REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Statistics Department (ECST)

Avenue Joseph Anoma

01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan 01

Côte d’Ivoire

Email : F.Deme@afdb.org; S.TABO@AFDB.ORG; R.MPOFU@AFDB.ORG

1. The African Development Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment : Consultancy Services for Financial Management ;

2. The services to be provided under the assignment relate to the provision of financial management and accounting expertise to the Statistics Department (ECST) of the AfDB with special emphasis on the finalisation or closure of expenditure justifications where applicable and submission of outstanding audit reports for SCB4. For more details please refer to the Terms of Reference annexed below ;

2. The Statistics Department invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (documents, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.) ;

3. The eligibility criteria and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Procurement Policy for Recruitment of Corporate Consultants. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist ;

4. The estimated duration of services is 4 Months and the estimated starting date is 15^th October 2021 and will be based at the Bank’s Headquarters in Abidjan ;

5. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: Between 8:00 and 17:00 hours local time ;

6. Expressions of interest must be received at the address below no later than 27^th September 2021 at 17:00 hours local time and specifically mentioning :Consultancy services for Financial Management. 

Statistics Department (ECST) Avenue Joseph Anoma 

01 B.P. 1387 Abidjan 01 Côte d’Ivoire

Attention: Ms Fatema DEME (F.Deme@afdb.org) with copies to (S.TABO@AFDB.ORG) and Mr. Rees Mpofu (R.MPOFU@AFDB.ORG)

EVALUATION CRITERIA :

7. The following criteria with the corresponding weights shall be considered in the selection of the candidate

Terms of Reference for a Financial Management Consultant

Statistical Capacity Building Program

1. Background :

The African Development Bank (AfDB) through the Statistics Department (ECST) manages the Statistical Capacity Building Program (SCB) as a vehicle for extending technical and financial assistance to the Regional Member Countries (RMCs) in the development of Statistics in the continent. Through the SCB activities, AfDB has attained high recognition among partners and RMCs as a leading institution and partner of choice for statistical development in Africa. Over the implementation phase extended to all 54 RMCs, the availability and quality of data across various domains of Statistics has tremendously improved across the continent.

The SCB-4 closed in December 2020 and focus shifted at ensuring all expenditure justifications and audit reports are submitted to the Bank timely.

The Statistics department therefore requires the services of a financial management consultant to comprehensively deal with the closure process.

2. Objectives :

To wind off all outstanding SCB-4 expenditure justifications and mobilization of all outstanding audit reports as part of a successful closure or audit compliance. The process will also entail assisting specific Executing Agencies (EAs) reimburse Bank funds where applicable.

3. Activities :

Working under the direct supervision of the Manager, Statistical Capacity Building Division (ECST-2) the consultant will provide financial management and accounting expertise in mobilizing outstanding expenditure justifications and submission of the remaining audit reports by specific (EAs). As the implementation arrangements for SCB-5 are totally different from SCB-4 it is necessary that all outstanding expenditure justifications and audit reports for SCB-4 are accounted for successfully in line with Bank by year end.

Specifically, the Finance Management Consultant is expected to undertake the following specific activities,

a) Finance :

• Special focus on outstanding expenditure justifications across relevant EAs ensuring expenditure justification completeness for SCB4 or the expenditure justification rate is hundred percent ;
• Assist relevant EAs finalize their audit reports and submit the same to the Bank ensuring successful closure and audit compliance ;
• Work closely with the Financial Control Department in ensuring completeness and closure of outstanding expenditure justifications as submitted by all the relevant EAs ;
• Mobilize outstanding audit reports from the relevant EAs and facilitate the validation of the same by the Bank as part of closure including the payment of auditors ;
• Prepare a comprehensive expenditure justification report across all SCB-4 EAs, the report will be evidence of successful closure, where applicable it should indicate clearly the status of any outstanding expenditure justifications and audit reports for follow up purposes.

Other Tasks : 

• The Director or the Division Manager may also call on the consultant to assist on other assignments/tasks as may be required.

4. Qualifications : 

• The incumbent should have expertise in financial organization and management, with special focus on projects related statistics ;
• A Master degree in finance or accounting ;
• A minimum of 6 years relevant experience with particular expertise with management of Trust Funds ;
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards, International Public Sector Accounting Standards and International Standards on Auditing ;
• Competence in the use of Bank standard software, and ability to help organize data and information retrieval systems; knowledge of SAP is desirable ;
• Excellent knowledge of the AfDB and other Multilateral Development Banks’ financial reporting systems ;
• Strong inter-personal skills and commitment to work in a team-oriented and multicultural environment ;
• Excellent ability to make presentations and participate in meetings of a financial nature ;
• Ability to write reports and complete tasks on a timely basis; and
• Excellent working knowledge of English or French with a good knowledge of the other one.

5. Duration of the Assignment : 

• The services of the incumbent will be retained for a period of four months.

6. Reporting : 

The consultant will be required to prepare and submit weekly, and monthly reports outlining activities undertaken during the assignment and a comprehensive consultancy Report at the end of the assignment.

Please attach an updated Curriculum Vita on the basis of the template below :

MODEL CURRICULUM VITAE – AFDB BAD PDF