Programm Accountant

The Programme Accountant supports disciplined financial execution of the country programme by ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with donor and organisational requirements, and effective coordination of programme-level financial processes.

Working under the guidance of the Tanzania Programme Finance Manager, the role ensures that financial transactions, reconciliations, budget implementation tracking, and reporting inputs are accurate, timely, and audit-ready. The Programme Accountant plays a critical role in maintaining financial integrity across the Tanzania country programme operations, enabling informed decision-making and protecting donor confidence.

This role requires strong technical competence, attention to detail, sound professional judgement, and the ability to operate effectively within complex, multi-partner and donor-funded environments.

Duties & Key Responsibilities:

1. Financial Execution & Controls
   • Process and review country programme financial transactions to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with donor and organisational policies.
   • Maintain accurate accounting records for programme expenditures, commitments, accruals, and adjustments.
   • Perform monthly reconciliations of country programme accounts, ensuring timely resolution of discrepancies.
   • Support maintenance of clean, well-documented audit trails for all country programme financial activities.
   • Apply internal controls consistently to safeguard country programme resources and reduce financial risk.
2. Budget Monitoring and Performance Tracking
   • Support preparation and consolidation of programme budgets and forecasts under the guidance of the Tanzania Programme Finance Manager.
   • Monitor expenditure against approved budgets and flag variances, unusual trends, or potential overspends early.
   • Prepare structured variance analyses and financial summaries to support country programme decision-making.
   • Track burn rates and commitments to ensure spending aligns with delivery timelines and donor requirements.
3. Donor Compliance and Financial Reporting
   • Prepare accurate, timely financial reports in line with donor and organisational requirements.
   • Ensure donor cost rules, eligibility criteria, and budget classifications are applied correctly in transaction processing and reporting.
   • Support financial inputs into donor narrative reports, ensuring consistency between financial and country programmatic data.
   • Assist in preparation for donor financial audits, responding to queries and coordinating documentation as required.
4. Multi-programme country financial coordination
   • Coordinate with country finance teams to ensure timely submission of financial reports, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
   • Review country-level financial data for completeness and consistency before consolidation.
   • Support alignment of financial calendars, exchange rate applications, and reporting formats across the country programme.
   • Escalate identified risks or inconsistencies to the Tanzania Programme Finance Manager in a timely and documented manner
5. Financial Process Improvement & Risk Awareness
   • Identify opportunities to improve financial workflows, reconciliation processes, or reporting clarity.
   • Suggest practical enhancements to budget tracking tools, templates, and documentation systems.
   • Apply sound professional judgement when addressing financial discrepancies, balancing compliance with operational realities.
   • Demonstrate adaptability in responding to funding shifts, donor amendments, or country programme adjustments while maintaining financial discipline.
6. People and Performance
   • Take ownership of individual performance objectives aligned to programme finance priorities, demonstrating accountability for accuracy, timeliness, and quality of financial outputs.
   • Contribute actively to a high-performing finance function by collaborating constructively with peers in the country programme, sharing knowledge and reinforcing consistent financial standards and controls.
   • Demonstrate reliability in meeting reporting deadlines, resolving reconciliation issues, and following through on corrective actions with minimal supervisory intervention.
   • Provide structured support and guidance to the Tanzania country finance focal points on routine financial reporting, documentation, and compliance requirements, strengthening confidence and consistency across the programme.
   • Model Amref’s values, safeguarding commitments, and ethical standards in all financial processes, contributing to a respectful, transparent, and accountable work environment.
7. Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration
   • Maintain effective working relationships with country programme teams to ensure alignment between budgets, financial reporting, and delivery timelines.
   • Communicate financial requirements, reporting expectations, and documentation standards clearly and professionally to non-finance stakeholders.
   • Support coordination during audits, donor reviews, and financial reporting cycles by ensuring timely and accurate information flow across stakeholders.
   • Build trust by delivering consistent, reliable financial data that enables confident decision-making at programme level.
8. Continuous Learning
   • Stay updated on donor financial regulations, accounting standards, and internal policies.
   • Seek feedback to strengthen technical accounting and analytical capability.
   • Contribute to knowledge sharing within the country programme finance function to promote consistency and efficiency.
   • Actively pursue professional development in accounting standards, donor compliance, and financial systems to strengthen individual contribution and long-term country programme capability.

Qualifications

1. Six (6) years of experience in Accounting or Finance with at least one (2) year of supervisory experience in social enterprise, international development, or mission-driven organisations;
2. Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
3. CPA, ACCA, CFA, CMI, CA or other internationally recognized professional qualification(s) required, with proven experience applying professional accounting standards in multi-partner, multi-country, donor-funded programme environments, including practical understanding of country-level financial operations and regulatory contexts;
4. Membership and good standing with professional accounting body;
5. Demonstrable project management skills, including budgeting, costing, planning, and attention to operational detail. PMP® or PRINCE® is an added advantage;
6. Demonstrable experience in managing financial operations across different regulatory, tax, and banking environments, demonstrating practical understanding of how country-level finance realities affect programme delivery.
7. Experience working with multiple currencies and fiscal calendars, and managed the associated risks and reconciliations;
8. Demonstrable experience managing finances for donor-funded programmes, including restricted funding, donor-specific cost rules, and financial reporting requirements; and
9. Practical experience or leading donor financial audits, responding to audit queries and implementing corrective actions where required; and a footprint in supporting, supervising, and strengtheningcountry-level finance teams, providing hands-on guidance, coaching, and oversight.
10. Fluent in oral and written English.

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies:

1. Applied planning and execution: Establishes an action plan for self and others to complete work efficiently and on time by setting priorities, establishing timelines, leveraging, and optimizing resources.Commits to a course of action to accomplish a goal after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints, and Amref values.
2. Ownership and accountability: Demonstrates initiative in identifying inefficiencies, compliance risks, and process gaps within day-to-day programme accounting. Proposes practical improvements and adapts quickly within evolving donor and programme environments. Applies transparency, confidentiality, and ethical standards in all financial processes.
3. Enabling change: Encourages self and others to implement better approaches to address problems and opportunities; leads the implementation and acceptance of change for self and team.  Supports country teams and implementing partners through budgets, reporting shifts, or regulatory updates by translating new requirements into clear, practical guidance. Maintains composure and clarity when programme conditions evolve, ensuring continuity in programme accounting.
4. Driving results: Takes personal accountability for accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of financial tasks, documentation, and reporting. Monitors assigned deadlines and follows through proactively to ensure milestones are met. Demonstrates persistence in resolving documentation gaps, report inconsistencies, or coordination bottlenecks.
5. Collaborative engagement: Builds effective working relationships with programme teams and country finance staff to ensure coordinated financial execution. Communicates clearly, professionally, and respectfully across functions. Escalates risks and issues appropriately while contributing to a culture of shared accountability.
6. Creating an inclusive environment: Makes decisions and initiates action to ensure that programme policies leverage the capabilities and insights of individuals with diverse backgrounds, cultures, styles, abilities, and motivation. Applies fairness, confidentiality, and transparency in documentation and reporting processes.
7. Proactive Learner: Actively seeks feedback and learning opportunities to strengthen technical knowledge of financial controls, donor regulation, and reporting. Applies new knowledge to improve accuracy, coordination, and compliance within assigned portfolio. Reflects on mistakes constructively and integrates lessons into future practice. Continuously strengthens technical accounting and donor compliance expertise.

Additional Information

If you meet the above qualifications and wish to apply, please submit a single document that includes both your application letter and CV. Be sure to state your current position, provide a daytime telephone number, and include the names and contact details of three referees. The interviews will be conducted at the Amref offices in Dar es Salaam. All applications must be received by 16:30 hours on April 02, 23, 2026

Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Although Amref may use different job boards from time to time to further spread its reach for applicants, all open vacancies are published on our website under the Vacancies page and on our official social media pages. Kindly also note that official emails from Amref Health Africa will arrive from an @amref.org address.

Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Amref Health Africa is is dedicated to diversity and is an equal-opportunity employer with a non-smoking environment policy.