Finance and Support Services Director
2026-08-05T15:49:20+00:00
World Vision
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FULL_TIME
Lusaka
Lusaka
10101
Zambia
Professional Services
Management, Accounting & Finance, Business Operations, Social Services & Nonprofit
2026-08-17T17:00:00+00:00
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With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)
Job Description:
Leadership, Capacity Development and Strategic Partnering
- Provide strong, positive and values-based leadership to Finance and Support Services teams, ensuring competent and motivated staff are recruited, developed and retained.
- Coordinate professional development, orientation, coaching, learning plans and succession planning across finance and support functions, including grants management, risk management, data analytics, data modelling, reporting and leadership.
- Model Christ-centred servant leadership and support the spiritual and professional development of team members.
- Actively participate in National Office Senior Leadership Team meetings and relevant strategic regional forums.
- Support the National Director, Operations and non-finance teams to interpret financial information and understand their financial management responsibilities.
- Ensure Partnership finance policies and procedures are understood by senior management, operations and technical teams, communities and local partners, as appropriate.
- Build strong internal and external networks across National Offices, Support Offices, Partnership entities, NGOs, financial institutions and communities.
- Promote shared resource networks and effective collaboration with Global Financial Solutions and Shared Services.
Stewardship – Cost Efficiency and Effectiveness
- Ensure effective cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness measures are in place, implemented and regularly monitored.
- Provide cost analysis, promote benchmarking and recommend practical actions to improve resource utilization at all levels.
- Ensure Supply Chain collaboration with other departments to strengthen procurement and payment policies and procedures for goods and services.
Grants Financial Management, Risk and Compliance
- Provide overall leadership and oversight of the grants finance portfolio, including government, multilateral and private non-sponsorship funding.
- Minimize the overall grants portfolio at risk through effective monitoring, compliance oversight and timely corrective action.
- Ensure 100% Labour Distribution Report compliance and timely reconciliation.
- Ensure 100% Blocked Party Screening compliance and timely clearance of possible hit matches.
- Support Operations to maintain grant spending and burn rates within acceptable limits.
- Strengthen the financial management capacity of partners and sub-grantees.
- Ensure fair and adequate support cost recovery from all funding sources and timely reallocation where grant restrictions or caps apply.
- Ensure acceptable support costs are built into new grant proposals and contribute to competitive, winning resource acquisition proposals.
- Oversee grants cash and liquidity management and ensure compliance with donor regulations and grant agreements.
- Ensure timely submission of accurate donor financial reports to Support Offices and donors.
Financial Planning, Budgeting and Control
- Advise the National Director and senior leaders on strategic resource acquisition and allocation in line with Partnership guidance and approvals.
- Coordinate the annual planning and budgeting process and provide technical support to ensure global and regional requirements are met.
- Review budget alignment across the National Office, projects, grants, MyPBAS and Support Offices.
- Monitor National Office budgets, cash flow and project funding and provide timely, relevant information to budget managers in collaboration with Operations.
- Contribute to the development of National Office strategic direction and priorities.
- Provide strong, positive and values-based leadership to Finance and Support Services teams, ensuring competent and motivated staff are recruited, developed and retained.
- Coordinate professional development, orientation, coaching, learning plans and succession planning across finance and support functions, including grants management, risk management, data analytics, data modelling, reporting and leadership.
- Model Christ-centred servant leadership and support the spiritual and professional development of team members.
- Actively participate in National Office Senior Leadership Team meetings and relevant strategic regional forums.
- Support the National Director, Operations and non-finance teams to interpret financial information and understand their financial management responsibilities.
- Ensure Partnership finance policies and procedures are understood by senior management, operations and technical teams, communities and local partners, as appropriate.
- Build strong internal and external networks across National Offices, Support Offices, Partnership entities, NGOs, financial institutions and communities.
- Promote shared resource networks and effective collaboration with Global Financial Solutions and Shared Services.
- Ensure effective cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness measures are in place, implemented and regularly monitored.
- Provide cost analysis, promote benchmarking and recommend practical actions to improve resource utilization at all levels.
- Ensure Supply Chain collaboration with other departments to strengthen procurement and payment policies and procedures for goods and services.
- Provide overall leadership and oversight of the grants finance portfolio, including government, multilateral and private non-sponsorship funding.
- Minimize the overall grants portfolio at risk through effective monitoring, compliance oversight and timely corrective action.
- Ensure 100% Labour Distribution Report compliance and timely reconciliation.
- Ensure 100% Blocked Party Screening compliance and timely clearance of possible hit matches.
- Support Operations to maintain grant spending and burn rates within acceptable limits.
- Strengthen the financial management capacity of partners and sub-grantees.
- Ensure fair and adequate support cost recovery from all funding sources and timely reallocation where grant restrictions or caps apply.
- Ensure acceptable support costs are built into new grant proposals and contribute to competitive, winning resource acquisition proposals.
- Oversee grants cash and liquidity management and ensure compliance with donor regulations and grant agreements.
- Ensure timely submission of accurate donor financial reports to Support Offices and donors.
- Advise the National Director and senior leaders on strategic resource acquisition and allocation in line with Partnership guidance and approvals.
- Coordinate the annual planning and budgeting process and provide technical support to ensure global and regional requirements are met.
- Review budget alignment across the National Office, projects, grants, MyPBAS and Support Offices.
- Monitor National Office budgets, cash flow and project funding and provide timely, relevant information to budget managers in collaboration with Operations.
- Contribute to the development of National Office strategic direction and priorities.
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Vacancy title:
Finance and Support Services Director
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Management, Accounting & Finance, Business Operations, Social Services & Nonprofit]
Jobs at:
World Vision
Deadline of this Job:
Monday, August 17 2026
Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, August 5 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)
Job Description:
Leadership, Capacity Development and Strategic Partnering
- Provide strong, positive and values-based leadership to Finance and Support Services teams, ensuring competent and motivated staff are recruited, developed and retained.
- Coordinate professional development, orientation, coaching, learning plans and succession planning across finance and support functions, including grants management, risk management, data analytics, data modelling, reporting and leadership.
- Model Christ-centred servant leadership and support the spiritual and professional development of team members.
- Actively participate in National Office Senior Leadership Team meetings and relevant strategic regional forums.
- Support the National Director, Operations and non-finance teams to interpret financial information and understand their financial management responsibilities.
- Ensure Partnership finance policies and procedures are understood by senior management, operations and technical teams, communities and local partners, as appropriate.
- Build strong internal and external networks across National Offices, Support Offices, Partnership entities, NGOs, financial institutions and communities.
- Promote shared resource networks and effective collaboration with Global Financial Solutions and Shared Services.
Stewardship – Cost Efficiency and Effectiveness
- Ensure effective cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness measures are in place, implemented and regularly monitored.
- Provide cost analysis, promote benchmarking and recommend practical actions to improve resource utilization at all levels.
- Ensure Supply Chain collaboration with other departments to strengthen procurement and payment policies and procedures for goods and services.
Grants Financial Management, Risk and Compliance
- Provide overall leadership and oversight of the grants finance portfolio, including government, multilateral and private non-sponsorship funding.
- Minimize the overall grants portfolio at risk through effective monitoring, compliance oversight and timely corrective action.
- Ensure 100% Labour Distribution Report compliance and timely reconciliation.
- Ensure 100% Blocked Party Screening compliance and timely clearance of possible hit matches.
- Support Operations to maintain grant spending and burn rates within acceptable limits.
- Strengthen the financial management capacity of partners and sub-grantees.
- Ensure fair and adequate support cost recovery from all funding sources and timely reallocation where grant restrictions or caps apply.
- Ensure acceptable support costs are built into new grant proposals and contribute to competitive, winning resource acquisition proposals.
- Oversee grants cash and liquidity management and ensure compliance with donor regulations and grant agreements.
- Ensure timely submission of accurate donor financial reports to Support Offices and donors.
Financial Planning, Budgeting and Control
- Advise the National Director and senior leaders on strategic resource acquisition and allocation in line with Partnership guidance and approvals.
- Coordinate the annual planning and budgeting process and provide technical support to ensure global and regional requirements are met.
- Review budget alignment across the National Office, projects, grants, MyPBAS and Support Offices.
- Monitor National Office budgets, cash flow and project funding and provide timely, relevant information to budget managers in collaboration with Operations.
- Contribute to the development of National Office strategic direction and priorities.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: postgraduate degree
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