Country Office Management Accountant

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries. We won’t stop until we are all equal.

Role Purpose

The Management Accountant is responsible for providing high-quality financial management, compliance oversight, financial analysis, and business partnering support to ensure effective stewardship of donor and organizational resources. The role leads financial monitoring, budgeting, forecasting, cost recovery, statutory compliance, partner financial management, and reporting processes while ensuring adherence to Plan International policies, donor regulations, and local statutory requirements.

The position supports strategic decision-making through timely financial analysis, risk assessment, and performance reporting, while strengthening internal controls, financial systems, and partner financial capacity. The Management Accountant plays a critical role in safeguarding organizational assets, promoting accountability, and ensuring efficient utilization of resources to achieve program objectives and maximize impact for children and young people.

Dimension of the Role

• Reports directly to the Finance Manager, Input & Control.

• Works closely with Programme, Grants, Procurement, People & Culture, and Project Finance teams to ensure effective financial planning, monitoring, and reporting.

• Provides financial oversight and support to implementing partners, ensuring compliance with donor requirements, partnership agreements, Plan policies, and Government of Tanzania regulations.

• Supports management of multi-donor funded projects, ensuring proper budgeting, expenditure monitoring, cost recovery, and financial reporting.

• Responsible for strengthening financial controls, risk management practices, and compliance frameworks across Country Office operations and partner organizations.

• Leads or supports partner financial capacity assessments, financial monitoring visits, audit preparation, and implementation of corrective action plans.

• Coordinates month-end and year-end financial closure processes, balance sheet reconciliations, payroll accounting, intercompany transactions, and statutory compliance activities.

• Supports data-driven decision-making through financial analysis, budget variance analysis, forecasting, and development of management reports and dashboards.

• Maintains strong working relationships with donors, auditors, government authorities, National Offices, and implementing partners on finance and compliance-related matters.

• Contributes to organizational effectiveness through continuous improvement of financial systems, procedures, controls, and reporting processes.

• Expected to travel regularly to project locations and partner offices for monitoring, capacity building, compliance reviews, and financial verification exercises.

Technical Expertise, Skills & Knowledge

Knowledge, experience & skills

• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent qualification

• Minimum 5 years’ experience with strong NGO and grant management exposure.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication skills appropriate to the audience

• Proficient Computer skills and use of relevant accounting packages

• Advanced Excel and Power BI/reporting skills

• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Desirable

• Ability to work under harsh condition

• Ability to work under multidisciplinary and multicultural environment

• Good English language skills (oral /written)

• Hardworking with capacity to work independently with minimum supervision

• Honest, integrity, open and transparent personality.

• Team player

• Working towards achieving a team goal

• Be able to Respect all groups of people in the community and culturally sensitive

• Persuasive and able to work with different cultural settings

• Motivated, energetic and strives to develop and support others

• Result oriented

• Working for the best interest of the organization and children

• Appreciate of child rights and gender

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.