1. FINCON Services Inc. is part of an international consortium bidding on the Financial
Management Consultancy to Support the Treasury Operations of the Ministry of Finance,
Afghanistan.
Interested applicants and organizations are advised to send in their CV to hr@fincon-
services.com by November 24th 2011.
FINCON is recruiting for the following international positions, as well as thirty local treasury
advisors.
Sl Position Job Description Minimum Qualification
1 Public Sector Financial a. Co-ordinate activities of the in- a. Professional qualification in
Manager/Team Leader country team; financial management/ public
b. Chief liaison with Treasury and line sector financial management;
ministries regarding activities to be b. At least fifteen years of
undertaken under the assignment; post-qualification experience
c. Co-ordinate all activities and directly relevant to financial
information/feedback with Client: (i) management;
standards and timetable for the c. Experience of having led
preparation of annual work programs; public sector finance team in
(ii) review of work programs; (iii) developing or developed
format and schedule of project countries.
reporting; etc.;
d. Report (monthly, quarterly etc.) and
other outputs produced by the team for
the Client;
e. Advise on preparing and
implementing Treasury Development
Strategy
f. Review financial control framework,
develop and implement financial
regulations consistent with the PEFM
Law.
2 Accounting and a. Develop accounting and periodic a. Qualifications in financial
Reporting Advisor financial reporting arrangements management/accounting.
meeting requirements of the b. Minimum five years
government and donors. experience transaction
b. Provide on the job training for processing.
counterpart local staff and other c. Experience with GFS
measures as per capacity building plan. reporting standards and budget
management requirements.
3 Financial Controls and a. Ensure comprehensive financial a. Qualifications in financial
Regulations Advisor regulations and procedures framework management.
with adequate financial controls in the b. Minimum 10 years
Treasury, provincial Mustofiats and experience in public sector
budgetary units consistent with the cash management.
PFEML and financial management c. Minimum 3 years
reform policy of the MoF. experience in developing
b. Provide on the job training for countries.
counterpart local staff and other
measures as per capacity building plan.
4 Cash a. Develop cash management a. Qualifications in financial
Management/Transaction functions in the Treasury. management.
Processing b. Enhance transactions processing b. Minimum 10 years

2. Sl Position Job Description Minimum Qualification
Specialist/Payroll Roll function within the treasury, streaming experience in public sector
Out c. Implement of verified payroll plan. cash management.
d. Provide on the job training for c. Minimum 3 years
counterpart local staff and other experience in developing
measures as per capacity building plan. countries.
5 IT Specialist, AFMIS a. Responsible for overall operation, a. Computer science degree or
Operation maintenance and enhancement of the similar professional
AFMIS. qualification.
b. Provide on the job training for b. At least 10 years experience
counterpart local staff and other of IT operations in treasury /
measures as per capacity building plan finance systems.
c. Minimum 3 years
experience in developing
countries.
6 Training/Capacity a. Develop overall training needs a. Qualifications in financial
building Advisor assessment and capacity building plan management/accounting.
as well as the implementation b. At least 15 years experience
arrangements. of financial management and
b. Provide on the job training for accounting.
counterpart local staff and other c. Minimum 5 years
measures as per capacity building plan experience in developing
countries.
7 Application/ Functional a. Organize functional upgrade of the a. Qualifications in financial
Specialist and Trainer systems. management.
b. Organize rollout of systems to pilot b. Minimum of 10 years of
line ministries and provincial financial management
Mustofiats. experience.
c. Ensure adequate documentation of c. Minimum 5 years
re-engineering business processes, user experience in project
guides, manuals for the users, and management/ treasury systems
partners in continued systems rollout in implementation.
other ministries and Mustofiats d. Minimum 3 years
experience in developing
countries.
8 IT and Communications a. Ensure adequate overall operation, a. Computer science degree or
Specialist/Trainer maintenance and enhancement of the similar professional
AFMIS, including the adequate access qualification.
of remote users in the center and b. At least 10 years experience
provinces. of IT operations in treasury/
b. Provide on the job training for finance systems.
counterpart local staff and other c. Minimum 3 years
measures as per capacity building plan experience in developing
countries.
9 IT Specialist/ Systems a. Enhance AFMIS to ensure the a. Computer science degree or
Development functionality of Revenue, Purchasing, similar professional
and Asset modules introduced and qualification.
payments processed using electronic b. At least 10 years experience
funds transfer facilities of IT operations in treasury /
finance systems.
c. Minimum 3 years
experience in developing
countries.

3. Sl Position Job Description Minimum Qualification
10 IT Specialist/ Systems a. Assist MoF acquiring Payroll, a. Computer science degree or
Development Budget preparation, and Debt similar professional
management systems and full qualification.
integration of these systems with b. At least 10 years experience
the rest of AFMIS application of IT operations in treasury
/ finance systems.
c. Minimum 3 years
experience in developing
countries.
11 Local Treasury Advisors Assist international experts in their Finance, accounting/auditing,
(must be Afghanistan duties economics, IT, or related
nationals) discipline, and equivalent work
introducing and training gov staff on: experience
-new accounting and financial Experience with enterprise
reporting requirements resource planning systems
-financial regulations and controls
-payroll / cash management Experience with accounting
-IT operations and finance systems of the
Government of Afghanistan is
translating documents and developing a major asset
user guides
4+ years of work experience
advise and train government
counterparts