Finance, Grants and Compliance Manager - Faith and Community Initiative (FCI)

Job Title

Country Finance Manager - FCI Tanzania

Company/Organisation Name

World Vision

Location

Tanzania

Job Description and Responsibilities

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Major Responsibilities

• Lead preparation, management, and periodic revision of the FCI Tanzania country budget.
• Prepare and maintain phased budgets, annual spending plans, monthly cash-flow forecasts, pipeline analyses, and budget-versus-actual reports.
• Establish financial mechanisms to monitor the FCI 80/20 efficiency commitment.
• Develop practical cost-efficiency analyses, including cost per hub and spoke, cost per frontline health worker supported, cost per facility/community platform, partner management costs, unit costs for major interventions, management and administrative cost ratios.
• Review expenditures, general-ledger coding, journal entries, reconciliations, advances, partner liquidations, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, annual, and donor financial reports.
• Manage country cash flow and funds requests while avoiding unnecessary accumulation of cash or interruption of programme implementation.
• Manage financial flows to consortium and local implementing partners, ensuring timely disbursement, utilization, reconciliation, and accountability.
• Ensure adequate financial arrangements are established for field implementation.
• Lead financial close-out planning from the outset of the programme.

Compliance, Risk, and Audit

• Apply applicable U.S. Government/GHSD award requirements, including relevant provisions of 2 CFR 200, award terms and conditions, World Vision policies, Tanzanian laws, and statutory requirements.
• Establish and maintain strong internal controls across WVT and partner implementation.
• Maintain and regularly review the country finance and compliance risk register.
• Support internal, donor, external, and statutory audits.
• Ensure staff and partners understand World Vision requirements related to ethical financial management, fraud prevention, anti-corruption, conflict of interest, whistleblowing, safeguarding-related financial controls, and reporting suspected misuse of resources.

Sub-Grant Management and Partner Capacity

• Coordinate the country-level sub-grant management process.
• Assess, strengthen, and document internal control frameworks across WVT and participating partners.
• Review partner budgets, advance requests, liquidation reports, invoices, financial reports, procurement files, payroll support, and other supporting documentation.
• Provide hands-on coaching and technical assistance to partners on budgeting, financial reporting, internal controls, procurement documentation, payroll support, donor compliance, document retention, and audit readiness.

Financial Performance, Cost Efficiency and Sustainability

• Lead routine financial performance and efficiency analysis.
• Establish and maintain mechanisms to monitor the FCI 80/20 efficiency commitment.
• Develop and periodically update cost-efficiency and value-for-money analyses.
• Provide financial modelling and analysis to support government, CHA/FBO, and local partner ownership and domestic financing.

Localization and Partner Financial Capacity Strengthening

• Assess the financial management, grants compliance, internal controls, and documentation capacity of CHAs, FBOs, and other local implementing partners.
• Develop practical partner-capacity strengthening plans, tools, checklists, and templates.
• Track progress against partner-capacity strengthening milestones.

Coordination, Systems, and Grant Operations

• Coordinate with the Country Project Director, procurement, People and Culture/HR, operations, MEL, technical teams, and Global Finance and Compliance teams.
• Use World Vision financial systems, accounting software, shared drives, grant files, and reporting tools.
• Provide finance and compliance inputs for work plans, budget revisions, donor reports, partner performance reviews, management meetings, sustainability planning, and grant closeout.

Knowledge/Qualifications for the Role

• Minimum 6–8 years of progressive experience in financial management, grants compliance, and subaward oversight for donor-funded programs, preferably including U.S. Government funding.
• Demonstrated practical knowledge of 2 CFR 200 award terms and conditions, cost allowability, procurement documentation, internal controls, subrecipient monitoring, audit readiness, and other relevant regulations.
• Proven ability to manage complex budgets, financial forecasts, and financial reports.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends, issues, and opportunities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, with advanced skills in Excel.
• Familiarity with accounting software and financial systems.
• Fluency in English and Swahili, with the ability to read, write, and speak both languages proficiently.
• Willingness to travel to remote and hard-to-reach locations as required.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online at https://careers.wvi.org/job-tanzania/country-finance-manager-fci-tanzania/1162850001/

Salary

Not specified

Deadline / Closing Date

Not specified

Job ID / Reference Number

1162850001

Contract Type / Level

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)