Governance for Development Program
National Accounting Adviser
Under the Governance for Development (GfD) program, Cardno Emerging Markets is seeking a qualified and experienced National Accounting Adviser to support the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (UPMA) of the Office of the Prime Minister.
GfD supports the Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) to improve policy and practice regarding financial management, other systems impacting on service delivery, and economic policy making.
Government Decree Law 22/2015 established UPMA and outlines reforms that GoTL plans to implement to establish a modern budgetary governance system. A detailed ten-year Budgetary Governance Roadmap was approved in March 2017.
UPMA and MoF have been working together to develop an integrated budgeting tool, which incorporates planning, procurement, costing, and M&E components and is designed to reduce workloads associated with the new program budgeting structures in the state budget.
The National Accounting Adviser will provide specialised accounting support and advice to UPMA, MoF, Line Ministries and Autonomous Agencies on planning and costing annual budget proposals with the use of the budgeting tool.
This is a locally engaged adviser position and will be based in Dili. Applicants should have a degree in Accounting, Finance or related field and relevant professional experience such as in government budgeting and accounting processes, financial management information systems, monitoring and evaluation, etc. Applicants are requested to read the Terms of Reference, review the Selection Criteria and follow the instructions on how to apply. For further information about the position, please click on the link:
- Link: http://www.cardno.com/en-au/Careers/Pages/National-Accounting-Adviser-%E2%80%93-Planning,-Monitoring-and-Evaluation-Unit-(UPMA).aspx
- or contact our recruitment team at [email protected]
Applications close on 10 August 2017, 23:55hrs Dili time.
Cardno is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cardno encourages women to apply. Cardno recognizes the moral and legal responsibility to provide an equal opportunity workplace by ensuring that all recruitment and selection decisions are based on the best qualified and experienced candidate who can perform the genuine inherent requirements of the position.
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