Vacancy title:
Financial Controller

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
Enabel

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, July 3 2025

Duty Station:
Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 19 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Function

Reporting to the Responsible Administration and Finance, the Financial Controller is responsible for ensuring the quality of financial information to allow decision-making and contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness with which operations are conducted, which must lead to the achievement of the objectives of the Projects. 

Responsibilities

• • Follow-up of treasury operations in order to ensure that suppliers/ beneficiaries are paid correctly and in due time. 

• • Ensure verification and support for the preparation of budgetary planning and monitoring in order to allow for qualitative budget management. 
  • Control the reporting on Grant Agreements in order to ensure expenditure is in compliance with the Grant Agreements. 

• • Analyse fiduciary risks, and follow up on the internal controls and audit action plans in order to put the risks in the spotlight and minimize the impact. 

• • Overall management of audits and implementation of audit recommendations.  

• • Lead, inspire, and mentor a diverse team of Accountants; empower them to achieve their full potential while ensuring adherence to systems and performance expectations. 

• • Build capacity development of partner entities in order to contribute to the improvement of their organization, processes and systems, and of their staff’s competencies. 

Profile, Required Qualifications, and Experience 

• • Tanzanian National  

• • Master’s degree in finance and accounting, Business Administration, Financial Management, Economics, Grants Management or any other related Financial Management Courses. 

• • Must be a Qualified Accountant with any one of the professional accounting certifications e.g. CPA, ACCA, 

• • A minimum of 5 years experience in Financial Management in a reputable organisation or in a Development Entity.

• • A minimum of 3 years of work experience in Grants Management and donor funds. 

• • At least 2 years of managing a team 

Required skills and knowledge

• • Broad and in-depth understanding of the various aspects of international cooperation (context, challenges, strengths, partners, functioning, etc.). 

• • Knowledge in Financial Management policies and procedures, budget management and financial analysis. 

• • Knowledgeable about the management of grants, donor funds and capacity building of grantees. 

• • Familiar with using an ERP – financial management tool. 

• • Knowledge of Public Financing regulations, taxation and Public Procurement Regulations.

• • Good knowledge of standard ICT applications (Excel, Word, PPT etc).

• • Knowledgeable in audit preparation and execution of audit feedback.

• • Skilled at solving problems and you adopt a solution- and results-oriented approach.

• • Exhibit leadership skills in managing teams. 

• • Respect and can build relations on the basis of credibility and expertise. 

• • Show engagement, a sense of responsibility and integrity. 

• • Flexible and can work in a changing environment. 

• • Experience in Leadership and People Management 

• • Experience in working with Government officials, the private sector, Community service organisations and workers’ organisations is an added advantage a

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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