda required; French is a bonus.
    • • Passion: Passionate and innovative about bringing new ideas to life;
    • • Quick decision maker, dependable and good at adapting to change;
    • • Excellent Report Writing Skills and
    • • A good Strategic thinker.

    3.4 Working Relationship:

    • • Key member of Strategy and sustainability Department (SIS)
    • • Reports to the Director of Strategy and sustainability Department.
    • • Regular communications with Internal and external stakeholders.
    • • Support to other departments.

    3.5 Benefits

    • • Competitive salary
    • • Our relentless commitment to personal development and career growth
    • • Working with the best people to build a strong, relevant and sustainable accountancy profession that is at the heart of national development

    4. PRINCIPAL EXAMINER (1)

    4.1 Job Purpose

    The principal examination officer is a key person in the Education Development
    Service Department and will facilitate ICPAR examination unit to achieve its critical
    goal of ensuring high quality examinations for Certified Accounting Technician,
    Certified Public Accountant qualifications and other qualifications.

    4.2 Key Responsibilities

    The following are key roles of principal examiners at the Institute:

    • • Plan, identify and ensure sufficient examination logistics are in place before any examination sitting;
    • • Set examination centers’ standards to the level acceptable by ICPAR and International Education Standards board and ensure that the available examination centers are adequate to accommodate CAT and CPA examinations;
    • • Establish an environment that ensures proper and efficient security and storage of examinations;
    • • Plan and expedite examination setting, moderation, marking and release of results for ICPAR Qualifications;
    • • Liaise with universities, TVETs and other Higher Learning institutions to promote ICPAR Qualifications;
    • • With support from examination team, actively participate and lead increased enrollment of students;
    • • Identify any need of updating the curricula and its associated learning materials;
    • • Actively Participate in the development and review of Curricula and learning materials of ICPAR qualifications;
    • • Participate in the accreditation process of tuition providers, Universities and TVET colleges and ensure relevant support is provided to enhance the quality of tuition;
    • • Set exams in line with ICPAR approved syllabus and ensure the compliance of International Educational Standards (IESs) and other relevant standards that govern professional examinations;
    • • Work and liaise with Tuition providers and sponsors and reconcile their student numbers;
    • • Conduct Tracer and employer satisfactory surveys to ensure relevance of ICPAR qualifications;
    • • Keep and update of database of examiners, markers, moderators;
    • • Work closely with the line manager to develop a highly competent examination team that strive to achieve departmental and Institute’s mandates;
    • • Perform any other duty as may be assigned to you from time to time.

    4.3 Personal specifications

    • • Professional certificate like CPA, ACCA or any other equivalent qualification recognized by IFAC with substantial relevant experience in relatively similar work (E)
    • • Bachelor’s degree in any of Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or
    • education or any other related academic qualifications. (D)
    • • Active Membership to any professional accountancy organization (D)
    • • At least a minimum of two years’ experience as a tutor in setting and marking of examinations, curricula and learning materials review or in training of professional examinations. (E);
    • • Experience working with and advanced knowledge of the accountancy profession in Rwanda or professional accountancy organizations’ (PAOs) setting ;(E)
    • • Demonstrates high level of literacy, numeracy and analytical skills; ;(E)
    • • Knowledge of administrative processes and ability to create procedures that improve and support delivery of examinations. ;(E)
    • • Knowledge in students’ management processes (D)
    • • Experience working and using student and examination management system/software; ;(E)

    5. SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

    5.1 Job purpose

    The systems administrator role maintains, manages and administers ICPAR’s database management systems, operating systems and security policies and procedures to ensure optimal database and system integrity, security, backup, reliability and performance.

    5.2 Key responsibilities

    • • Maintains the database, networks and systems processes to ensure operational management and implementation of the ICT Blueprint and policy framework.
    • • Monitors ICPAR database architecture, data structures, tables, dictionaries and naming conventions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all data master files.
    • • Ensures that the design of computer sites allows all ICT Blueprint and policy framework components to fit together and work properly, and monitoring and adjusting the performance of networks.
    • • Surveys the current computer site to determine future network needs and making recommendations for enhancements in the implementation of future servers and networks.
    • • Performs the operational establishment and preventive maintenance of backups, recovery procedures, and enforcing security and integrity controls.
    • • Tests database systems and upgrades, such as debugging, tracking, reproduction, logging and resolving all identified problems, according to approved quality testing scripts for system security and disaster recovery planning.
    • • Liaise with security vendors, suppliers and service providers to monitor and ensure installation, software security applications meet the contractual obligations, performance delivery and service level agreements.
    • • Develop and implement project plans, risk assessments and contingency plans for the all ICPAR servers
    • • Performs troubleshooting exercises and provides service support in diagnosing, resolving and repairing server-related hardware and software malfunctions.
    • • Prepares and maintains documentation, policies and instructions, and recording and detailing operational procedures and system logs.

    5.3 Personal specifications

    5.3.1. Education and Experience

    • • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Communication Technology, Information Systems, Business Administration specializing in ICT, Software Engineering, IT Project Management and other equivalent related qualification (E))
    • • Professional Certificates such as Cisco (CCNA, CCNA Security), MCSA/MCSE, RedHat Certificate, OCP, CISSP, PMP, CISM etc. (D)
    • • 5 years’ work experience in a similar role (E)

    5.3.2. Knowledge and Skills

    • • Knowledge of ICT infrastructures and architecture designs demonstrated ability to work in complex ICT environments.
    • • Knowledge of ICT Architecture frameworks, methodologies and systems design tools.
    • • Basic knowledge and ability to work with programming languages such as JAVA and PHP.
    • • Knowledge of how to develop user interfaces, business software components and embedded software components;
    • • Ability to specify and apply appropriate software and / or hardware architectures.
    • • Demonstrated experience in the establishment and management of data centers and the transition from one system ensuring the integrity, security and accuracy of migrated data;
    • • Demonstrated ability to ensure that appropriate action is taken to anticipate, investigate and resolve problems in systems and services.
    • • Proven ‘hands on’ experience in managing and upgrading ICT network operations and infrastructure to ensure maximum accessibility and compliance with customer standards;
    • • Proven experience working with interactive and online systems environment;

    5.3.3. Attitudes

    • • Demonstrates creativity, innovation and ethical thinking in applying solutions for the benefit of the users, customers/stakeholders.
    • • Is self-initiated and can work under broad direction.
    • • Ability to anticipate, identify and define problems. Seeks root causes and develops and implements practical and timely solutions.
    • • Think out of the box and identify appropriate solutions within available resources.
    • • Works well in a team environment and exhibit flexibility when addressing daily shifting work priorities.
    • • Good analytical and report writing skills with high level of attention to detail.
    • • Establishes and maintains effective business partnerships at all levels.
    • • Uses best practices to develop solutions and respond to customer needs.
    • • Good written and oral communication skills.

    6. ACCOUNTANT (1)

    6.1 Job Purpose:

    The accountant is a key person in the finance unit and he/she will be reporting to the
    Finance Manager. The role of the accountant is to prepare financial statements,
    accounts, budgets, processing invoices and preparing TAX Returns.

    6.2 . Key responsibilities

    • • i. To ensure transparent financial management of the Institute’s funds.
    • • ii. Establish sales invoices to clients,
    • • iii. Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual Institute’s tax returns.
    • • iv. Prepare payments and purchase orders as per approved financial
    • transactions,
    • • v. Prepare payment vouchers appropriately in accordance with existing
    • financial manuals.
    • • VI. Make daily financial transactions entries into the accounting system.
    • • vii. Ensure accuracy and completeness of all accounting documents and verify their compliance with the procedure manual and other procurement regulations before payment,
    • • viii. Ensure correct and properly filling of accounting documents.
    • • ix. Examining bank statements and reconciling them with general ledger entries.
    • • x. Reconciliation of incoming payments and outgoing payments with corresponding invoices,
    • • xi. Keep petty cash on best management practices as per the policy and prepare periodical petty cash report.
    • • Xii. Ensure that institute’s cheque books are kept all times safe.
    • • xiii. Any other task assigned by authority.

    6.3 Qualification and Requirements

    • • Must hold a Bachelors’ Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or any related field (D)
    • • Possess a CPA qualification (E)
    • • At least 3 years of experience as Accountant in a recognized institution with a big volume of transactions.(E)
    • • Knowledge and experience in using an accounting software (E)
    • • Must have very good knowledge of English (both written and spoken) and Kinyarwanda.(D)
    • • Must be very comfortable in using computer applications particularly word processing, excel;(E)
    • • Experience in explaining variances and dealing with any queries (D)
    • • Proven experience of being proactive by identifying areas of concern or areas for improvement (D)
    • • Should be a good team player; (E)
    • • Other important skills required include: Good Communication skills, being able to manage pressure, very good reporting skills.(D)

    7. HOW TO APPLY

    Interested candidates should send their applications together with their CVs, giving
    full details of their age, qualifications, experience, present and expected
    remuneration, full contact details including day time telephone number, to:
    recruitment@icparwanda.com by Tuesday ,18th July 2023.

    Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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