Finance and Administration Manager at Abt Global Tanzania

Finance and Administration Manager at Abt Global Tanzania June 2025

The Opportunity
As
the Finance and Administrative Manager, you are responsible for the
primary oversight and in-country leadership of all financial reporting,
procurement, logistics, human resources, and administrative operations
throughout the life of the program. You will oversee financial
operations for the program and conduct continual reporting to ensure the
financial health of the program and the correct usage of funds. 

Core Responsibilities
Accounting and treasury management

• Maintain project bank accounts to include requesting to open new accounts, modify signatories, or close accounts as needed.
• Ensure controlled cash management of bank and mobile accounts as well as petty cash.
• Ensure
  timely completion of weekend, month-end, and year-end accounting
  closes, with appropriate supporting documentation for all accounting
  transactions uploaded to Abt’s accounting system.
• Ensure all expenses and supporting documents are compliant with Abt and United States Government (USG) policies and procedures.
• Prepare site funding request.
• Review and approve travel expense reports and ensure all advances are cleared within 30 days of travel per Abt policies.
• Ensure all government taxes are paid and filed timely in accordance with local law.
• Prepare and initiate site payroll by applying the appropriate deductions.

Project financial cycle management, budget control, and commitment of expenditures

• Develop,
  manage, and monitor project budgets and annual workplans in
  collaboration with the global support team to provide data measurements
  on financial performance and recommend cost cutting and compliant
  strategies to implement the project with less resources.
• Prepare projections and update budget tracker forecast monthly.
• Collaborate with the procurement team to ensure international and local purchases are within the approved budget.
• Develop and implement systems to streamline financial practices and procedures.
• Provide
  ongoing financial administration to the project, including the
  processing of approvals for procurements, consultant agreements, and
  vendor invoices.

Team leadership and other tasks

• Support the startup, general operations, and closedown of the PMI Evolve project
• Provide costing as needed for new business department.
• Lead recruitment, orientation, and training of new administrative or accounting staff.
• Lead
  and continuously develop and strengthen the field office finance,
  accounting, and operations team. Organize the orientation and provision
  of continuous training / skills building for all relevant field staff on
  financial and operations policies and procedures, and finance,
  accounting, & project management and operations
• Prepare
  budgets and administrative and logistical arrangements to support
  project activities, including travel arrangements and visa requirements
• Oversee financial audits.
• Inform and ensure global support team is updated on all contractual, financial and legal issues affecting the project.
• Ensure
  all government property purchased is accurately recorded on the
  government master property register and that all property is audited
  twice a year to ensure accurate records. This includes documenting
  reports of stolen or lost equipment and tracking movement of assigned
  property, and distribution of consumable items.
• Assist with the clearance of international procurements including working with clearing agent as needed.
• Support
  global support team preparing corporate and client financial
  deliverables such as the cost study, VAT, NXP, and accrual reports.
• Ensure
  that contractual and internal approval requirements (e.g., waivers,
  approval memos) are met, and prepare justifications supporting these
  actions in coordination with project leadership and business support
  groups.
• Perform any other related activities assigned by the Chief of Party.

What we Value
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s
  Degree + Twelve years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Ten
  years of relevant experience, or PhD+ Eight years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or other relevant field.
• At
  least 10 years of professional experience managing financial and
  contractual aspects of international development projects, preferably
  USG-funded projects.
• Excellent analytical and computer skills, with strong experience in Excel and QuickBooks.
• Well-developed and effective organizational skills, including to ability to multi-task and work in a high-pressure environment.
• Significant experience managing and supervising financial and procurement management personnel.
• Familiarity with US Government Cost Accounting Standards.
• Experience in logistics, procurement, and supply chain management highly desirable.
• Fluency in English