Website: https://www.wvi.org

Paid Internship Opportunity

 GRANTS FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS AT WORLD VISION RWANDA

World Vision is a child-focused Christian humanitarian organization implementing development programmes in 30 Districts of Rwanda. Our interventions in the strategic period of 2021-2025 seek to reach 2 million of the most vulnerable children. This is done through programming in Resilience and Livelihoods, WASH and Health, Child Protection and Education.

The intern’s role is to facilitate timely financial disbursements, financial reporting, financial filing, and asset register updates. The intern receives guidance on the required financial policies and procedures for carrying out these tasks.

The program aims to provide fresh graduates an opportunity to gain experience in the technical operations of a nonprofit organization. This internship will involve challenging opportunities, real technical financial work, and interaction with staff who will help you to learn from in the finance field. It is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the finance field at a non-government international organization.

The interns will report to the Grants Finance analyst and Finance analyst in accounts.

Major Responsibilities

Facilitation of Financial disbursements

  • Support to delivery of required payment documents with signatories for approval and ensure that they are all approved and returned to the respective accountants for filing

Facilitation of Audit

  • Support facilitation of audit exercises both internal and external by availing selected reviewed documents to the auditors.

Facilitation of Assets Management

  • Support to reconcile the SunSystems fixed assets with physical inventory
  • Support to undertake asset count and document changes in the asset register
  • Support to compile the asset register for review by the finance analyst.

Partner Management

  • Support to review partners’ accountability under the guidance of respective accountants.

Minute taking

  • Support in minute taking for the finance office meetings.

Perform simple analysis

  • Support simple analysis for the finance office.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Business Administration, finance, or accounting degree course
  • Graduated in the above-mentioned subject
  • Good computer skills
  • Experience in coordinating skills
  • Good analytical skills with attention to details
  • Customer service orientation

Preferred Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

  • Well organized, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to details
  • Strong computer skills especially working in Word and Excel
  • Forward-thinking and innovative, with an ability to research, analyze and evaluate data
  • Self-motivated and with the ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic team environment
  • Good skills in writing reports, meeting minutes taking

How to apply:

To apply for this role, all candidates are required to use our online application system. The applicant should submit their application with a motivation letter, an updated CV, certificates, a copy of their National ID, and references.

Please send all attachments combined into a single PDF file, which should not exceed 2MB, to our email address: wvrwanda-recruitment@wvi.org with Finance Intern in the subject line.

The deadline for submitting applications is October 20, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted.

We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, including women and individuals with disabilities, to apply for this opportunity.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

As a child-focused organization, World Vision is committed to the protection of children and does not employ staff, or interns whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.

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