Accounting & Payments Coordinator (Fixed-Term)

About the role

The Accounting & Payments Coordinator supports One Acre Fund DRC's operations by ensuring timely, accurate and properly authorised payments, complete expense documentation and reliable financial records across all programme sites. The position is based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on a one-year fixed-term contract, and is open only to citizens or permanent residents of the DRC.

Key responsibilities

• Review payment requests for completeness, accuracy, supporting documents and approvals, then choose the payment method (bank transfer, cheque, cash or approved mobile money) and prepare payment instructions.
• Monitor payments through to confirmation, investigate failed or delayed transactions and keep requesting departments informed of status and delays.
• Support procurement in assessing supplier payment arrangements and follow up on outstanding invoices and billing discrepancies.
• Maintain a tracker of staff and supplier advances, collect and review reconciliations and expense reports, and escalate overdue items to the manager.
• Act as custodian of the Kinshasa office cashbox, record transactions daily and balance cash, while promoting electronic payments.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of country bank and cash accounts and weekly mobile money collection reconciliations, and maintain accounting trackers such as the lease repository and fixed asset register.
• Provide documentation to the Global Accounting team and respond to accounting queries.

Required profile

• Citizen or permanent resident of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• SYCEB knowledge and application.
• Process implementation and improvement, attention to detail and financial control judgment.
• Stakeholder coordination.

Required skills

• Excel / Google Sheets proficiency.

What we offer

• Weekly check-ins with the manager, mentorship and training programmes, and career reviews every six months.
• Health insurance and paid time off.