At present, they are running four broad programmes: Scientific Research; monitoring and collecting data on cheetah populations, and on carnivore conflict. Farming and Conservation; working with local farmers to support them in improving their livelihoods while protecting the cheetah population. Communities for Conservation; working with communities to explore and pilot small scale businesses as alternate sources of income. Education and Awareness; facilitating immersive workshops for school children and teachers.

They feel that they are managing their day-to-day accounting quite well, assisted through support from previous AfID volunteers, and have requested specific support in preparing for an external audit. Your role would be to review their controls, systems & processes and support them in implementing recommendations from their last audit before preparing them for the 2020 audit.

This is a well-structured assignment, with specific and clearly defined goals, with a unique organisation addressing threats to the long-term survival of the national cheetah population.

They bring legal cases on behalf of individual survivors, and advocate for better laws to provide effective reparations. Their cases respond to torture as an individual crime in national and international law, as a civil wrong with individual responsibility, and as a human rights violation with state responsibility.

The charity is recruiting new trustees to join our Board, to assist with the governance and strategic development of the charity. As the charity develops a new 2025 strategy the Board will have a critical role during an exciting period of cautious growth.

They particularly welcome applications from individuals with expertise in the following areas, to complement the existing skills of our Board:

• Financial management experience, particularly in a charitable environment.
• Fundraising experience in the charitable sector.
• Media experience.

The Board of Trustees meets four times a year. Trustees will also be invited to join one or more committees to support the work of the Charity. There is an induction process for new trustees.

All candidates are expected to have:

• A strong commitment to human rights, and the rights of survivors of torture in particular.
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills.
• A clear understanding of the role of a trustee (further guidance will be provided).
• Ability to work well as part of a team.
• A commitment to participate and join meetings as needed.

Prior board level or management experience in either a business or charitable setting is desirable, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Regional Finance Manager in the financial monitoring the portfolio of grants and contracts across the region, supporting in the development of appropriate controls, processes and tools to ensure effective management of these.
• Support in the production of timely donor reports, and in monitoring project costs to completion.
• Provide support in developing donor budgets, and country budgets.
• Support in the day-to-day programmes finance – entering monthly journals, reviewing and reconciling country cashbooks, and reviewing and reconciling payment requests and reports from implementing partners.
• Assist in monitoring of compliance against donor regulations, the organisational requirements, and overseas statutory regulations.
• Assist in preparing for grant and external audits.

Requirements

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant with strong accounting, financial management, and risk management skills.
• Strong finance business partner, able to coordinate and review information from country offices and implementing partners.
• Grants compliance, management and reporting experience, specifically experience of managing DfID, ECHO and UN funds.
• Astute & succinct, with excellent communication skills, and demonstrable experience of working with finance and non-finance staff.
• Resilient and culturally sensitive, willing to work in a challenging environment.
• Previous experience of working in a finance role in a humanitarian context is highly desirable.

This role is based in Amman, Jordan with travel to other countries in the region. Competitive salary, based on experience, & generous benefits.

The organisation runs four main projects: reducing the malaria burden and impact of multi-drug resistance; malaria elimination through community focussed interventions; cross-border response for overlooked and stigmatised populations in Laos and Cambodia; and increased resilience and improved food and nutrition security for vulnerable communities.

Your role will be to conduct an internal review of their existing financial systems, procedures and controls and making recommendations for best practice, appropriate to the context and capacity of the team. Our partner has been developing accounting procedures and controls over time and while they feel these are working well, they are still concerned that considerable risks remain.

This is a wide-reaching role, also including reviewing their use of QuickBooks and the flow of financial management information, which will see the volunteer work closely with the local finance team as well as the Country Director and the Head of Programmes for Asia.

In Mexico, they operate a hospital and a number of rural clinics; additionally, the train community health workers to serve as a bridge between their communities and the clinics/hospitals. These health workers specialise in areas including maternal health, depression, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

Due to the rural location of the hospital and clinic, they have found it difficult to attract and retain qualified, experienced accountants. They are seeking a pro bono advisor review and strengthen their controls, accounting & financial management processes, and coach their bookkeeper.

They are seeking a qualified, experienced accountant able to offer 3-5 hours/week for 2-3 months. Advanced/fluent Spanish is required for this role.

Their flagship programme, set up in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in 2014 initially as a play therapy intervention providing support to survivor children, has now evolved into a holistic, community-based education programme which aligns children's passion for play and encourages commitment to pursue education.

They have requested volunteer support in preparing their end of year financial statements. They do have an external accountant who normally manage this process and this year are working with a new accountancy firm. They have requested support to ensure the new arrangement is working well and that they are following procedures accurately.

A practical and well-defined assignment, while also offering the opportunity to train and build the capacity of the local finance team.

They empower female entrepreneurs to earn sustainable livelihoods. The jewellery the women make in the two years of their apprenticeship is sold, and a part of the salary that the women earn from their employment is used to create savings from which the women are able to establish their own independent enterprises. 

They have a complex set-up with entities in the UK, USA and Uganda to support their programmatic work and to sell the jewellery produced. They are seeking the support of a pro bono accounting and finance advisor to:

• Support them in establishing an accounting system that will enable the financial reporting to be split between the programmatic and trade elements of their work.
• Create a stock management system that records raw materials, partially and full made items (including wastages) and sales, samples and wastages in the USA and UK.
• Training the Uganda bookkeeper in implementing and using the systems.

They anticipate a 2-4 week commitment, and are open to those able to offer their support on a part-time basis.

This long-established and highly-skilled dept's work includes the audit of grants awarded to various organisations, both private companies, governmental organisations and non-governmental organisations, in various fields including humanitarian aid, civil protection, culture, research, energy etc. Working with the partners and SMT your role wil be to ensure that staff resources are best used to service the diverse portfolio of international clients.

For full specification - click apply or email jobs@afid.org.uk

Skills and Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be skilled in the following areas; • Substantial grant audit management experience; • Proven skills in managing a portfolio of assignments; • Proven skills in managing staff; • Substantial external commercial auditing experience; and • A keen interest in specialising in the Not For Profit and Grant Auditing sector.

Qualifications ACA or ACCA, or equivalent, qualified.

Language skills Fluent English; ideally written and spoken French or Spanish to intermediate level. Any other European language skills would be considered beneficial.

The organisation provides farmers with an integrated climate resilient farm solution called ‘Greenhouse-in-a-box’ – an affordable, modular greenhouse and drip system that uses 90% less water. Alongside this they also provide a small loans service to enable them to purchase the greenhouse, advisors to support the farmers both in the field and using mobile technology and market access by linking them to retail partners who buy produce directly.

Your role would be to review their control environment, systems and processes, bearing in mind their decentralised operations, and support them in tightening controls and improving the flow and quality of information that is received. They do not have sufficient financial management tools, specifically around cash management and cashflow, and would benefit from support in developing and training the local staff in these.

This assignment would particularly suit an experienced, commercially astute volunteer.

They are a small national charity based on feminist principles and human rights providing online information and telephone advice on maternity rights at work and maternity benefits, and the rights of migrant and asylum seeking women.
  
They answer 2,500 calls each year and parents view our online information sheets over 80,000 times each month. They have an active programme of campaigning to better protect pregnant women, new mothers and their families and promote their health and wellbeing. During COVID19  the charity has played a leading role in delivering up to date advice on employment rights and benefits for pregnant women and campaigning to better protect women at work and in the COVID19 support schemes.

They are recruiting a Treasurer; seeking an individual with a commitment to womens rights and race and gender equality to assist the trustees to carry out their financial responsibilities. The Treasurer will present financial reports to the board and advise on financial governance.

Accounting qualifications are desirable but not essential.
They are particularly interested in candidates from diverse ethnic backgrounds 

Trustees are expected to attend four meetings a year, usually 5:30-7:30pm on a weekday evening at our offices in Finsbury Park, London, and our Annual General Meeting. Trustees are also expected to participate in some email-based discussions between meetings.

Trustees can attend meetings remotely.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversight of the finance function across all programme locations, including that of delivery partners. This includes, but is not limited to financial accounting, payroll & tax, ensuring that all statutory, regulatory and grant compliance requirements are met, and the financial policies and procedures are followed as per the organisational guidelines and expectations.
• Lead on the financial planning for the programme; in the preparation of project-specific and programme-wide budgets; developing tool & processes for better budget management and reporting; and preparing budget vs. actual analysis and commentaries.
• Ensure proper cost allocation across projects, ensuring any shortfalls are identified and met; manage cashflow requirements and forecasts.
• Support the Country Director in identifying and managing financial & other emerging risks.
• Lead in the preparation of financial statements, donor reports, and in preparing for external and internal audits.
• Support the Regional Finance Manager in developing budgets for proposals, and in monitoring the regional business plan.
• Staff management and development – developing the capacity of finance staff.

Requirements

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant with strong accounting, financial management, and reporting writing skills.
• Analytical & financial modelling skills, able to critically review complex financial data.
• Strong finance business partner, able to coordinate and review information from implementing partners.
• Grants compliance, management and reporting experience, specifically experience of managing DfID, ECHO and UN funds.
• Astute & succinct, with excellent communication skills, and demonstrable experience of working with finance and non-finance staff.
• Experience of working in a management position, and overseeing staff in person and remotely.
• Resilient and culturally sensitive, willing to work in a challenging environment.
• Spoken Russian is highly desirable

The role is based in Kiev, Ukraine with travel. 

Until 2013, the organisation ran a residential care institution for vulnerable and under-privileged children, but with increased research and evidence to show that children have better outcomes when living in a family environment they transitioned to a family-care model. They focus on prevention and strengthening work – they understand what barriers and challenges families face to keep children at home, and support them in addressing these challenges.

Your role will be to review their progress since they last received an AfID volunteer and provide further training as needed, particularly to their new accountant who has a limited understanding of accounting and finance. They would also like assistance in preparing for an upcoming external audit.

An excellent opportunity to make a lasting impact, and contribute towards the professional development of the local finance team.

The volunteer should ideally have prior experience develping robust financial procedures in a similar environment i.e. across borders, multiple sites with varying financial management capacity. The role will entail some document maniipulation. A diverse, high impact role that would provde fantastic insight & experience into the international operatons of an established and successful INGO.

The role is quite broad in its scope – providing financial management support through the full project cycle, and acting as a business partner to country office teams, implementing partners, and donors.

Key Responsibilities

• Support in developing budget for donor proposals (including payment by results), working with country offices and implementing partners, that these are developed on a full-cost recovery basis.
• Responsible for grants compliance – ensuring that new projects are set-up accurately, invoices are submitted on time & in the correct format – and reporting – ensuring that reports are submitted in a timely manner, any changes in financial guidelines are understood and adhered to, and projects are closed out in a timely manner.
• Provide analysis & information to ensure accurate cashflow forecasting, and on the life of a project.
• Act a business partner to the programmes team, country offices & implementing partners, providing advice and training on donor reporting & compliance issues.
• Responsible for programme accounting.
• Lead in the preparation for donor audits, and support the year-end audit process.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant, or finalist, with experience in project accounting & the financial management of complex institutional grants that cover multiple regions & partners.
• Experience of grants compliance, management and reporting of UK & European institutional donors including DfID, EU, Danish, German & the Dutch government. This includes experience of PBR grants.
• Exceptional business partner, able to work effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in working in an INGO across cultures.
• Fluency in French is desirable.

Their programme in the DRC is their newest, offering services from late 2018. Almost 90% of Congolese women are unable to access any modern method, of contraception, and those who can are largely restricted to short-term methods such as condoms. Their team of mobile midwives and nurses provide services centred around Kinshasa, and the neighbouring province of Tshopo.

As a long-established INGO they do already have structures, procedures and systems in place, but are in need of a volunteer to provide targeted support in the areas of annual financial statement preparation, balance sheet schedules, and preparing for the annual audit. There is also the opportunity to provide additional training to the local finance team.

This assignment will offer excellent exposure to a volunteer seeking to explore the possibility of changing careers and transitioning into the international not for profit sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the production of the annual budget, working with department heads to maximise income, recover costs as fully as possible, and ensure that programmes are being delivered on a value for money basis.
• Act as a strategic business partner to department heads, providing financial advice and supporting them in delivering strategic objectives.
• Working with the broader finance team to develop & strengthen reporting and performance; ensure that annual financial statements are produced in a timely manner, and that the charity remains compliant to statutory requirements; and ensure risk management is embedded in individual departments and the organisation overall.
• Support the CFO in preparing the annual report & accounts, and in providing an appraisal of the financial health of the charity

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with demonstrable experience heading up the finance function of charity, and experience of offering strategic analysis and advice to Board of Trustees and Finance & Audit Committees.
• Strong experience and skills in technical financial accounting (including an awareness of UK GAAP and charity SORP requirements), management accounting (developing budgets on a full cost recovery basis for the organisation as well as for individual grant proposals), and analysis (advising on business cases for proposals and fundraising).
• Experience of developing and strengthening internal controls, and of risk management.
• Experience of managing a complex grant portfolio within a charity setting.
• Strong communicator, with developed presentation and verbal communication skills
• Able to work with a range of stakeholders, both within the organisation and externally.
• Advanced Excel skills

The organisation has been growing in terms of employee numbers as well as receipt of international grants. In light of this they require support for their young finance team, specifically to ensure that they were well-equipped to deal with the administrative workload accompanying this growth and meeting the various grants compliance & reporting requirements.

Your role will begin with a review of their budget and grant tracking systems, before making recommendations on how to improve these. Once a suitable solution is found, your role will then be to implement this across the organisation and train staff in its use.

A great opportunity to gain exposure to complex donor reporting requirements, and to oversee a tangible project through from start to completion in just a few weeks.

They are looking to appoint a new Honorary Treasurer as the current postholder stands down this year. The Treasurer will provide advice, support and guidance to the charity.

Key Tasks:

• Oversee the financial affairs of the society, ensuring compliance with legal, constitutional and Charity Commission guidelines.
• Renewal of insurance policies.
• Monthly reports to the council.
• Liaise with internal reviewers of the annual report.

They are a longstanding partner of AfID’s, however it has been some time since we last placed a volunteer with them. Their processes have become somewhat cumbersome and they require support in streamlining them.

Your role would be to firstly complete the reconciliation and policy review started by the previous AfID volunteer. They would also like your assistance with creating management reports, budgeting and forecasting templates and to provide training on these procedures.

This assignment requires a volunteer happy providing support on day-to-day accounting procedures, and with an eye for identifying opportunities to improve efficiency.

They are looking for a Trustee, Treasure or both to be a non-salaried member of the board of directors with joint responsibility with the other 8 directors for complying with the Company’s Articles of Association and the law, acting in the best interests of the organisation, managing resources responsibility, and acting with reasonable care and skill.

The successful candidate will have prior Board experience of legal and financial matters in a company context, as well as sympathy with the objectives of the organisation. 

Responsibilities

• Ensure the integrity of the accounting and financial management systems, oversight of the transaction processes, preparation of the year-end financial statements and the annual audit, and ensuring that the organisation meets all its statutory and regulatory compliance.
• Review and strengthen the control environment, ensuring that accounting processes are understood and adhered to across the organisation.
• Establish finance systems and teams in new locations.
• Lead on organisational budget creation, developing and strengthening of budget monitoring, reporting and cashflow forecasting and reports.
• Drive on financial planning, offering the senior leadership analysis and advice on new business and growth opportunities.
• Work with senior leadership in designing the fundraising strategy (grants and investments), prepare the financial models and support presentations made to funders/investors.
• Business partnering and management of external stakeholder relationships – including investors, banks, suppliers and auditors.
• Oversight of the finance staff, responsible for hiring and retaining a qualified team.

Person Specification

• Senior finance professional, with an undergraduate degree and accounting qualification, and demonstrable experience of running the finance function of a fast growing small- to medium-sized enterprise (preferably in a start-up environment), including of developing controls, accounting processes and financial management tools.
• Experience of corporate finance & fund accounting.
• Excellent proficiency in written and verbal English
• Strong problem solver, flexible and able to handle a large and varied volume of work and responsibilities maturely
• Excellent relationship management skills, and ability to deal with stakeholders diplomatically and with tact.
• Passion for the education sector.
• Experience of working in Africa is desirable.

Salary c. $65,000, depending on experience.

Founded initially as a link between a chimpanzee research project and the local community, the charity now works with several partners on critical issues for the survival of the forest and support of the local population. They have a broad range of programmes, ranging from conservation and sustainable energy, to education and literacy, and there is often the opportunity for volunteers to get involved with this work.

You will be following in the footsteps of seven previous AfID volunteers, and you will start by reviewing their current system, procedures and controls to ensure they are meeting compliance and best practice. Your training will focus on their use of QuickBooks (no prior experience required) and audit preparation work.

This assignment is very much about continuing the progress of previous volunteers, and your review and recommendations will ensure they maintain a strong and robust finance function.

They are looking to recruit a Trustee able to guide and implement on the financial management and legal compliance of the organisation, as well as offer around 1 day per month of accounting and HR support to ensure they set up best practice within the organisation.

They would love for the post holder to to be an active part of the organisation and be able to also potentially train their refugee facilitators in budgeting, financial management for projects and empower them to be competent leaders in their communities.

Currently, the organisation is very much in start up mode, with about seven freelance workers and a skeleton board. This would allow the post holder to have a real influence in the growth of the organisation.

The use of sport for peace and development is well founded in the sector and our partner uses this powerful tool to affect positive social change and gender balance. You will be the first AfID volunteer to support them and as such will begin with an internal review of their current accounting procedures, systems and controls, taking into consideration the resources and capacity of the team.

You will be working primarily with the Executive Director and Finance & Admin Manager, as well as the Project Coordinators to review and improve their financial management processes. They require particular support in improving the communication between finance, management and programmes teams.

This assignment requires a volunteer comfortable providing 1:1 coaching to management teams, and advising on best practice.

About the Role

The International Assurance Services team are a small but committed team delivering to international governments, donors, public sector bodies, charities and INGOs. They also work closely with our public sector internal audit teams delivering work for the UK Government.

They are looking for qualified internal & external auditors to join their team. Ideally Institute of Internal Auditors qualified, the role involves working with our public-sector clients both in the UK and overseas.

Our work is diverse, so you need to be adaptable, proactive and a self-starter, you could be seconded to a UK government department auditing major change programmes or assigned to audit beneficiary data on a cash transfer programme for the ultra-poor in Zambia; supporting an emerging nations National Audit Office undertake their first forensic assignment or working with the United Nations. Rarely are two weeks the same.

We are looking for adaptable people with a ‘can do’ problem solving attitude. You should be prepared to work away from home occasionally in conflict/post conflict environments or in countries where 5-star comfort comes second to life experiences. Full training will be provided. Ideally, we would like a second language, French, Portuguese, Spanish or Arabic. You will be required to undertake security clearance.

To match our continued growth across Africa we are particularly interested in candidates with experience of / interested in long term overseas posting and those with experience delivering training or mentoring. We are also interested in those who joined internal audit later in their careers where their prior experiences would add real benefits to our clients.

Essential

• IIA/ACA qualification

Desirable

• Masters degree
• 5 years post qualified
• Experience of central government public sector
• Fluent in a second language
• Experience of delivering training or mentoring
• Experience working in developing economies
• Experience in the health sector

Our partner, sector specialists in International Grant Assurance are seeking outgoing auditors for a critical role; navigating a diverse group of grant recipients & donors, such as the United Nations & the World Bank operating globally (Malawi, Peru, Vietnam, Belgium, Oxford, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Fiji, Cameroon). You'll be London-based travelling post pandemic 25-40% per annum on assignments 1 to 3 weeks in length in small teams.

These unique and extremely rewarding opportunities would suit experienced audit professionals that are outgoing, love diverse travel experiences and supporting a broad range of inspiring people and worthwhile causes.

Overseas assignments post pandemic could mean travel to one of over 100 countries/ territories. It presents a fantastic opportunity to see the parts of the world you’d never otherwise get to see, work with lovely people and pick up extremely relevant institutional donor and fieldwork experience; vital for anyone seeking a career in the international development NGO sector.

Role overview

Yoiu will complete expenditure audits of a extremely diverse range of projects funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health or infrastructure, to more commercial projects such as SME development or technical research. Additionally, depending on your seniority you will provide on the job training and guidance to more junior team members throughout the assignment process.

The role will use all your communication, problem-solving and analytical skills and will give you experience in working with major institutions all over the world. An example assignment might see you leading an audit opening meeting with a UN country office on the Monday morning, before heading off to spend a few days with a local NGO or government partners to audit the way they have spent UN funds. You will look at a sample of supporting documents to make sure the expenditure is genuine and for the purposes intended by UN, and review the internal controls of the NGO, making recommendations as to how these might be improved to strengthen the management of the UN resources. At the end of the fieldwork, you will draft at aide-memoire document and discuss your findings with both the UN and its local partner. At the airport, you could even start drafting the formal report as you wait for your flight back to London.

Requirements

Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent (Finalists considered)

Experience, insight &/or exposure to grant funding, reporting or audit. 

Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries

A real interest in international development and associated funding structures

'Ideally' fluency in a second language is preferable, especially in French, Spanish, German, Poertuguese, Italian or Mandarin and Arabic.

Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills

Team worker

Resilience and adaptability

Internationally recognised audit qualification preferable.

​Personal attributes:

At least two-three years of audit experience

Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills

Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills

Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations for 50% plus of the time

Candidates for permanent London based roles must have the right to work in the UK.

They have begun exploring the establishment of social enterprises whose profits are transferred to the NGO to cover its fixed costs, programs and projects. This process requires the modernisation of the organisation’s accounting system and finance function.

Your role will be to support them in adjusting and setting up their financial structure and system to meet this income-generating initiative, specifically in the areas of budgeting and business planning, assistance with implementation procedures, cash flow forecasting and cash management.

This assignment lends itself to a commercially astute volunteer, and offers an excellent opportunity to work with a small but very committed team, eager to learn and improve as they diversify their income streams.

Registered as a private company, they both advise and finance small businesses through low interest loans and building capacity in strategy, technology, field systems and operational reach.

They have recently engaged the services of a local consultant to build their microloans platform, and your role will be to review this new platform and ensure they have a user-friendly system with a clear reporting dashboard. You will provide training on what data to collect and how to use this for analysis and planning, and to inform business decisions.

Your role will also include installing a simple financial management system for integrating, managing and forecasting their work according to the various grants they are managing. An exciting and wide-ranging assignment for a commercially adept volunteer.

They aim to empower individuals and organisations to take responsibility for themselves and their futures, their families and their goals. The organisation is due their next audit shortly, and require a volunteer to ensure they are prepared for this.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, system and controls before making recommendations and implementing simple improvements. You will also be providing training on new procedures, tools and policies introduced as well as creating a financial procedures manual to ensure the learning is maintained within the organisation.

An excellent opportunity to work with a small, enthusiastic local finance team and to ensure they are well equipped with the tools they need to flourish.

Several Trustees are likely to retire from the Board over the course of the next year and they have identified a set of skills and experience that would benefit the organisation. As part of this, they are looking for someone with a finance / accountancy background and an interest in becoming their Treasurer when the current postholder steps down in 2020.

Key responsibilities

• Leading on Finance Committee meetings to discuss finances in more detail
• Explain, guide and advise the board on the key assumptions and financial implications of budgets, operational and strategic plans
• Ensure that the organisation has an appropriate reserves policy and a realistic budget that meets the services’ needs
• Supporting any paid finance officer to explain, guide and advise on the approval of budgets, accounts and financial statements with the organisation’s framework
• Present accounts at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in an accessible way for volunteers and staff
• Ensure that annual accounts are prepared in compliance with SORPAccounting for Charities and submitted by the deadline to the Charity Commission and/or Registrar of Companies, and make arrangements for them to be audited or independently examined as required
• Keep the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities
• Monitor the organisation’s income and expenditure position and in conjunction with any paid finance officer present accessible reports at least quarterly to ensure board members understand the accounts and implications
• Understand the accounting procedures and key internal controls to be able to assure the board that the charity's financial integrity is sound

Trustee Board meetings and Finance Committee meetings usually take place in the evenings and the time commitment required is likely to be 4-5 hours quarterly, plus time to prepare for these.

They have grown considerably in the last four years and recruited a full time Accountant and Finance Manager in 2018. They have been developing their finance function gradually as donors and audits have required it, but would now require support to streamline their procedures and improve efficiency.

You will also be coaching the new Finance Manager who does not have prior experience at this level. Your training will include budget tracking, financial planning and project accounting. You will be reviewing and updating the financial procedures manual, guiding preparation for annual audit and drafting an annual organisational budget.

This is a diverse and varied assignment with plenty of scope for a volunteer with experience in management accounting to add a huge amount of value in just a few weeks.

Every programme that they design has two aims. It should improve the lives of children for the long term and it should also teach the organisation how to work better. They want to one day become a research and development hub for the sector - so they're all about collecting evidence and testing ideas.

They are looking for a volunteer to help with ad-hoc accounting and tax support, ideally for a few hours a month (i.e. to come to the office for a morning or afternoon at a time).

Their questions tend to relate to general accounting (e.g. checking end of year adjustments, queries about how to treat unusual transactions), VAT (including TOMs), and intercompany/group accounting.

Knowledge/experience of board governance, budgeting and internal financial processes would also be helpful.

Their programmes span across supplementary and vocational education, income generating and small credit activities, advocacy work in land rights and good governance, community development and environmental schemes such as a clean water project, climate risk/disaster reduction and a vegetable garden project.

You would be the second AfID volunteer to support them, and your role would be to provide further training and assistance in preparing accounts and financial statements, budgeting, creating cash flow forecasting and helping with the set-up of new community development projects.

A great opportunity to support a small and developing organisation, and work with a local finance team eager to learn.

They have a small number of volunteer tour guides working for them, who offer guided tours to the volcanoes surrounding Leon to international clients. This revenue is then used to fund local community projects, such as a portable library, day-care centres, a mobile school and scholarships.

Your role will be to work with their Director in exploring how else they might generate income, compete and remain profitable. The Director has several ideas on new sources of income, and would benefit from someone undertaking analysis on these to determine how viable the options might be. In addition, they recently implemented a new online booking system and they would really benefit from the support of a volunteer to link the information they receive from their booking system to their expenditure. There may also be scope for you to work on budgeting and forecasting tools.

A unique opportunity for a volunteer to use their business acumen to contribute to the long term sustainability of an ambitious organisation.

The artisan women develop high quality rattan products such as baskets, bags, lamps, and small furniture, being carefully trained and mentored in order to empower their creativity and knowledge, thus sharing this ancient craft by adapting it to the demands of the modern market.

Your role would be focussed on the areas of budget preparation, forecasting, financial planning and analysis. As a social enterprise, they do not have institutional donors or grants and would benefit from guidance on business development as well as compliance, creating a simple structure for bookkeeping and financial management, to make sure they are well set-up and prepared for further growth.

A volunteer with business acumen, and the ability to balance the demands of social aims and business realities, would be well suited to this role.

The organisation is establishing its operations, and will require the volunteer to be independent, hands on and able to really understand the context in which the organisation is operating when establishing an accounting & financial management system.

Your role will be to support them in establishing and implementing appropriate controls, accounting and financial management processes. As a young business, they also want to ensure that they have developed tools to be able to easily monitor their cashflow, and their expenditure in relation to their budgets. Your role will also be to document the new processes.

This is really well-rounded placement offering an individual the opportunity to develop accounting controls & processes, and financial management tools, and undertaking financial, market and business analysis.

Your role will be to review their accounting processes and controls, and support them in streamlining and strengthening these. They would welcome further training on QuickBooks which would include setting up an annual budget, monthly management accounting and reporting tools.

They would also benefit from analysis and support around financial sustainability. This would include investigating how long they might remain operational with existing funding, how they might make their programmes leaner, and an exploration of alternative sources of funding and income. It would also include a review on how they would ideally like to be resourced/staffed, and support them in accounting for staffing and administrative costs, and coaching on how they include these in proposal bids.

A broad assignment covering both day-to-day accounting support as well as providing an opportunity to shape the future direction of the organisation.

Their main programme 'Football for Hygiene and Sanitation' has seen them work in 78 schools, building latrines and water facilities, and offering football equipment to children who later participate in championships and sport leagues.

Your role will begin with a review of their existing finance procedures, systems and controls. You will be making and implementing recommendations for best practice, taking into account the resources and capacity of the team, and providing training as necessary. They also need to turn their focus towards the business models they are developing and have a clearer structure in place for their tasks, to better understand their roles and responsibilities in finance.

A hands-on assignment, providing the opportunity to make a transformational difference in just a few short weeks.

The organization is formed of 3 entities: NGO in US, company in Peru and NGO in Peru – while registered differently they have the same goals, mission and team. You will begin with a review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls, developing new procedures and tools as necessary. They have requested the support of a volunteer to support the process of getting more formalised - you will be making and implementing recommendations for best practice, taking into account the context, resources and capacity of the team, and providing training as necessary.

They currently use Excel and manual accounting. You will support with assessing what they have and create an accounting system to allow them to have an overview of the cashflow and track expenses between the 3 entities, allowing them to meet reporting requirements of both states and donors. You will develop procedures and guidelines for bookkeeping, budgeting, inventory tracking and management, and provide training to the local team in utilising them appropriately.

If time allows it, you can also provide basic financial literacy and management workshops to the local artisans.

The director has been the sole person managing the accounting activities, and the team has one more full time director and one part time administrative assistant. Due to regulations in Guatemala they had to register a company for the business side and keep the NGO for the social programmes – though they are registered as 2 entities, they have the same mission and goals, the same team and currently the same bookkeeping.

They requested support to know how to separate their two entities a bit better and create a more formal working relationship between the two entities in terms of accounting and money management. You will be developing an accounting system or improving the current one, to allow a clear overview of the social enterprise and NGO’s budget and expenses, both independently and joint.  This should streamline the information and provide improved tools for budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

They are currently utilising QuickBooks online, which is a fairly easy software to learn and we will have resources to provide beforehand, to get familiarised with. Additionally you will be conducting an internal review of their existing financial procedures, policies and controls and will be making recommendations for improvement according to best practices and international standards, appropriate to the context and capacity of the team. You will help them establish clear procedures and guidelines, and offer training to the directors in utilising the new tools.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls. You will be assessing the capacity and resources of the team and will be making context-appropriate recommendations for best practice. Our partner have requested support to help the manage their assets and depreciation calculations. They have asked that you help them with the process to declare annual income to tax authorities, on the understanding that you will not have prior knowledge of specific local regulations. You will also be working closely with the Assistant Director to provide tailored training in finance management. If time permits and you feel comfortable to assist in this area, they would also like your help to develop and implement an anti-bribery, anti-corruption and anti-fraud policy.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing accounting systems, procedures and controls. You will be making and implementing recommendations for improvements. You will be working closely with the finance team of 2, who do not have formal accounting qualifications but have been learning as they go. You will be assessing their capacity and understanding and providing coaching as needed.

They are keen to ensure they are meeting best practice, with a strong control environment. You will also be helping to create a financial procedures manual and leaving clear written guidance for your implementations. You will also be assisting with and training in organisational budgeting.

You will begin with a review of their existing finance procedures, systems and controls. You will be making and implementing recommendations for best practice, taking into account the resources and capacity of the team, and providing training as necessary.

Their income had increased considerably and their operations expanded from working in just one region to 4 regions across Ghana. You will review their procedures and systems to make sure they support this growth and are in line with the requirements of different donors.

Our partner requested support in the development of a 5 year financial sustainability plan for the organization, but also for the finance and accounting department, creating a structure they can utilise going forward.

They have been utilising QuickBooks but because it has given several errors, they are keeping records in parallel on Excel. They have requested your support with reviewing the system and recommend improvements, perhaps restructuring the Chart of Accounts that is likely not representative to the current growth, and provide training to the local staff to better utilise QB for financial planning, budgeting and reporting.

At the heart of the team's work is Aid Oversight: improving the ways in which developing country government’s mange aid spending, track, and monitor use of donor funds to ensure that projects are properly delivered. Other areas include anti-corruption, fiduciary risk, and capacity building. 

This role suits someone looking for: progressive responsibility in international development project management; experience in writing high-quality, innovative proposals for agencies such as DFID, the Foreign Office, and the World Bank; and exposure to financial management and internal control reviews

The Consultant will perform a key role in supporting the management of existing projects, including projects in Asia and Africa, and significant travel to these and other locations.

You will also work with us in the identification and development of relevant prospects and technical and financial proposals. Our intention is that you will progress to fully managing several of our projects in terms of budgetary control and financial reporting, recruitment and staffing, client management, strategic oversight, and technical quality assurance, as well as continuing to play an important role in business development and bidding.

Over time, we will support you to develop expertise on the following:
• Project management and oversight;
• Managing complex delivery tasks and project risks;
• Leading technical and financial proposals;
• Understanding local delivery contexts and political economies;

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, innovative, energetic, committed to excellence in all their work, and wants to develop or kick-start a career in international development consulting. You may be a newly qualified accountant or with a number of years’ experience post qualification.

We are looking for someone who is keen to take ownership of projects and will seek to maximise their projects’ impact in every way.
• A degree in a relevant field from an internationally recognised university or alternatively a professional accountancy qualification;
• Qualified Accountant;
• Outstanding English communication skills, both written and oral (essential) and additional languages preferred;
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to produce persuasive, succinct inputs to proposals
• Excellent inter-personal skills and team-work;
• Good numerical ability with a focus on financial awareness and ability;
• Ability to research and put together information needed for proposals.

Required Experience
• Experience in either external audit or internal audit/controls;
• Demonstrable knowledge of and interest in the world of international development or consultancy sector;
• Demonstrated experience of using initiative, client-orientation, delivery to timelines, and working in complex and pressured contexts• 
• Experience of working in developing countries.

You will be reviewing their progress providing further training and guidance as needed. A daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual task list was outlined: the team have been able to implement most things on this list but require further support to action the remaining items. This list will form a starting point for your fresh internal review of procedures, systems and controls in place.

Our partner have recruited a new Accountant, who is a university graduate but does not have a formal accounting qualification and will therefore need your coaching, in particular with forecasting, preparing for audit and meeting tax requirements.

The organisation is going through a period of growth and are formalising many of their procedures. They have requested support to help them navigate through this process.

You will begin with an internal review of their current financial information, procedures, systems and controls. You will be making recommendations for best practice, in keeping with the current capacity and resources of the team. The Founding Director would like to improve their financial planning, cashflow forecasting, budgeting and reporting. You will be helping to install a robust and simple system that enables them to make financial decisions and set goals. They would also like you to conduct cash and bank reconciliations and train staff in how to maintain these regularly.

As time permits, they would also like you to run some general life skills training for the staff in budgeting and basic finance management.

Our clients include a number of well-known organisations in the sector undertaking a wide range of activities from working to protect endangered species to undertaking scientific research to providing grants & support to social entrepreneurs.

The division is led by partners who have extensive first-hand experience in the not for profit sector. This enables us to understand the challenging environment these organisations face, which is heightened by an increasing demand for services with greatly constrained resources. Our people have a passion for the sector. Many of the team have worked directly in the not for profit sector before returning to practice, and everyone shares a passion for delivering strong social outcomes as well as financial sustainability – we describe ourselves as sector people who happen to be in practice.

You will be responsible for the planning, on-site running and completion of a portfolio of audit assignments to a range of clients in the not for profit sector. This will include providing on-the-job training to more junior members of the team. The team is also one of the largest providers of international grant verification audit work, through which we work with some of the largest internationally-recognised charities and humanitarian organisations. The role will provide the opportunity for involvement in these which can include global travel opportunities.

Specific responsibilities 

• Attend the pre-assignment discussions with the audit team. • Complete the planning sections of the audit file and draft the Audit Planning Report. • Input into our audit risk assessment, test design and budgeting procedures. • Take ownership for the completion of the audit testing across the file to a high quality. • Allocate work appropriately to junior members of the audit team. • Provide coaching to junior members of the team, review their work and provide feedback. • Ensure that the work undertaken on site is in accordance with the approved plan and time budget. • Communicate effectively, pro-actively advising the manager of any issues or developments that may impact on the timeline or result in adjustments being raised. • Develop an effective working relationship with key client contacts, which could be at FC / FD level. • Respond to all client queries and concerns in an efficient and professional manner, often dealing directly with senior management. • Suggest practical solutions to any issues or problems arising. • Maintain a complete log of outstanding issues and queries. • Clear any manager and partner review points raised, and follow up any outstanding queries. • Provide sound advice to clients and demonstrate knowledge of business issues. After the completion of the on-site audit visit, the senior will be expected to: • Assist with the drafting of the Audit Findings Report issued to the client, in particular regards to control issues and recommendations identified during the audit visit. • Assist with the completion and close-down of the audit file.

Person Specification Skills and Qualifications • A passion for the Not for Profit sector and in developing wider knowledge of the issues affecting our clients. • Accountancy training - audit based. • ACCA or ACA, or equivalent, qualified. • Proven skills in external audit. • Proven skills in audit planning, fieldwork and file completion. • Proven skills in supervising and managing staff. • Enthusiasm to assist with departmental responsibilities beyond the audits, for example business development activities or training of juniors.

Travel opportunities

Geographical location of clients typically London with some work for the European based Donor institutions - so there is scope to travel internationally, the extent to which is largely dependent on the individual. 

You will be reviewing their progress and will be conducting a fresh review of their systems, policies and controls, providing further guidance and training as needed. You will be assisting with Power BI reporting and mapping, helping them to streamline and improve their reporting for the Board and donors. You will be reviewing, streamlining and improving payroll, the Chart of Accounts and the month end procedures. You will also assist the Finance Manager to ensure all monthly processes are bring upheld to close the books.

You will begin with a review of their existing finance procedures, systems and controls. You will be making and implementing recommendations for best practice, taking into account the resources and capacity of the team, and providing coaching as necessary.

They are looking to migrate all the accounting processes currently sub-contracted, to be performed in-house and you will support in this transition, setting-up financial procedures for bookkeeping, budget-to-actual comparison, accounts management and internal controls, while providing training and capacity building to the local team.

In addition, they have recently received grant funding from the Belgian provincial government and is expecting more positive results from other grant applications in 2020. They would like further guidance on making sure that their systems are set-up and compliant with quarterly and annual reporting requirements for regulatory and donor purposes.

You will be conducting an updated review of their financial systems, procedures and controls. You will be making and implementing recommendations for best practice, taking into account the capacity and resources of the team. You will update the procedures manual and provide staff training as needed.

The ED has also requested that you help them with QuickBooks, reviewing their use of the system and helping staff to better utilise it. They would like to improve their internal and external/donor reporting using the software. They have also asked for support reviewing and improving payroll procedures. They are scheduled to have an audit in the first half of this year and pending on the auditor’s report and recommendations, you will be supporting with improvements and implementing the recommendations.

Please note that they would prefer if you brought your own laptop. They do have some spare desktops available but have said it would be easier if you had your own.

Their beneficiaries are the Guatemalan at-risk population, and they primarily provide courses and activities in schools and educational centres. As the organization grows, they need to develop stronger systems and be able to properly report to donors.

You will begin with an internal review of their current financial procedures, systems and controls and an assessment of the capacity and resources of the team and organisation, before making recommendations for best practice. You will be improving and introducing new procedures as needed to further strengthen and formalise their structure, working collaboratively with the local staff.

An excellent opportunity to join a young and vibrant organisation, and have a big impact through some simple improvements of their existing processes.

Are you seeking an inspiring role, a new and rewarding career with diverse travel, supporting truly worthwhile causes. Perhaps even the chance to use your 2nd language skills in a critical setting? Our partner, specialists in International Grant Assurance are seeking outgoing auditors for this management position; navigating a diverse group of grant recipients & donors, such as the United Nations & the World Bank. You'll be London-based travelling 30-50% per annum on assignments 1 to 2 weeks in length. Locations such as Malawi, Peru, Vietnam, Belgium, Oxford, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Fiji, Cameroon, France)

Overseas assignments are typically 1-2 weeks in length and could mean travel to one of over 100 countries/ territories. It presents a fantastic opportunity to see the parts of the world you’d never otherwise get to see, work with lovely people and pick up extremely relevant institutional donor and fieldwork experience; vital for anyone seeking to establish a career in the international development NGO sector.

They buy and process various honey and wax based products which they then sell overseas. They offer training to their local suppliers to help them increase their yield, providing inputs on a credit basis, such as smokers and bee suits.

The organisation has grown since their last AfID placement, and they now have four entities to sell the honey produced, recently adding one in Ireland. Their international structure can make meeting compliance and keeping track of their overall financial position complicated, and they require an internal review of their current procedures, controls and systems to ensure this is fit for purpose.

The organisation is currently working with 400 farmers, which is projected to expand to 2000 with 10 field offices over the next 2-3 years, so the assignment would lend itself to a commercially savvy volunteer used to working with growing organisations.

You will be helping them switch to accrual-based accounting and providing training. They have also requested that you help them switch to QuickBooks online and help the team with expense classification and expense entry in the new system.

They have requested support in strengthening their financial management processes to enable them to generate greater donor confidence and attract more funding. In addition, the charity has a young and enthusiastic Bookkeeper, but he doesn’t have any formal training, and would benefit from some one-to-one help and support.

After your initial internal review, you will begin to make recommendation and implement simple and manageable improvements. Your training of the Bookkeeper could include help with day-to-day tasks such as how to produce financial statements and cash flow forecasts, ensuring there is clear written guidance to maintain this knowledge within the charity.

An excellent opportunity to help a healthy and growing organisation keen to improve, through some simple enhancements to their already established systems and processes.

The first part of the placement will entail reviewing the control environment, accounting and financial management processes, and making and implementing any recommendations for best practice. You would then develope a Financial Procedures Manual, create simple monthly management and cashlflow reporting tools (looking at income versus expenditure), and train staff in their creation.

Our partner is also seeking support in creating a 2-3 strategic plan. This will entail really understanding the organisation’s operations, assessing and analysing different options to maintain the status quo, considering expansion, and winding down operations:

• Assess the level of funding required to operate the NGO with the current 50 Beneficiary children and youth (and their families) being supported in an increasing cost environment;
• Identify alternate sources of income/funding needed to fill funding gap between required and projected support levels;
• Develop a “winding down” scenario, including options for existing operations to be absorbed by another local or international charity.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing accounting procedures, systems and controls and making and implementing your recommendations for best practice. Our partner would like to hire an accountant to take over the bookkeeping from her but they do not have the funds to do so yet. You will be helping to establish a simple but robust accounting system which will help to grow and develop the NGO. You will be advising and training her on cash and bank reconciliations; creating programme and organisational budgets; creating monthly management accounts; budget vs actual analysis; cashflow forecasting; preparing annual and project financial statements; installing cash controls; and creating a procedures manual. You will be assessing their need and capacity and helping to determine a priority order.

You will begin with a review of their existing finance procedures, systems and controls. You will be making and implementing recommendations for best practice, taking into account the resources and capacity of the team, and providing coaching as necessary.

They would also benefit from support in creating an organizational budget and understand better financial planning and cashflow forecasting. The local staff has never received any training in finance yet, and they are very open to learn and improve their work. They have an audit done every year, and utilising Excel and Tally as accounting systems – while their procedures seem to be in good place, they are eager to improve to raise to international standards of best practices and make sure that they have the right processes in place for staff to understand and apply correctly the procedures.

You will be assessing their use of the new system and ensuring the financial SOPs are being followed and updated as the business expands.

The Operations Manager has benefited greatly from some training and assistance, and Managing Director is comfortable in overseeing her finance duties and outputs going forward. They now need support to address the higher level business and strategy development. You will be assisting with the following projects:

1. Business modelling: conducting financial and business analysis on local and export sales to inform strategy and decision making
2. Financial projections & investment readiness: developing a set of financial projections based on different business models; supporting the design of potential investment for proposals; preparing for and participating in investor meetings
3. Internal control environment: conducting an internal audit on controls and checking the effectiveness of SOPs in use
4. Building capacity: providing further training to Operations/Finance Manager

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls and making recommendations for best practice, according to their resources and capacity, prviding training and coaching to the local staff as needed.

Our partner requested more support and advice in areas like preparing budgeting, financial reporting and streamlining their financial processes. They have recently started to work on QuickBooks and would benefit from more training on making sure they are making the most of it. They are now building their Strategy Plan for the next 5 years and would benefit from your input in the financial aspects.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls. You will be making recommendations for best practice that are appropriate to the resources and capacity of the team, starting to implement some of these and providing training so staff can maintain the changes. They are in the process of revising their financial policies for compliance which you can assist with. The Finance Manager has recently been promoted into the role and although he has a good understanding, he will benefit from some further coaching to help him manage his new tasks. He has just received his Master’s in Accountancy, he learns fast but has no one to teach him at the moment. Alongside him there is a Finance Officer and a Finance & Admin Assistant.

They are using QuickBooks and Excel and need a review of their use and training on both. The staff’s general excel skills are quite poor, further training and helping to create new, streamlined templates and procedures would add much value. The previous FM changed the way they report to donors from QuickBooks which has since been questioned by auditors as the most effective way. The reporting requirements for the large donors can be both complex and demanding, your review can help make this easier to manage. They are also concerned that they lack strong financial controls which need attention.

Our partner has recently built up a reserve to invest in income generating income businesses. They have requested support to develop business plans and simulations, advising on budget and costing. They have saved enough for rental, refurbishment and a staff of 2 but have not yet decided on what type of business to establish although would like it to provide a service to general public (ie. a coffee shop). If time permits, you will be involved in the strategy and planning for such a venture.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls and making recommendations for best practice, according to their resources and capacity, providing training to the local staff as needed.

They identified a specific need and challenge in making a better use of their accounting system, which currently is on Excel: it is very time consuming and not efficient, and as they are preparing for a second book-launch next year, they want to make sure they have a better system in place. You will assess, recommend and support in implementing a better system that can integrate accounting, sales and database management, able to automatize the work. They are members of TechSoup and will have access to software at reduced prices, but they need your support in selecting the appropriate software and then receive training to make sure they are utilising it appropriately.

They need to implement a new system that would enable them to integrate their accounting, logistics and procurement. They have identified and tested the new software, and have started their data migration in September. You will be supporting with project management of the data migration; they are looking to migrate inventory, pending balances from shop owners, and sales history data. They recently appointed a Project Coordinator who would need to be mentored in order to work independently after your placement is completed. 

You will also support in implementing a better stock count process, and you will be developing and outlining processes to ensure that their new logistics software integrates with Quickbooks. This could involve outlining features for the developer to add, and creating processes for their team in Bangalore to follow.

This role requires a volunteer that is comfortable to work in a busy environment and more than 50% of the time remotely, as the team members are frequently travelling inside India. Please note that as this role centres around systems implementation, depending on your availability, the implementation will have progressed and therefore your exact objectives will need to be confirmed.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls and making recommendations for best practice, according to their resources and capacity, providing training to the local staff as needed.

The organization currently works on Excel and has never been audited, but they anticipate they will need to be audited in the future in order to be able to apply for bigger grants. You will be working mainly with the Founder and Executive Director, who is very keen to learn and would benefit from a general overview on accounting procedures and controls, building budgets and financial management.

Our partner has outsourced their accounting function; the external accountant is responsible for the bookkeeping, preparation of year-end financial statements, and tax & regulatory compliance. The CEO has oversight of the finance function; as part of her role, she has developed a detailed organisational budget, and is working with the external accountant to receive monthly management accounts. However, as she does not have a background in accounting & finance, she is seeking the support of a volunteer to:

• Support her in establishing proper checks and balances, and creating accounting & organisational processes & policies bearing in mind that the finance function is currently outsourced.
• Review the budget she has created and ensure that it properly captures the expected spending, and from which she should be able to get a meaningful monthly report from the accountants.

Their support also extends to the children’s families through income generating projects such as a farming cooperative, which supports widows, young mothers and those who have been in prison and have been released because either they were suspected of the genocide or completed their sentence.

You will be reviewing their progress, checking the accounts and continue provide training as necessary, especially to prepare the financial statements at the end of the year and donor reporting. This will be a good point in their financial year to help them closing the books for year-end, as well as making sure they are well set for the next year.

Additionally, our partner is expecting to be inspected by the local government (department of NGOs) in January 2020. Therefor they have asked for a volunteer to perform an internal audit on the organization and work together with Joseph to make sure that all accounts and procedures are in place and compliant.

You will begin with an internal review of their current financial procedures, systems and controls. You will be assessing the capacity and resources of the team and organisation and making recommendations for best practice, training staff to build their capacity. You will be improving and introducing new procedures as needed to further strengthen and formalise their structure, making sure they are prepared for a potential external or donor-led audit. New regulations have been introduced in Costa Rica and they will need to be yearly audited, so they want to make sure they are prepared for this event.

Apart from audit preparation, one of our partner’s main requests was to receive specialised support in developing a business model for their organization, to increase sustainability. They would like your support in building their strategy and benchmark prices for standardised services. They have good reputation and strong connections with main private donors in the region, but investors are requesting more services and they would like to be prepared with presenting professional business proposals. You will also have the possibility to attend one of their events and advise on how the can financially improve the rateability of the events.

You will start with an internal review of their accounting procedures and controls, you will make and start to implement your recommendations for best practice. Our partner would like your help to develop a simple and robust accounting system that will include tools for budget creation and financial reporting.

Please note that the internet connection in Buikwe will be limited and infrequent. It is a rural area of Uganda, accommodation and facilities will be basic.

You will be reviewing their progress, providing further guidance and training as needed. They have requested support to help ensure they are using QuickBooks properly for 2020 and to ensure they are maintaining accurate budgeting, reporting and meeting donor requirements. You will also be helping to develop an annual core budget and assisting with the preparation and submission of financial reports. Besides, you will be supporting with forecasting and budgets for new project proposals and implementation. 

Complete international grant expenditure &/or VFM audits for an extremely diverse range of projects (grant recipients) funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health or infrastructure, to more commercial projects such as SME development or technical research. Additionally, depending on your seniority you will provide on the job training and guidance to more junior team members throughout the assignment process.

Freelancers

For qualified, multi-lingual audit professionals with a minimum of 5-10 years post-qualified-audit-experience within a diverse international setting &/or INGO financial/ grant management experience, freelance contract options may be available. Applicants must be fluent in English, with strong report writing skills and a second language that includes either French, German, Dutch, Spanish, or Mandarin.

Assignments are 1-3 weeks in length and based across the European mainland and the entire developing world. These are offered on an assignment by assignment basis, one to two months in advance. Please note there is no guaranteed period of work within the contract.

Contractors can be based outside the UK on the European mainland but must be able to work in the EU. 

Details

The role will use all your communication, problem-solving and analytical skills and will give you experience in working with major institutions all over the world. An example assignment might see you leading an audit opening meeting with a UNICEF country office on the Monday morning, before heading off to spend a few days with a local NGO or government partners to audit the way they have spent UN funds. You will look at a sample of supporting documents to make sure the expenditure is genuine and for the purposes intended by UNICEF, and review the internal controls of the NGO, making recommendations as to how these might be improved to strengthen the management of the UN resources. At the end of the fieldwork, you will draft at aide-memoire document and discuss your findings with both the UN and its local partner, explaining your reasoning and being prepared to defend your position. At the airport, you could even start drafting the formal report as you wait for your flight back to London. In addition to a competitive salary and flexible benefits, we will offer internal training to maximise your personal and technical skills.

Requirements

• Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent

• Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries

• A real interest in international development and associated funding structures

• Fluency in a second language is preferable, especially in French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic.

• Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills

• Resilience and adaptability

• Internationally recognised audit qualification preferable.

​ Personal attributes:

• At least 10 years of audit experience

• Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills

• Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills

• Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations

Your role will be to:

• Review the level of progress, including a review of the control environment, accounting & financial management processes, and understanding and adherence to recommendations and tools he introduced.
• Ensure on the control side that they are easily able to collect supporting documents from the field, so an assessment of this plus support in devising strategies to collect supporting documents & meet requirements, would be appreciated.
• Review their finance & HR manual. They feel this is out of date, and would really benefit from developing detailed HR guidelines, including a staff evaluation system.
• Review the responsibilities of the finance staff. Ideally, they would like the new Finance Manager to have more of an oversight role on the day to day finance, and to be responsible for the management accounts & reporting (both internally and to donors). They are consistently late in reporting to donors, and want to ensure that processes are streamlined and responsibilities properly allocated so they are able to meet their reporting deadlines. They would also like to see whether they do need a formal HR Officer, or whether staff within the administration team can absorb the responsibilities.
• Develop financial management tools, including an organisational budget, management accounting & reporting tools, and train staff in their use.
• Offer further training to all staff Quickbooks and support them in making the most of the software.

Please note that progress was slow, as a result of the flat structure; there was not always an ownership of tasks and an urgency to make changes. Whilst the structure is being changed, this placement will require patience and especially at the initial stages gaining trust and cultivating positive working relationships with the staff.

You will begin with an internal review of their current financial procedures, systems and controls. You will be assessing the capacity and resources of the team and organisation and making recommendations for best practice, training staff to build their capacity. You will be improving and introducing new procedures as needed to further strengthen and formalise their structure, making sure they are prepared for a potential external or donor-led audit.

The organization has been awarded 2 institutional grants which has doubled their income. They have requested your support to review their current procedures and controls, make sure they have the right system in place for monitoring expenses and financial reporting. They are currently working on Excel but would like to move to QuickBooks and if appropriate you will support with this transition, as well with creating a Chart of Accounts.

You will be reviewing their progress, providing further training as needed. They are now completing uploading all transactions onto Savings Plus, you will then help agree the balances. You will also help complete the bank reconciliations and introduce a P&L template.

Our partner has requested your support for the Cooperative: developing the Financial Procedures Manual; building their capacity to engage resource mobilisation strategies and improve the loan portfolio; and training staff on maintaining an asset register, cashflow statements and preparing annual accounts. You will also be training staff in donor reporting.

Your role will be to undertake an assessment of their existing controls, processes and systems, making recommendations based on the complexity of the accounting, skillset of local staff and resources available to the organisation. Our partner is seeking an experienced volunteer to design and implement an accounting & financial management system. This will include:

• Reviewing, strengthening and developing their control environment and risk management procedures.
• Assessing whether they transition to using an accounting software. They are keen on migrating to Quickbooks, and it would be useful to support them in getting ready for such a transition, advising and supporting them on it.
• Developing budgets, budget management & reporting, and cashflow management and forecasting tools.
• Training the new Accounting Executive they are looking to hire, and being a business partner and mentoring Amit in better understanding his financial management responsibilities.
• Supporting them with refining financial models and undertaking any analysis for investor readiness.

You will start by reviewing their progress providing further guidance and training as needed. You will support with the following: introducing monthly management reports and accounts; improving financial controls; advising on cash management procedures; implementing procurement policies; and updating the Finance Manual with these changes. You will also be training staff on the new additions.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls and making recommendations for best practice, suitable to their resources and capacity. They have a full-time Accountant who has newly graduated from university. You will be assessing her capacity and providing 1:1 coaching as needed. Our partner would also like your help to introduce budgeting and internal and donor reporting procedures and to strengthen financial controls. They would like you to work with the COO and CEO to review financial sustainability, costing and business plan and to ensure they are meeting compliance.

You will be assisting with the year-end procedures, preparing them for the end of year audit and helping to review and finalise the 2020 budget. You will be reviewing their Financial Procedures manual and their compliance with it. You will also support their ongoing fundraising with budget creation for the proposals being submitted. Our partner also suggested that you help to build finance and project KPIs and train the staff in their presentation skills, both for finance and the broader organisational information.

Your role will focus specifically on reviewing and improving their use of QuickBooks and provide further training to the team as necessary. There is a need to change the existing chart of accounts, reviewing several opened accounts and coaching the team on how to draw reports, roll the budget and create a forecast from the data entered, to help the management take more informed strategic decisions.

You will start by reviewing their progress and providing further improvements, edits and training as needed. Our partner have requested further training for their permanent team and in particular have highlighted the following areas: budget creation, monitoring and analysis; preparing cashflow forecasts; completing and finalising the Procedures Manual; and improving their cash management procedures. You will also be coaching the Operations Director and CEO.

You will also be assessing the fit of the new accounting firm and the accounting software they have transitioned to, Wave.

Working with national, regional and local authorities, our partner is contributing to the de-institutionalisation process which has moved away from the traditional orphanages and foster care model to prioritise keeping families together wherever possible. They aim to promote healthy, safe lives and opportunities for Cambodian youth.

Our partner would like to invite an independent review and advice to develop and strengthen their finance function to ensure they are meeting best practice and to regain the confidence of their donors. You will begin with an internal review of their existing system, procedures and controls. You will be making recommendations for best practice, implementing improvements and training staff on these changes. Your support and advice will verify the errors with the 2018 accounts and establish more stability and control to reassure donors and reduce future risk.

They need support in identifying relevant and appropriate grants or investments, preparing financial information for proposals and applications. You will also be preparing a business case for capital investment to raise funds for their current objectives. You will be working with the General Manager and Advisory Directors to improve their financial planning, assisting with research into social innovation funding opportunities and reviewing and improving their current marketing strategy. You will be providing further training in QuickBooks and building general capacity in finance management. You will also be formalising overhead and product calculations and reviewing and improving stock management procedures, including capturing product itemised sales data in QuickBooks.

They are seeking a pro bono accountant based in India to develop their global audit processes, spanning seven offices across three continents.

• Systems and Process Design: The volunteer will lead in the creation of a comprehensive audit checklist, work with the Accounting Manager to develop a timeline for pre-audit activities, and design systems and standardized processes to help the finance team prepare for the global audit.
• Review internal controls, making recommendations on areas of improvement and updating the Finance Policy Manual to reflect current practices.
• Reconcile detailed accounts, prepare required entries to address reconciling items, and identify process improvements to make future entries and reconciliations easier.
• Mentoring and coaching the finance team, supporting their ability to lead the global audit practice, manage their time effectively and identify areas of subsequent professional development.

You will be working directly with the finance team in India, and remotely with the teams based  in Kenya and in the US.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls; you will be making and starting to implement your recommendations for best practice. You will be assessing the capacity and skills of the team, role allocation and organisational risk. You will be updating their financial procedures manual and training the team the continue any new procedures introduced. Your training will include daily finance management and bookkeeping tasks and higher level management responsibilities and financial/strategic planning and oversight.

You will begin with an internal review of their current financial procedures, systems and controls. You will be assessing the capacity and resources of the team and organisation and making recommendations for best practice. You will be improving and introducing new procedures as needed to further strengthen and formalise their structure, training staff to build their capacity. They have a financial procedures manual but would like you to review and update this. They are using QuickBooks and excel and would like further training on QuickBooks to best utilise the system.

As our partner attract more and larger donors, they need help understanding and adhering to the reporting requirements, which will become increasingly complex. They would also like to demonstrate a robust and transparent system which meets international compliance to help them attract more funding. They would also like you to create better payroll procedures for both core and project staff.

You will:

• Review and build a sound accounting system, looking at strengthening controls, ensuring there is proper cash management (including setting up cash and bank reconciliations). Part of this would also entail assessing the Excel sheets, and review whether they should move back to using Quickbooks. For both, help them develop a chart of accounts, and proper classification of income and expenses.
• Support in building financial management tools – organisational budget, monthly management accounts, cash position and cashflow forecast.

This is really well-rounded placement offering an individual the opportunity to develop accounting controls & processes. Please note, that as the organisation is establishing its operations, it is working as a start-up organisation and will require the volunteer to be independent, hands on and able to really understand the context in which the organisation is operating when establishing an accounting & financial management system.

You will begin with a review of their existing finance procedures, systems and controls. You will be making and implementing recommendations for best practice, taking into account the resources and capacity of the team. You will be working in the main hub with the full time Finance Officer and part time Finance Support. The Finance Officer has a diploma in accounting and the Finance Support is currently studying accountancy. You will be reviewing their capacity and providing coaching as necessary.

Our partner also requested support to establish a robust and user friendly system for their new credit union scheme. They do not feel they currently have the knowledge and capacity to manage multi donors and funds and would like fund management training. They would also like to introduce stronger reporting and budgeting procedures. They are currently registering the credit union, ready for launch at the end of the year. For the cooperative they would like a review of the system and an introduction of better production, distribution and tracking procedures.

The organisation is quite young and small in size and while they have complete financial records, their system is still basic.

You will begin with a review of their current financial procedures, controls and system. You will be reviewing staff capacity and resources and making recommendations for best practice that are appropriate to their need and increase efficiency and are appropriate to their need. In addition to a review on their control environment and accounting practices, they would like a volunteer to support them in preparing their financial statements, preparing for an external audit, and creating an organisational budget and buget monitoring tools.

This is an excellent placement and opportunity for an accountant to provide all round support to an organisation. 

The communities in the tea estates live in impoverished, overcrowded and unsafe conditions and are at risk of malnutrition, violence, high mortality rates and limited access to basic education. The organisation believe that young people should have equal opportunities to develop and succeed, regardless of where they are born, their ethnicity or who their family is and strive to use education as a tool for social change through their education centres and social enterprises.

You will be reviewing their progress with the new systems and procedures, supporting them with any additional training and guidance as needed and ensuring they have the capacity and understanding to maintain this.

Our partner would like to build a more robust system for the Trust going forward. You will be conducting an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls, and you will be making recommendations for best practice and installing a clear and user friendly system, training staff on its use.

Our partner use excel and manual cashbooks; they have purchased QuickBooks but have not managed to switch to the system. You will be assessing and advising on their readiness for either this software or the continued use of excel.  A part-time Accountant based in Vientiane works for them, but has limited capacity: your work will likely involve a couple of trips to support her. You will also be working with the founders who would like training in how to oversee and check finance.

The organisation performs and teaches Brazilian Samba drumming across Nigeria to provide access to the creative arts and to empower young people to become agents for change in their communities. The workshops offer a space to embrace creativity; learn valuable key skills, like leadership, confidence and teamwork; and to grow together. The children and young people who attend their free workshops are from a wide range of social, ethnic and religious backgrounds.

You will be reviewing their progress, providing further training as needed. This placement will be heavy on training to further build their system and capacity to manage it internally.

They have a new Project Coordinator & Logistics Manager who would benefit from some more training in excel. With the wider team you will also be advising on payroll procedures for salaries being paid internationally, creating a financial procedures manual, training staff on how to create annual financial statements and monthly reconciliations.

There is also scope to support with fundraising. While fundraising sits separately to finance, our volunteers can offer assistance by creating budgets and presenting financial information for the fundraising proposals.

You will begin with an internal review of their accounting procedures, systems and controls, making recommendations for best practice while taking into account the local context, needs, capacity and resources of the local team. You will start implementing the recommendations, in order of priority as decided together with the team, while also providing training to staff.

You will mainly be working with the Director, who is speaking fluent English and would benefit from your support in financial planning, developing a sustainability analysis, understanding service pricing and financial benchmarking. They have 2 part-time staff working on finance, one accountant that does their tax returns to the Government and a bookkeeper. They don't speak English but the director will be available to arrange some meetings and translate for you, to make sure your recommendations are understood and protocols followed as agreed.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls. You will be making recommendations for best practice that are appropriate to the resources and capacity of the team, starting to implement some of these and providing training so staff can maintain the changes. You will also be creating a financial procedures manual to accurately document their new system. They are submitting their documents for the 2018 audit at the end of May and have outstanding changes to implement form the 2017 audit report.

Their Office Manager is keeping basic records on excel and QuickBooks which are sent to an external accountant for preparation. The President has an accounting background but does not have the time to spend on finance, she has given some training to the Office Manager but he will benefit from further coaching to build his capacity. You will also be working with the Treasurer who works part time.

You will begin with a financial health check of their procedures, systems and controls. You will be reviewing their financial sustainability and will be making recommendations for best practice, starting to implement these and providing training as needed. They are looking to create a financial plan for the next 10 years and would like you to take a leading role on this.

You will also be assisting with the new model they are developing which will support and advise a network of NGOs who want to deliver mentoring programmes. This model will engage their knowledge, experience, technology, training and curriculum. They need your help to cost and plan this new programme.

They also provide training, education and support to those caring for children and young adults with special needs through rehabilitation and vocational training.

You will begin with a review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls. You will be making recommendations for best practice, appropriate to their resources and capacity. They started using QuickBooks online but employees have received little training on it. They would like to learn how to utilise its functions on stock and inventory. They would also like to start producing financial monthly reporting, including budget vs actual and donor reporting. You may also provide some coaching to the Finance Manager to boost his skills and help to streamline his work.

You will begin with an internal review of their accounting procedures, systems and controls, making recommendations for best practice while taking into account the local context, needs, capacity and resources of the local team. You will start implementing the recommendations, in order of priority as decided together with the team, while also providing training to staff.

There are 2 sets of accounts - one for the farm and children’s home and another for the school - both managed by the same person, who is using Excel and would benefit from the review, training and further recommendations of a qualified and experienced accountant, to streamline the processes and make it more efficient. Our partner has also requested your support on budgeting.

You will also be working with their bookkeeper who has been helping our partner remotely by managing the QuickBooks account. Her current activities throughout the year cover: reconciling Bank Statements, reconciling Accounts Receivable, updating sponsorship records, preparing the Annual Budget for 2019, communication and following up on outstanding payments. She would benefit from your support in streamlining the accounts and further training in QuickBooks and budgeting. 

They have requested support with a fresh internal audit of financial procedures, systems and controls, making recommendations for best practice; reviewing and updating their financial procedures manual; ensuring QuickBooks was migrated properly; and evaluating actuals and supporting ED and CEO to create and upload budgets into the new QuickBooks for regular budget vs actual analysis.

You will also be examining sales data collection and how this is used in management and board reporting, decision making and how it can inform social impact outcomes. You will be evaluating the non-profit costs and multi-country strategies; leading on the creation of business model scenarios for a 5 year strategy; preparing data for investment proposals; and evaluating sales target vs actual data. 

This is a big scope of work. You will be working closely with the finance and management team to identify a priority order and will work through this list as time allows. Depending on where they have got to with finance recruitment, you may also be helping with this process to hire and onboard the new team.

Our partner has been through recent staff changes in the last year, including the departure of their Finance Director and Finance Officer. There is currently one member of staff managing their finance function and they are actively recruiting to rebuild the team. The current Executive Director has also newly joined: she comes from a more traditional banking background and since arriving has identified many gaps and weaknesses in their systems.

You will be beginning with an financial health check, reviewing current procedures, controls and systems and making recommendations for best practice. They would also like to migrate to QuickBooks online which they feel would improve efficiency and reduce manual input and financial risk.

They help other organizations to understand, systematize, and integrate social value metrics into operations, to maximize their impact and receive the highest social return for their investment.

You will start with an internal review of their accounting procedures and controls. The organization wants to make sure they have a solid base in procedures, controls and systems, as they prepare to expand their programmes and receive bigger investments. They would like the volunteer to support them in setting up the organizational accounting practices for: project management, multiple account management, taxes and reporting; create project management accounting templates; financial management protocols, and provide training for administrative and project management staff. The team is young and dynamic, and would require someone comfortable with working independently and have initiative.

Our partner has 8 learning centres providing core classes in English and IT and additional key academic and life skills: this activity brings in income for the centres. Our partner would now like to diversify their income sources further, establishing further programmes to become self-sufficient and independent.

You will be supporting the Country Manager and Program Support Officer, neither of whom has a financial background. You will begin with an internal review of their existing accounting procedures, system and controls across the different centres and head office, which is located next to their Siem Reap learning centre. You will be assessing the resources and capacity of the team and making and implementing the appropriate recommendations for best practice.

They are currently using a simple excel-base system to record income and expenditure. The Country Manager feels the tools and procedures used across the centres can be streamlined and made more uniform. You will be providing training and clear documentation for any new procedures or tools developed to ensure sustainability. You will be designing a system which can later be rolled out to the other and future learning centres in Cambodia.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing accounting system, procedures and controls. You will be making recommendations for best practice, based on the capacity and needs of the organisation.

The team will benefit from training to improve their recording and management of accounts. They are currently using Excel and there is scope for you to evaluate if they can improve the functionality of their current system or would be advised to move to a different financial software.

They are keen to receive the support as soon as possible to complete training on Xero so the system can be rolled out fully. You will also be reviewing their progress with the cash management procedures and daily bookkeeping, ensuring they are keeping up to date and providing further training as necessary.

Our partner has also requested support reviewing their cost allocation, profitability and financial procedures. Staff working have varying levels of education and procedures need to be user friendly to reflect this.

You will begin with an internal review of their accounting procedures, systems and controls, making recommendations for best practice while taking into account the local context, needs, capacity and resources of the local team. You will start implementing the recommendations, in order of priority as decided together with the team, while also providing training to staff.

The GM has requested particular support from a volunteer in evaluating and identifying an accounting software that would work best for the organization, as for now they are only working with Excel and Google Docs. The organization does not have institutional donors and only reports once a year to the state, having an external accountant that makes the annual statements for tax purposes. Apart from the system evaluation there will be scope for you to support our partner with creating/improving the annual budget, forecasting and financial strategy.

They run a drop-in centre providing free information, support and signposting to further services for women and their families. Women can access one to one counselling and attend workshops on topics such as reproductive and sexual health, maternal care, hygiene and nutrition, financial and business management, parenting skills and challenging gender stereotypes. Our partner's outreach programmes visit girls in schools and families at home. Their target beneficiaries are often living in low income families, have low levels of education and literacy and often informal employment. They also focus their support on victims of domestic violence. They are working to stop the cycle of violence both in and out of the household.

You will be starting with an internal review of their current accounting procedures, systems and controls, and will be making recommendations for best practice within the context of their current resources and capacity. You will be reviewing and updating the financial procedures manual, introducing new procedures and providing staff training and coaching. The current manual was provided by a donor as a template and has not been modified to accurately reflect their systems. They would like your assistance meeting compliance and adhering to donor reporting and expenditure requirements. The project reporting is complicated and they are finding it hard to account for central costs. They would also like training on budget creation and monitoring.

They are currently running two donor-supported projects: Accelerating Children's HIV/AIDS Treatment Initiative (ACT) and reducing early marriages and gender based violence.

You will begin with a internal review of their existing accounting system, procedures and controls. You will be providing training and capacity building support to the Financial Officer, Executive Director, Programmes and Admin staff. Our partner is small in turnover, staff and project activity, your implementations will need to be tailored to suit this capacity. They are currently using excel for bookkeeping.

You will begin with an internal review of their financial systems, procedures and controls, making recommendations for best practice, taking into consideration their needs, complexity, local context and capacity of the staff. 

They would like support with building a robust financial and reporting system to track expenses, do petty cash, cost centre management and budget management. They would like to have universal financial procedures utilised by all centres, and a system to allow planning, budgeting, reporting, cost analysis and preparation for audits – currently using Excel.

You will also provide the local centres coordinators with financial training, once agreed on procedures and a system to be utilised for the entire organization.

You will begin with an internal audit of their accounting procedures, systems and controls. You will be making recommendations for best practice, taking into account the capacity and resources of the team and starting to implement some improvements, providing training to staff. 

They have asked that you review the delegation of duties in the finance team, helping to reorganise and streamline. Vietnamese regulations require heavily bureaucratic procedures and with multiple projects spreading across rural areas the team are finding it hard to keep accurate and complete records. The Head of Finance is overburdened with paperwork which detracts from her capacity for strategy. They are also working with accounts in multiple currencies. You will be building team capacity, reviewing internal controls and introducing more strategic analysis, including cash management and an analysis of their various revenue streams.

You will be introducing accruals accounting, training staff on the main principles, creating their first balance sheet and updating documentation. You will be improving their project accounting, introducing better filing and coding systems. 

You will be helping our partner switch to an international version of QuickBooks which will allow them to use it in French: this unfortunately will require manually transferring all the data over to have everything in one place going forward. Our partner are aware that our volunteers do not have prior fundraising or proposal writing experience but volunteers often help by creating budgets and presenting financial information.

 You will be working closely with the Operations Manager, other management and finance staff.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing financial procedures, systems and controls in place. You will be making recommendations for best practice appropriate to the resources and capacity of the Cambodian team. They would like your review to help streamline and ease the workload for the finance team. You will also be providing coaching to build their capacity. They are being audited for the first time in Cambodia in May 2019 (previous audits have been in the UK), the report will be shared with you.

They made the switch to Sage 50 Professional in 2018 and use this alongside excel. The finance team have previously only used QuickBooks and would benefit from a review of how they are using the system and further training on it. Their current system is robust but laborious, involving much manual input and duplication between excel and Sage. You will be helping to streamline, improve and automate the process.

You will review their processes and controlsin light of their plans to start running a safehouse and learning centre. You will mostly focus on implementing an accounting system.

They are seeking a volunteer to review their implementation of Quickbooks. They have several questions around the coding and classification of entries, and want someone external to review how they have fared with the implementation. They would also like you to support them in streamlining processes (where this is possible), and in regularly analysing their income & expenditure, cashflow and meet their reporting requirements. They would like further guidance with financial planning, budget vs actual and cost analysis.

They run an advice and support hotline for victims of trafficking and exploitation, connecting them with legal advice, counselling, referrals to safe places and vocational training. They engage with government and international organisations to raise awareness and advocate for the provision of support for victims and those at risk. Other prevention efforts include reaching remote areas which border Thailand with education and interventions, confronting traffickers directly and referring cases to human rights organisations. A 10 year research programme on the reintegration and experiences of survivors of sex-trafficking is coming to an end this year.

You will be will be starting by reviewing their progress since Ian’s placement and providing further guidance and training as needed. They have requested support this year in their Cambodian office to help them move from what is still a largely paper based system to an electronic one. They would like your advice on the right system to use, be it excel or a software and help preparing them for and rolling out this transition. You will also be providing training on how to use the system.

You will begin with an internal review of their accounting procedures, systems and controls, making recommendations for best practice while taking into account the local context, needs, capacity and resources of the local team. You will start implementing the recommendations, in order of priority as decided together with the team, while also providing training to staff.

Please note this is a small organization and you will most probably need to go back to basics while creating procedures, templates and improving the system they use. The needs and scope of work can be very diverse: they have never had an audit, and you will support them in preparing for one. They are working on Quickbooks, and you will assess their capacity of using the system to it’s highest functionality, as well as provide training for further improvement. Depending on time, you will also support them in improving the reports to their donors, as well as offering support and training on forecasting and overall financial planning and strategy of the organization.

Our partner have two separate needs; depending on the profile of the candidate, both of them can be combined into one longer placement.

1. They are seeking the support of a finance professional to undertake a review of their strategy and operations, identify key risks, and support them in devising an action plan with milestones, based on the priority of these risks.
2. The second piece is more project-based, and will focus on supporting them in the research, development and implementation of a new pay-by-installment product.

This role will require a lot of initiative and business acumen, and the willingness of the volunteer to work in an environment that is still evolving. As part of this, you may also be required to assess what (if any) changes to the accounting & financial management system might be required to accommodate to ensure that the new product line can be properly incorporated and accounted for.

The organization now provides services to victims of child abuse and their parents, children institutionalized in care facilities and their parents, children at risk of separation from their families and their parents, and children with mild autism and their parents. 

Your role will be primarily helping the team transition and implement QuickBooks, as well as provide training to the Finance Manager in utilizing the new software correctly and efficiently. 

You will support the organization to implement the new software QuickBooks Pro for the entire organization. The partner plans to purchase and install the new software before you arrive, and replace in all their clinics the current QB Point of Sale with an uniform integrated QB Pro. You will support them with creating/updating the Chart of Accounts and implementing the new system to the highest functionality, to include and apply to all departments, as well as training the local team to utilise it correctly. There might be an opportunity to travel to their offices outside Belize City to provide further training in utilizing the new system, which they will confirm depending on the volunteer’s availability.

The partner will also like your support in designing a process that will allow them to understand, capture and analyse all their in kind income, and a system to allow them to cost accurately all their activities and services, in order to better estimate expenses and assign value to contributions.

You will also be reviewing their progress and continue training and provide recommendations as needed: they would benefit from further expert advice on strengthening income generation and sustainability.

Their community health services are run in local schools, working alongside communities bodies, police and army forces. Our partner's outreach programmes draws awareness to hygiene and sanitation, sexual health and gender based violence and provides counselling. 

You will be providing further training and guidance as needed. They have been unable to switch fully to an electronic accounting system for fear of the unreliability computer and internet connection and no adequate back up if they were to crash. They would like you to explore alternative options to reduce manual input and eventually move to an accounting software.

They have recently implemented a new accounts system and have requested support to mentor, train and build the confidence of their finance team in making the most of the new system.

You will be reviewing their progress since the last placement, evaluating how the local team has been implementing the new procedures and provide further training and guidance as needed, particularly around cost monitoring, budgeting preparation and analysis and Formal cashflow forecasting.

Their mission is to enable innovate, transnational solution to critical Mesoamerica reef issues through long-term financial support and trustworthy reef management advice. The organization raises funds for programs to protect coastal & marine areas in the region, sustainable fishing and climate change monitoring & management.

Your role will begin with an assessment of their accounting & financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practice based on the complexity of their finances, the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff. They have also asked for a volunteer to provide training in basic financial management to programmes officers of the central office and partners of protected areas in the field. 

You will begin with an internal review of their existing accounting system, procedures and controls. You will be making recommendations for best practices, based on the capacity and needs of the organisation.

Due to the recent loss of their Finance Manager, the team will benefit from an experienced and trained external person to give recommendations on end of month procedures, systems, reporting standards and transparency in procurement records.

The new Finance Manager will most likely benefit from support and capacity building, to make sure he starts with a solid base to lead the finance team, and the Finance Assistant and the Project Managers will also benefit from further training in financial matters, in order to have a better overview of the organizational budget and situation.

Their work includes support to indigenous communities of the Amazon and the Andean regions of Peru, children affected by various forms of violence and trafficking and families affected by the internal armed conflict. The organisation has requested the support of an AfID volunteer to support the Farm in Huánuco. The income from the farm is reinvested in the women’s shelter, which provides support to girls and women who were victims of sexual violence.

You will be undertaking an assessment of their current systems processes and controls and making & implementing recommendations for best practice; visiting establishments in the city that sell similar products to review and update the farm’s business plan; projecting farm income for up to three years and the investment needed; developing a work plan with priority activities for the first year and economic proposals of the highest priority and providing training to the administrator to improve accountability.

They prepare young people for employment and independence through skills training, and  help them  to enter into the open labour market. They also began their own social business, which aims to create jobs for those for whom it is hardest to find them. 

You will be reviewing and provide further support in the following areas:

• Compliance: ensure FY17 and FY18 audits are complete
• Monitor if FY19 accounts record keeping and Financial Controls are kept accurately and up to date; Ensure that Q1 budget v actual variance analysis is completed
• Review the activities of their own social business from a financial and operational aspect
• Update the Finance Manual to reflect current processes and controls
• Ensure donor reporting is accurate and up-to date

They also provide training on hygiene, nutrition, family planning and mothers’ and women’s rights (including what they are entitled to from absent fathers). They also offer psychosocial counselling to the commercial sex workers, helping them to overcome the stigma they face in the community.

You will be assisting the Programmes Officer and Co-founder with the project annual financial summary and will also create an updated and complete financial procedures manual. They currently are being assisted by a local volunteer who is doing the bookkeeping. Unfortunately, her role is not sustainable as she is also looking for paid work which may cause her to leave at short notice. Our partner would like to hire a permanent accountant in the future but currently their funding doesn’t permit this, so they atr overseeing the volunteer’s work and maintaining reporting and analysis. 

They work with legal professionals, educators, students and local communities to enact cultural and behavioural change. This is done through the dissemination of laws related to women, installing gender into mainstream education and facilitating better access to justice mechanisms for women.

You will be reviewing their progress and providing further training and guidance. The Finance Officer has started creating a Financial Procedures Manua. She would like your help to review and suggest improvements.

Your will be focusing on reviewing how they are using the templates and procedures introduced by the past volunteers, and provide training as necessary. You will also check/finalize year end accounts, improve Excel spreadsheet and ensure that 2019 accounts are being recorded accurately using cost centres to identify the split of income/expenditure for the various parts of the organization.

They would also benefit from support in the following tasks:

• Support on analysing financial report of 2018 and dynamics of the first quarter 2019
• Audit financial processes, evaluate and understand opportunities for improvement. Implementation of tools or documents that facilitate the work that is done.
• Specific budgets for project development

Our partner engage young people to become community mappers through university groups in 5 major Ugandan universities. However anyone with a good enough internet connection can become a member and receive training. They generate some income from membership subscriptions. They are also piloting a project to introduce OSM into the university curriculum to equip the next generation with the tools to create and use this kind of data. Besides, they have a new project coming up this year with WeRobotics, which involves the use of drones.

You will begin by reviewing their progress, providing further training and guidance as needed. You will be training the new Accounts Assistant, who has no formal accountancy training, another team member in QuickBooks to help to distribute the workload and project staff in their finance tracking duties. They also requested support with fund allocation, preparing the accounts for audit and reviewing compliance and risk.

Please note that this is a small team and a junior organisation, this placement will require a volunteer who is comfortable to work independently and with initiative.

There has been an increased momentum in their work, and team morale has been high. They have started a new bamboo project, where local farmers are harvesting bamboo stems, using the shoots for food and the bamboo for building materials for making decorative items. They have been strengthening their accounting processes and financial controls and have recently become a sub-grantee for an organisation based in Chiang Mai with other ongoing proposals to international donors.

Our partner have requested an experienced auditor to provide the following assistance: 1) support the finance team (coaching them on improved approaches/methods of audit preparation) prepare for the audit, and then continue for about a week following the audit in order to 2) advise and support the capacity development of the local audit firm, 3) to provide support with the execution of the audit and then, 4) the preparation of the partner’s audit reports.

The organisation was founded to assist communities by offering locals the opportunity to earn an income and make independent life choices. Their staff are women who are genuinely facing barriers to employment. The organisation provides training allowing employees to meet the needs of their families, primarily including health and education.

They are now confident that the team are strong on the day to day but still lack the ability to identify errors and problem solve. They have therefore, asked for a review of their progress since the last volunteer placements, checking the use and adherence to the new procedures manual and further training. They would especially like further support on inventory management and helping the organisation to prepare for further growth and to safeguard it against staff turnover and change.

Since the recent loss of their local accountant who was able to update QuickBooks, the training and continuity in maintaining accounting procedures has been lost. They are therefore looking to hire a new Finance Officer from the local community and ensure that the knowledge is not lost with staff changes.

They have requested support to check & update their accounting records, provide training to the new Finance Officer and another member of staff in bookkeeping and using Quickbooks, support in drafting a procedures & policies manual and QB manual and assistance in preparing the year-end accounts, budget and preparing for the external audit.

They intend to target women aged 18-60 as have experienced that women not only assume primary responsibility for managing household finances, but also suffer the severest consequences of debt traps. They are seeking the support of a volunteer in supporting them in the research, development and implementation of this new product.

Your role will be project-based, and will focus on supporting them in the research, development and implementation of a new pay-by-installment product. You may also be required to assess what changes to the accounting and financial management system might be required to accommodate to ensure that the new product line can be properly incorporated and accounted for.

They have a very basic accounting system, working on a spreadsheet in Excel – they have never made a report and don’t have written financial procedures. Their team have not studied accounting, and would benefit from training, to help them streamline processes and make better use of their efforts and time.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing systems, procedures and controls. You will be identifying gaps and implementing your recommendations for best practice, in line with their needs, context and capacity of local staff. Our partner has requested especially support in using Excel – improving the system and templates, training in creating budgets and drawing reports from it, to present to stakeholders.

You will begin with an internal review of their existing accounting system, procedures and controls. You will be making recommendations for best practice, based on the capacity and needs of the organisation.

You will be helping to establish simple but robust systems to manage their Cambodian entity, its relationship and financial transactions with the Australian charity and their joint increased funding and grant management. They would also like you to check they are meeting local compliance in Cambodia. You will be also training staff on the new system, in bookkeeping, budget creation and forecasting.

They conduct educational workshops to raise awareness, and have a rehabilitation centre where they rescue, sterilize and manage fostering activities for stray cats and dogs.

You will be conducting an internal review of their existing accounts, procedures and controls and will make and implement recommendations for best practice, in line with their capacity, resources and understanding. They are now working on Excel, and would benefit from your support and training in improving their current system and utilize it with more efficiency. They have a Sage account that they haven’t used yet, and would like your support in determining if Sage is appropriate for their needs.

Our partner has also been supporting and collaborating with organisations supporting women and girls at risk of human trafficking and/or sexual exploitation.

You will review their financial controls and revisit the cash management; monthly accounting processes; stock and inventory; and business accounting. You will also help review their online sales procedures to make sure they have the most effective system set up. Our partner is now selling in Singapore and want to make the most of this new opportunity and to continue to expand their reach.

Our partner works with families in 11 villages in the Karatu District, supporting almost 300 families to date. Through a microloan scheme with dairy goats, they provide training in agriculture, animal husbandry, entrepreneurship, savings and biblical values. Their project aims to provide food for the family and access to education and medical care. They provide families with dairy goats which provide nutrition and a means of income. The organisation work in partnership with village leaders, government vets, pastors and other NGOs. 

You will be reviewing their progress since the last volunteer’s placement and providing further training where needed. The organisation is planning to build a farm and would like help developing financial forecasting and projections for this, as well as streamlining their internal international processes and assessing whether they are ready to move on to accrual accounting.

Their inclusive approach with schools works to strengthen teaching and learning processes and introduce a more innovative and holistic curriculum.

You will begin with an internal review and needs assessment of their existing accounting systems, procedures and controls. This will include looking at and advising on stock management and annual budgeting. They have also asked for support strengthening their financial management and creating management reporting dashboards to inform decisions, as well as support creating a Finance Procedures Manual.

They have two main programmes: they offer creative classes in breakdancing, rapping, beat making and graffiti art; and run an education programme in English, Maths and Computing. Peer mentoring is a core part of their work, and they hope through this they are ultimately offering the children and youth an opportunity to become leaders, teachers and positive members of society.

They are a longstanding AfID partner and as the eighth volunteer, you will be reviewing their progress since recent placements, checking accounts are up to date and without errors. You will be reviewing reporting and financial controls, providing further training as needed. They have also asked for assistance with year-end activities and donor reporting.

The organisation support women and girls through a combination of hands-on legal aid, innovative outreach programmes, intense awareness raising, hard-hitting advocacy and tight collaboration with the Justice Sector, to strengthen it from the core.

Your role will be to continue developing the financial capacity of the Finance Manager and Finance Officer. The most recent AfID volunteer has recommended providing tailored training on basic accounting principles and to ensure that the finance team can independently record all transactions and maintain appropriate documentation. You will also support them preparing for an external audit.

They raise awareness through educational workshops & large annual campaigns. They also run smaller workshops in schools and within the busy Cambodian tourist industry. To date they have reached at least 5,500 people through their educational program across Cambodia, primarily in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Battambang.

You will be supporting the organisation with year-end activities and creating their annual report. You will be reviewing their progress since the last volunteer placement, including the testing of the consultancy business model that was started with the founder. You will be providing further guidance and training as needed and helping to prepare them for 2019.

You will be reviewing their progress and providing additional training and support as necessary. They have requested support and training on managing multi-donor reporting, budget preparation and analysis. They would also like you to continue helping with their fundraising proposals.

The organisation provides a shelter rehabilitation programme for street children and offer scholarships to local children to encourage them to attend school and recently started an environmental awareness programme. The organisation has also developed training materials to build the capacity of local law enforcers, social workers and advocates.

For the past few years, they have been in an almost constant process of expansion and now there is an urgent need to strategise on the best possible framework for their financial management system. Your role will be to help design a system that is solid, cost efficient and with all necessary checks and balances built in.

They assist indigenous Mayan, Garifuna and other local community-based groups in their efforts to create and maintain economically viable and environmentally sustainable means of providing for their families. They are currently running 2 main projects: installing solo lighting in every home in the village and distributing reading books to local children.

The NGO was initially a medium-sized organization with a number of grants and projects. However, they have been struggling for several years with a reduction in funding and staff.  You will begin with an internal review of their existing procedures, systems and controls, making your own assessment and recommendations for best practices, taking into consideration the resources and capacity of the team.

They sell rickshaws to drivers on measured and extended payment periods, allowing them to access self-employment and enabling upward economic mobility. They have also introduced solar-battery powered rickshaw to reduce physical labour with sustainable solutions.

You will be supporting with business development and modelling for new ventures and to support their ongoing growth.  If time permits, reviewing internal procedures with their new accountant and making recommendations for best practice.

The organisation run an After School Center which supports children with their homework and offers English and Math lessons. They host a Soccer Club and Reading Program, as well as offering vocational training such as Sewing or Computer Science for older students.

Your role will start with an assessment of their accounting & financial systems and make and implement recommendations based on the complexity of their accounting/reporting requirements, availability of resources, and skillset of local staff.

Their objectives include building the skills of CSOs to enable implementation of efficient development projects in their target communities and create opportunities for the Lao civil society to enhance mutual coordination, learning and sharing of information on the development’s work.

They have requested that you help develop a finance management tool to be used with the local organisations and develop basic finance management training they can deliver to CSO staff. This will need to be suitable for the needs and capacity of local NGO staff who do not have a finance background.

The organisation work with individuals (mainly women) who run small projects for the benefit of their community and are looking to scale these up. They help them group together to create small businesses and provide the entrepreneurs with training for business. This includes: advisory & mentoring in product design, development & marketing, product launch, business development, and operations.  They have three businesses at present: weaving, health & wellbeing products and a farming cooperative.

You will be reviewing their progress and continuing to provide support. In particular, they would like support in developing their system and training for non-finance staff.

The organisation was founded and is run by women with disabilities and works to provide support to other Lao disabled women by helping them develop new skills and build their confidence.

Your role will be to review their progress since the last AfID volunteer and support them with their sales system, Microsoft Access, introduce profit analysis and inventory management tools and providing further staff training. You will be helping the organisation become self-reliant and get to the stage where they do not need external support.

The organisation invests in their skills & leadership and connects them to global markets for their small businesses. 

You will help them improve their systems for costing and pricing inventory to be able to evaluate cost, set price, understand and update the cost of each material, and analyse and distribute overhead costs.

The organisation continue to support and develop them to enable further leadership and educational opportunities.

Your role will be reviewing progress and continuing to develop the capacity of the local Accountant. Improving, streaming and introducing new financial procedures.

The organisation works to achieve their goals through different programmes: they offer lessons for children and teenagers on health, hygiene and HIV prevention. They are seeking an accountant to help them develop their internal controls, reporting and analysis. They reach out to neighbours and family to meet the needs of the community, and ​​​​​​they equip churches and communities with needed resources.

They has asked for a volunteer to help the team with QuickBooks, providing training on its use and how to best utilise the systems. They have requested training in the following areas: financial reporting, Reconciliation of Cash, Receivables, and Payable, encoding of financial transactions and closing procedures. They would also like help with reviewing and improving internal controls; correcting errors; setting up budgets in Quickbooks; profit and loss analysis; bank reconciliations; backup and filing; and cash advance policies.

The organisation provides community-based programmes that address health and nutrition, education, youth development, human rights, economic empowerment and disaster management. Their educational programme focuses on supporting girls to tackle obstacles to attending school, such as early marriages and pregnancy and poor sanitation provisions.

Your role would be conducting a needs assessment to identify and address weaknesses or gaps and build staff capacity.

Following the departure of their former CFO the two junior members of the team have been covering the responsibilities and would benefit from training on financial management in general and on specific areas that will be uncovered in your assessment.

Your role will start with an assessment of their accounting & financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practice based on the complexity of their finances, the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff.

The organisation was created to support development and humanitarian aid workers and promotes resilience and innovation through leadership development, facilitation, training, and other activities including resilience retreats.

While the CEO has experience with running programs financially, she is not a finance professional and would appreciate a review of their finance practices and training where needed. You will also help identify an accounting software suited to their needs, streamline processes and provide training.

The organisation is a development social enterprise supporting young Nepali entrepreneurs through a one-year business incubation programme. The main goal of the programme is to get the business infrastructure in line focusing on opportunities, sales, marketing and financial management. As part of their set up they also provide coworking spaces, a training lab to conduct community-based training and host the Kathmandu Mini MakerFaire with a Humanitarian focus of bringing together international and Nepali makers to showcase innovative solutions to social challenges.

Your role will begin with an assessment of their accounting and financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practice based on the complexity of their finances, the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff. From your assessment you will identify priorities to be developed during your placement and others to be continued by the organisation after your placement.

Their income is very project based and they have found it hard to keep operational and project budgets so they would like to transition to a simpler system which still offers transparency.

You will be reviewing their progress since the last AfID volunteer placement and providing further training for the Finance Officer and Programs team. The Program Mangers and Senior Team would also benefit from training on strategy, financial planning and budgeting. In addition you may also have opportunity to visit some of the small businesses and provide direct assistance and mentoring.

Our partner works to improve the quality of life and access to opportunity for LGBT persons and their families ensuring a socially inclusive Belize. To do so they hold social events in their community centre with the LGBT community, where they discuss empowerment and education around same sex couples / family issues. They advocate to create awareness around inequality in Belize to change laws affecting the LGBT. 

As part of their requirement they prepare for audits, submit annual reports to funders and to the Attorney General’s office. They are in need of a formal system to manage their income and expenses and to improve their financial capacity. You will be the first AfID volunteer on assignment at this organization and your role will start with a review their accounting systems, processes and controls and making and implementing recommendations based on the resources available, the skills of the team and the context where they work. You will be working with the Centre Coordinator and Members of the Board.

The Programme provides residential training to the teachers and farmers in agro-ecology techniques, participatory implementation of productive and multi-purpose landscapes in school and monitoring system.

The organisation have requested support to their established programme in Zambia, where they are in the process of recruiting a new, full-time Accountant. The Regional Facilitator has requested support to help the new Accountant settle in and provide coaching as necessary. They will need training on QuickBooks and backups and electronic filing procedures recommended by the previous volunteer.

Your role will start with an assessment of their accounting & financial management systems, making and implementing recommendation. Our partner has three accounting members of staff however none of them have been professionally trained: you will work with them to build their capacity especially around internal audit and developing financial procedures and controls.

The organisation’s goal is to promote skilful parenting to equip parents and caregivers with knowledge, skills and confidence to foster a safe, non-violent and positive family environment and to prevent and reduce violence against women and children, as well as unnecessary family separation.

They would like support to strengthen internal controls and develop financial templates and guidelines to improve their efficiency and meet international standards. 

The organisation help with diagnostics, access to the right drugs, treatments and blood transfusions and also transfer children to specialist medical care. The organisation also works to provide psychological support and train nurses and doctors on basic cancer care. 

They have requested support in improving and introducing new financial procedures. As the first volunteer you will also be conducting an internal review of their existing systems, procedures and controls in place and making and starting to implement your recommendations for best practice.

Our partner is completing building of a Community Environment and Skills Centre, which is already teaching public schools about waste management, recycling, composting and organic gardening. The outcomes of their advocacy efforts are more sustainable businesses, community beach clean ups and active village waste management systems.

You will begin with an internal review of their current financial systems, procedures and controls. You will make and start to implement your recommendations for best practice, providing training as necessary; in particular, you will provide vital expert coaching to the organisation's accountant and help the organisation introduce monitoring procedures.

They are now ready to start using QuickBooks in the new set up from January 2020. Although as they start to use it they are expecting some teething issues and would like a volunteer to review their progress after a few months. You will be reviewing QuickBooks to check the accounts are complete, without errors and that they are using the system well. You will be providing further training as needed on using the new classes system and assist t with ManagePLUS Gold.

The organisation found from surveys that the majority of residents in local children’s homes where there because of poverty and not because they did not have families. The organisation also work with the children’s parents and guardians to develop economic and food security to help them to support their children.

Our partner would especially like continued help with budgeting and forecasting. They are applying for lots of grants at the moment, which require budgets. In addition to the above you will also be helping them to address the discrepancy in their financial years which are different for the UK and Tanzanian entity and causing excess work.

As a social enterprise they have a one-to-one model, in which for every book they sell they give one for free to a family that does not have access to books. These deliveries of free books are accompanied by a mandatory workshop for the adults that care for the children receiving the book, so that they understand the importance of books in children’s development. So far, they have reached 3000 beneficiaries.

Your role will be to work with the local staff to help understand financial information and support the strategy of financial plans for the next 2 years. They would also benefit from training on how to understand and prepare information that they could show to investors for example a profit and loss analysis, cost of products, overheads, sales projections and their links to project budgets and cashflow forecast. There is also scope to prepare a basic stock system and identify opportunities where they could grow.

Our partner has a history of successfully breeding both species in captivity and releasing the offspring, with nearly 100 macaws released to date. They maintain two release sites at Punta Islita, and Manzanillo respectively, and are developing a field base in the north of Costa Rica.

You will be reviewing their progress, making recommendations and providing further support and training to staff as needed.

You will be based in their Freetown office and will work remotely with the staff in Accra. The key members of staff for this placement are also based in Sierra Leone. You will start by conducting an internal review of their existing accounting systems, procedures and controls. You will be making and starting to implement recommendations for best practice, creating new templates and providing training as necessary. The finance staff in Ghana will also need some guidance and coaching. With uncertain funding, you might be asked to help with  reviewing and advising on their financial sustainability. They feel that their internal controls are lacking and their reporting needs improving as well.

The organization’s staff have come from social worker and education backgrounds and their projects are community led. One key community they work with is the nearby tribal community which is one of the most vulnerable in India. They focus on providing education and opportunities and addressing health issues and underdeveloped infrastructure. 

Your role will begin with an internal review of their existing accounting systems, procedures and controls and will make and start to implement your recommendations for best practice. They have requested support strengthening and improving their systems. You will be coaching their local staff on finance management and project accounting. They would like to build stronger project accounting to be able to analyse and map individual project performance more clearly.

Your primary role relates to a new grant application, which would be for major renovation works. You will compile a renovation budget and identify how the proposed additional operating funds would fit in with their current operating budget. The proposal will be in English and one of the architects speaks English, so knowledge of Spanish is not necessary (but would be great)

To achieve their aims Brenessii has 3 programmes:

• Educational tours: teaching high school students to understand nature and environmental management together with communities.
• Rural base community tourism: working with communities so that students can understand the relation between humans and nature.
• Scientific camps: Their goal for 2018 is to provide scholarships for a group of students to a 4-day scientific camp and give them the opportunity to experience scientists’ work to understand the natural world, the relation with humans and how to make changes to protect the environment.

Founded in 1998, they have four primary programmes supporting the education and wellbeing of children there, specifically in housing, health and nutrition, education and the support of vulnerable children.

Your role

As it has been nearly 4 years since the last AfID volunteer placement at this organisation, you will start with an assessment of their accounting & financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practice based on the complexity of their finances, the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff to ensure they are being efficient, effective and transparent. You will also review how far they got in the implementation of the previous volunteer’s recommendations , helping the organisation create programme and organisational budgets (currently the budgets are created in the US), train the team on Budget-to-actual reporting and provide further training on Excel and Quickbooks.

You will work mostly with their accountant but also with the country manager, programme coordinators and remotely with the team based in the US.

From their research the organisation has decided to target women aged 18-60 as they have seen women not only assume primary responsibility for managing household finances, but also suffer the severest consequences of debt traps.

Your role will begin with an assessment of (or lack of) accounting & financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practice based on the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff.

Your role will be akin to undertaking an assessment of the headquarters’ and regional clinic’s accounting and financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practice based on the complexity of their finances, the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff.

The organisation is committed to information sharing and public participation and bringing together local and global knowledge, they produce innovative models in architecture, planning and policy making.  In Colombia some of their projects and beneficiaries include rural schools, youth centers and public spaces recovery.

Your role will be akin to undertaking an assessment of their accounting and financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practice based on the complexity of their finances, the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff.

They currently have a theatre school as well as an apprenticeship scheme that aims to create successful performers as well as train the students in higher studies or vocational training elsewhere.

Our partner is seeking a pro bono accountant to help them with a 5-year plan on their income and spending. They have received some income to establish an endowment fund; and are keen on exploring the best way of investing the money.

The area is facing changing weather patterns, water scarcity and soil erosion with the overuse of diminishing natural resources leading to deforestation, water pollution and flooding. Their environmental projects include: planting trees; rehabilitating natural forests; encouraging bee keeping; growing and harvesting soya beans. They also educate the community on water sanitation, nutrition and food security.

You will begin with an internal review and needs analysis of their existing financial systems, procedures and controls. You will then make and start to implement your recommendations for best practice. The organisation have highlighted a need to improve donor reporting and grant management; bank reconciliations; procurement; budgets creation and monitoring; monthly management accounting; cashflow forecasting; cash management controls; and creating annual financial statements.

Part of the organisation’s work focuses on supporting female farmers. Farming by women is usually done in conjunction with their children and they ensure that demand creation activities such as seed fairs, field days and seed demonstration plots are done closer to the community to allow for women’s full participation.

To date the organisation has improved affordability, timelines, range and volume of inputs and services reaching out to smallholder farmers.

Your role will include reviewing how things have been since the last placement. You will also review bookkeeping, bank reconciliations and filing, advise on reports prepared and submitted to board, support the organisation on project and organisational budget preparation and on cash flow planning and management.

This organisation offers workshops and courses in the specialties: mason, painter, tiler, ceramist, electrician and plumber for low income and for women that work in civil construction. The organisation targets women whom are poor, have a low level of formal education and are often victims of domestic violence.

In addition to providing a significant change in the lives of the women, their families and communities, they also positively affects the civil construction field by improving its gender equity. Objectively, the construction companies who employ mixed teams report an improvement in the quality of the work, the discipline and organisation of the workforce.

You will implement further controls, review bank accounts reconciliations in line with procedure and undertake an internal audit. The organisation will also require your support with the annual report; reviewing cash flow procedure and improving the budget templates provided to beneficiaries at their workshops.

The organisation works with groups of women who live in a small, rural Maya village, offering training in running cooperatives and providing organic pesticides and fertilisers. They have recently secured a 5-acre plot of land for the women where they can plant vegetables and cash crops.

They would like support transitioning to a paperless accounting system, accounting for in kind contributions and preparing for audit. You will also will be working with the Director and the logging and fishing community groups, whom the Director would like you to train on basic bookkeeping: how to record their expenses and costing of their products as the organisation believes they might be underselling their products because they are not taking into account the fuel, the saw mill or other items in the supply chain.

In particular, they work to eliminate transmission of the disease from mothers to children and improve access to information on sexual reproductive health rights through the provision of counselling, testing services and distribution of condoms and awareness packages.

They would like a volunteer to help them introduce more analysis to their financial procedures, to measure their growth and performance. You will be helping review what is the best system to use and providing training as necessary. They have also requested help with cash flow forecasting, internal and donor reporting, financial planning and strategy.

You will support the Country Manager to ensure that monthly management reports are being completed satisfactorily with meaningful reporting and budget comparisons, to carry out review of accounting procedures on the ground, review budgeting process and Quickbooks Chart of Accounts to simplify programme codes (towards donor rather than location) and expand on tax and other administrative codes (recent audit has suggested this). You will also develop and implement fuel and time sheets to enable greater controls over programme costs and support the team to further review finance policies including procurement, transport and HR. The accountant and the organisation as a whole will also require more training.

Their current work includes: Development of healthy snacks, production and use of 100% recyclable packaging; Work with local women artisans to reutilise the packaging to create and sell products such as bracelets, coasters, key rings ; Supporting local producers by paying competitive prices to boost the Colombian countryside and generate positive impact

The organisation reached out to AfID because they want the organisation to have strong financial management from the beginning.  You will work to create a simple accounting system that allows the social enterprise to have better control over their income and expenditure and their assets. They would also like your support with an analysis of costs and profitability as well as coaching on meeting international accounting standards.

The organisation does not have staff with a financial background as such they would benefit from training on financial management in general.

Your role will be akin to undertaking an assessment of their accounting and financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practice based on the complexity of their finances, the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff. The partner has also requested support with financial statements and budget preparation and donor reporting. 

The organisation offer bi-weekly classes to 230 students and follow a Cambridge University English syllabus complete with internationally recognised exams. Along with lower levels, they are one of the only institutes in Haiti to offer two advanced levels and also sponsor graduates to take the TOEFL exam.

Your role will be akin to undertaking an internal audit by conducting an assessment of their accounting and financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practice based on the complexity of their finances, the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff.

The organisation's holistic health programmes focus on Medical and Dental services, Nutrition and a Healthy Schools Program. The programmes provide reliable and affordable local healthcare to adults and children as well as an education aimed to encourage life-long healthy habits.

Our partner came referred to us by one of their donors who thought they would benefit from the support of a qualified accountant. The first AfID volunteer supported them with budgeting, monthly reporting, cashflow, Quickbooks structure and a reporting timetable for the year. Your role will include assessing whether recommendations from the first placement have been addressed and consider other areas for improved processes and controls.

The organisation has a wide scope of work in Peru which includes providing support to native communities of the Amazon and the Andean regions, children affected by various forms of violence and trafficking and families and communities affected by the internal armed conflict.

Their current programmes include: Rights of Indigenous People, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management and environmental care, Rights of Children and Adolescents, Citizenship and gender equality and Institutional Consolidation of Peace in Peru.

Your role will include undertaking an assessment of their current systems processes and controls and making and implementing recommendations for best practice. You will visit establishments in the city that sell similar products in order to review and update the farm’s business plan- projecting farm income for up to three years and the investment needed, developing a work plan with priority activities for the first year and economic proposals of the highest priority and providing training to the administrator to improve accountability.

They partner with universities in Buenos Aires to deliver a 4- year programme for students whereby they spend 2 years in an education programme studying about the environment and 2 years in the work programme where they put their knowledge to use in the field, volunteering or working in villas (slums) and NGOs and delivering training to offices. Our partner has limited each course to 4 years to reflect the average university course length and to encourage autonomy and confidence. They work with around 50 students a year who are then able to go on and do great work for the environment.

Your assignment will begin with an assessment of their systems, process and controls before making and implementing recommendations for best practise. They would also like your support with reporting and providing tailored training to new members of staff.

The organisation runs a number of overarching programmes and one income generating activity. Their key programmes include: an education programme to create awareness and mitigate risks through education, mental health and human rights promotion, a shelter to provide a home for children and young people working and living on the streets and a social work program. To help generate income they offer guided mountain hikes through the highlands of Guatemala.

As our partner is growing and receiving more funding they have requested the support of a second AfID volunteer to help them implement Quickbooks; preparing budgets and loading them into Quickbooks by division, month and line management, setting up monthly management reporting and providing further training on the system.

They were originally established as an emergency response organisation following the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, and now they are transitioning into a development organisation and serve as a co-working space for local organisations providing them with workspace, meeting space, internet and other tools to aid their work. They also offer alternative accommodation to guests and an opportunity for people and organisations from outside Haiti to connect with small, local organisations who are making a real difference in people’s lives.

They reached out to AfID as they need to professionalise their accounting and finance practises and increase transparency as they transition into a development organisation. Your role will involve undertaking an assessment of their accounting and financial management systems, processes and controls and making and implementing recommendations for best practise. They have also asked for support and training on developing an annual budget and producing financial statements which will ultimately enable them to apply for grants from larger funders. The board and senior management are also very keen to receive training on financial management. In the future, they would also like to transition to Quickbooks.

Their projects aim to strengthen education in the community and support marginalised women through development of their livelihoods with income generating activities and better use of local resources. Through their community learning centres, they work to increase literacy, train on leadership skills and provide community women’s networks. Their key beneficiaries are the illiterate, disadvantaged and poor women.

Your role will involve conducting an internal review of their existing systems, procedures and controls. You will then make and start to implement recommendations for best practise. You will also be reviewing and updating their finance procedures manual and assisting with donor reporting. There may be the opportunity to visit and assist some of their Learning Centres where they are running income generating projects and microloans based in the surrounding area.

They lead a network of self-trained journalists called community reporters/champions and other persons including legal practitioners, data researchers, information analysts and anyone interested in how open data can make transparency and accountability possible in Nigeria and Africa by extension. They also have programmes which work around environmental sustainability, Human Rights and conflict management and disaster and emergency response.

On this assignment you will undertake an assessment of their accounting and financial management systems and make and implement recommendations for best practise based on the complexity of their finances and resources available to the organisation. They would also like support with budget preparation and cashflow forecaster, annual reporting and training on the interpretation of figures from reports. They currently use Excel but plan to transition to SAGE 50 to make their projects more efficient.

Your role will involve undertaking an assessment of their accounting and financial management systems and making and implementing recommendations for best practise.

You will provide support to enable the organisation to make the most effective use of Quickbooks for every day accounting, grant reporting, dealing with currency conversions and forecasting. You will build the capacity of finance staff in relation to financial planning and reporting for the long- term sustainability of the organisation and provide advice on actions which could improve their long- term financial sustainability for example, setting up an endowment fund.

They currently implement two programmes to reduce sexual exploitation of children, particularly in the context of travel and tourism and reduce their vulnerability. They also seek to disseminate a better understanding of sexual exploitation problems in the region to create better child protection measures, policies and methodologies.

You will undertake an assessment of their accounting and financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations for best practise based on the complexity of their finance and resources available.

Their members are CBOs and NGOs who are all providing development opportunities and working towards the collective goal of community prosperity.  They are currently working with 18 organisations in 11 districts, delivering the projects including: HIV awareness and prevention, Women’s health project, Peace building project, Earthquake response project, Rural education project.

They have approached AfID to help them develop their financial systems and procedures. You will conduct an internal review of their existing systems, procedures and controls and make recommendations for best practise. They would also benefit from guidance on cost allocation to manage simultaneous projects, support developing a robust financial monitoring system and assistance improving budgets and documentation of financial procedures.

They now have an Excell template to help them create reports and tools to record loans/ entrepreneurs. They have also recently started using SAGE but need support to make their statements for 2016.

Your role as the second AfID volunteer on assignment will include strengthening internal controls, implementing procedures, providing training on SAGE 50 and EXCEL, as well as providing tailored training on Excell and SAGE to staff and on general financial management.

They began as a group of volunteers playing soccer and have since expanded to provide seven educational programmes. These include free recreational activities in the fields of arts, sports and digital inclusion, leadership programmes, social business and scholarships and job opportunities for the eldest youth.

In the last two years the organisation has grown in the number of programmes they operate and the number of staff, as such they reached out to AfID for support.

You will undertake an assessment of their accounting and financial systems, and make and implement recommendations based on the complexity of their accounting/ reporting requirements, availability of resources and skillset of local staff. You will focus on helping staff to understand processes, structures, tools and procedures that can make financial tasks more efficient and effective and under international standards. You will also make a similar assessment of their social enterprises.

The organisation organises activities for the boys including educational and sporting activities throughout the week and are planning to install a computer lab next year. The founder provides legal representation and matches them to pro bono lawyers who monitor their cases, provide legal guidance and representation and secure court dates. They also run advocacy for system reform in the local and wider Zambian community, running a regular radio programme and collecting donations in the community.

You will help with financial reporting and presenting financial information for funding proposals. They would like to create templates for creating budgets and business plans which can be adapted for different proposals. You will also be reviewing the progress of their new Accounts Assistant and provide more training and coaching.

They also provide residential care across the country where older women and men come to socialise, exercise, receive health education and discuss current affairs.

You will carry out an assessment of their accounting and financial systems and make and implement recommendations for best practise. The focus will be to establish good practises and coach staff in these, ensuring they can be maintained after your department.

The Executive Director believes there are challenges and inaccuracies in their reporting lines and would like to create uniformity. In addition, the residential homes have separate accounting and they would like them to be internally audited. They would also benefit from training in budget preparation and analysis and cashflow forecasting.

In Bolivia their work focuses on preventing violence and supporting victims of violence in particular to girls and women. Their two main programmes are the child-adolescent sexual violence prevention program and the comprehensive care program for victims of sexual violence and domestic violence on the basis of gender.

They were introduced to us by their Peruvian counterpart who we supported in 2016. The Bolivian office has been in operation since 2010 and feel that they need to strengthen their financial management, improve their internal control systems and have better reporting lines that allow them to have correct and timely information.

Your role will be akin to undertaking an internal audit of their accounting and financial management systems, making and implementing recommendations on best practise based on the complexity of their finances, the resources available to the organisation and skillset of the local staff. You will also provide support with analysis and budget preparation and training to management on financial planning and budget monitoring to elaborate better proposals.

Since formation their programmes have extended to address issues such as lack of family income to support children’s education, domestic and gender-based violence and psychosocial problems arising from the civil war. Since the earthquake in Nepal, they have been participating in relief efforts. 

Your role will be to continue building the skills of the finance assistant to improve her confidence of day to day tasks and ability to manage the finance function in the absence of the finance coordinator.  The partner also need support in finalising the annual reports.

You will conduct an internal review of their existing accounting systems, policies and controls, make and start implementing recommendations for best practice. They currently use WAVE- a free basic accounting software, they would like support in using it more efficiently in particular around recording and processing expenses.

They have also requested support with budgeting and donor reporting as they don’t have a formal system in place. Our partner has a community centre which also serves as a community bank. They would like to receive guidance on how to manage the bank and the possibility of helping a community develop cacao related products and periodic workshops and courses.

Alongside providing healthcare services they also deliver training to strengthen the local workforce. Advocacy efforts aim to reduce poverty and empower patients and a growing patient support fund gives vulnerable children access to these services.

Your role will involve helping to strengthen their financial processes, develop a robust cost and time effective accounting system and prepare them for future expansion.

They have requested that you focus on cash flow forecasting and monitoring, budgeting and reporting procedures. You will also create a procedures manual and coach them in how to prepare annual finance statements.

Their programmes include inclusion of communities’ proposals in national public policy, building capacities to do good business with private forestry companies and improving transparency to design and implement effective mechanisms for accountability and distribution of resources in communities. So far their efforts have had a significant impact on creating jobs and driving the local economy, overseeing activities to prevent deforestation and supporting indigenous populations to exercise their rights.

Your role will be to conduct an internal review of their existing accounting systems, policies and controls, making and starting to implement recommendations for best practice. They have requested support in making their systems, processes and controls more formal and efficient but also more visible and accountable to their members and communities. Your support will also be required in the elaboration of financial reporting, and asset management.

Over the past few years they have grown rapidly and now have 2000 students enrolled in their programme. You will be the fourth AfID volunteer to support this partner. They have previously received support in creating & monitoring budgets and reviewing restricted/tracked donor income expenditure.

After some time using their new management reporting system, our partner have requested support reviewing their progress with implementations and help with addressing some errors that have arisen with using the excel spreadsheets. You will be continuing to develop the reporting system and dashboard. You will also be providing tailored staff training on reporting as needed.

You will undertake an internal review of their accounting systems, processes and controls and make and implement recommendations for best practise. You will also help them develop financial and business procedures; financial planning and help them prepare and train for future external audits.

Besides, you will provide training on internal reporting and reporting to the board of directors.

Your role will include undertaking an assessment akin to an internal audit of their accounting systems, processes and internal controls and make and implement recommendations for best practice. You will also help solidify Policies and Procedures manual that includes descriptions of accounting procedures and controls; help streamlining their processes for accounting for both US and Mexico accounting requirements.

• Globally: As they a now have three non-profit organizations (in Bolivia, in the U.K. and in the U.S.) linked to the main organisation which need administering, they would like your help to set up systems to optimize effectiveness, promote transparency, and give them a better overview of their global financial situation. 
• Locally: They need to restructure and streamline their organisation within Bolivia so that as much as possible gets channelled through the Bolivian foundation account.  The founder would also like your support to make processes more efficient as she believes they often make things more complicated than they should be because of a lack proper systems and division of duties. 

The organisation is looking to hire a part time administrator who will need training. The teachers at also are involved in the administration and as such you will be working with some and provide tailored finance training to non-finance staff. 

They work to promote the use of improved cook stoves around Malawi and provide training to rural households on the production of fuel efficient stoves as an income generating activity.

The partner reached out for support after a recent donor audit showed weakness in the finance function. Your role will involve undertaking an internal review of their accounting systems, financial processes and internal control to make and implement recommendations for best practise and to meet donor requirements. You will also provide support in the implementation of an accounting system, which would help them in tracking all payments from advance up to the expensing level.

In order to achieve their mission, the organisation carry out marine research, collect and maintain data, provide information as required by the Authority, organize training courses, maintain coastal monitoring programmes and support other agencies involved in coastal management.

Your role will involve undertaking an internal review of their accounting systems, procedures and controls, risk control and making and implementing recommendations for best practice.  You will also provide support with budget preparation, monitoring and analysis. You will work with the finance and programmes team to put a budget together as well as a cashflow forecast.

As well as conducting research, they work with the local community and its leaders to promote sustainable fishing methods and create locally managed marine areas to reduce threats to these marine populations. They are planning to grow and expand their reach to South East Asia and South America.

Your role will involve conducting a similar internal review, checking on their progress and continuing to implement changes for best practice. You will provide support and training on QuickBooks, support in moving away from a cash based accounting system and help developing a business development strategy to take on more funding for their research projects.

Basic knowledge of Portuguese is advantageous.

The organisation provides education and vocational training support for marginalised young people, they partner with a number of organisations and through these partnerships support organisational sustainability through income- generation, cost reduction initiatives and capacity building for staff.

Recently they have undergone staff changes and have requested the support of an AfID volunteer to help support the new manager.  Your role will involve providing training on Xero and assistance with monitoring with regards to bank and cash transactions. The organisation have recently changed their strategic plan and would like support to adapt the budgets and the accounts to the new strategy and projects.

The region in which our partner operates is prone to both flooding and drought therefore the organisation works with the farmers to try and minimise the damage caused by these natural disasters. Alongside this the organisation works towards the integration of clean, safe water and promotes empowerment for school children and members of the community.

You will be reviewing the organsiation's progress and providing furhter guidance and training as required. You will also support preparing for an external audit and meeting EU reporting requirements.

We tailor all assignments around a volunteer’s personal preferences, experience, budget and availability. You could be budgeting with a street child centre in Kampala, coaching a hospital bookkeeper in Kigali or conducting financial reporting for a primary school in Kathmandu.

Please get in touch so that we can discuss the wide range of opportunities available to you.

We tailor all assignments around a volunteer’s personal preferences, experience, budget and availability. You could be budgeting with a street child centre in Kampala, coaching a hospital bookkeeper in Kigali or conducting financial reporting for a primary school in Kathmandu.

Please get in touch so that we can discuss the wide range of opportunities available to you.

We tailor all assignments around a volunteer’s personal preferences, experience, budget and availability. You could be budgeting with a street child centre in Kampala, coaching a hospital bookkeeper in Kigali or conducting financial reporting for a primary school in Kathmandu.

Please get in touch so that we can discuss the wide range of opportunities available to you.

We tailor all assignments around a volunteer’s personal preferences, experience, budget and availability. You could be budgeting with a street child centre in Kampala, coaching a hospital bookkeeper in Kigali or conducting financial reporting for a primary school in Kathmandu.

Please get in touch so that we can discuss the wide range of opportunities available to you.

We tailor all assignments around a volunteer’s personal preferences, experience, budget and availability. You could be budgeting with a street child centre in Kampala, coaching a hospital bookkeeper in Kigali or conducting financial reporting for a primary school in Kathmandu.

Please get in touch so that we can discuss the wide range of opportunities available to you.

We tailor all assignments around a volunteer’s personal preferences, experience, budget and availability. You could be budgeting with a street child centre in Kampala, coaching a hospital bookkeeper in Kigali or conducting financial reporting for a primary school in Kathmandu.

Please get in touch so that we can discuss the wide range of opportunities available to you.