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With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As the Finance and Support Services Director, you will provide overall leadership, oversight and management support for all aspects of financial management in Burundi. You will be seen as a strategic partner, member of the Senior Management/Leadership Team of the Field Office (FO), with a focus on ensuring accountability, stewardship, coordinating planning and budgeting processes, providing accurate financial data, analysis and advices, as well as developing financial strategy that best serves the National Office (NO) strategic and program objectives. You will be responsible for the finance staff capacity strengthening, the development and implementation of good internal controls, Enterprise risk management, and utilisation and safe guarding of assets according to World Vision approved policies and procedures.

Requirements include:

  • Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or a related field MBA in Finance, MSC in Finance/Accounting/Auditing preferred
  • Professional qualifications ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent required
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience in finance position with large to medium sized NGO or development agency
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience in finance & Support services management role(s)
  • Solid knowledge of accounting principles, financial systems, budget/cash flow monitoring and internal accounting controls.
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English, French is an added advantage
  • Ability and willingness to travel 10% in country

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online by the application deadline of 11 DEC 2024.

World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.

For more information on World Vision International, please visit wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.

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World Vision International is an Evangelical Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization.

It was founded in 1950 by Robert Pierce as a service organization to meet the emergency needs of missionaries. In 1975 development work was added to World Vision's objectives.

It is active in more than 90 countries with a total revenue including grants, product and foreign donations of $2.79 billion (2011).

The World Vision Partnership is a global community of people passionately committed to improving the lives and futures of the world’s most vulnerable children.

We are one the world’s largest child focused development organisations, with over 45,000 staff in almost 100 countries, serving 100 million people annually. We work on every level to achieve our goal of child well-being – from international activism to checking in on children face-to-face.

Our people are our greatest asset. Each staff has unique experience and skills - and it’s our job to provide them with the training and opportunities they need to make their greatest contribution to our work worldwide.

According to our latest staff survey, over 80% of staff who responded are excited about the future, ready to put in extra effort, proud to work for World Vision and ready to recommend us to others as a great employer.

We offer a wide range of rewarding career opportunities, from tackling humanitarian emergencies, working in development and advocacy, to performing vital support roles such as finance, IT, marketing and human resources.

World Vision has the privilege to partner with communities in 25 countries in Africa: Angola, Burundi, Chad, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

World Vision aims to achieve the sustained well-being of children within families and communities, especially the most vulnerable by ensuring that children:

  • Enjoy good health
  • Are educated for life
  • Experience love of God and their neighbour
  • Are cared for, protected and participate
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0 USD Bujumbura CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week World Vision International

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As the Finance and Support Services Director, you will provide overall leadership, oversight and management support for all aspects of financial management in Burundi. You will be seen as a strategic partner, member of the Senior Management/Leadership Team of the Field Office (FO), with a focus on ensuring accountability, stewardship, coordinating planning and budgeting processes, providing accurate financial data, analysis and advices, as well as developing financial strategy that best serves the National Office (NO) strategic and program objectives. You will be responsible for the finance staff capacity strengthening, the development and implementation of good internal controls, Enterprise risk management, and utilisation and safe guarding of assets according to World Vision approved policies and procedures.

Requirements include:

  • Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or a related field MBA in Finance, MSC in Finance/Accounting/Auditing preferred
  • Professional qualifications ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent required
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience in finance position with large to medium sized NGO or development agency
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience in finance & Support services management role(s)
  • Solid knowledge of accounting principles, financial systems, budget/cash flow monitoring and internal accounting controls.
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English, French is an added advantage
  • Ability and willingness to travel 10% in country

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online by the application deadline of 11 DEC 2024.

World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.

For more information on World Vision International, please visit wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.

2024-12-12

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