Location: Goma or Kinshasa (your choice) / Democratic Republic of Congo
Desired start date: early January 2027
Contract duration: 24 months
Handicap International / Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity organization that intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict, and disaster. Working alongside people with disabilities and those made vulnerable, it takes action and advocates to meet their essential needs and improve their living conditions. It is committed to promoting respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Since its creation in 1982, HI has implemented development programs in more than 55 countries and intervenes in numerous emergency situations. Today, we have a budget of approximately 200 million euros and 4,000 employees worldwide.
At Handicap International, we firmly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organization. That is why we are committed to a disability policy to promote the welcoming and integration of people with disabilities.
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CONTEXT
HI has been operating in the DRC since 1995 and today implements a diversified portfolio of humanitarian and development projects, with a significant presence in Kinshasa and the East of the country.
In Kinshasa and the West, the program intervenes in particular in strengthening the health system, rehabilitation, maternal and child health, Nurturing Care and inclusion, with the launch from 2027 of a major multi-year program financed by Belgian cooperation.
In the East, HI is present in Goma/Mweso, Beni and Uvira, with interventions in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. Its portfolio includes rehabilitation, mental health and psychosocial support, protection, humanitarian inclusion, emergency and epidemic response, and explosive ordnance risk education.
Through Atlas Logistique, HI also develops significant shared logistics services activities: storage, transport, cold chain and support for humanitarian actors.
The program is evolving in a particularly complex security, administrative and operational context, marked by the conflict in the East, population displacements, access constraints and the need to be able to quickly adapt and deploy operations.
YOUR MISSION
The Finance Manager is responsible for leading the finance teams, ensuring compliance with organizational standards and local financial rules, developing financial strategy and management, and finally, managing operational finances within their scope.
Evolution of Financial Volume
The DRC program has seen significant growth and diversification of its portfolio in recent years, with several humanitarian and development funding projects of significant volumes.
The teams are spread between Kinshasa and several bases.
This multi-base organization implies highly decentralized financial management, while requiring robust steering, consolidation and control mechanisms at the national level.
The Finance Manager for the DRC ensures the overall management of the Finance function and the financial consolidation of the program.
Key donors and external partners
The program’s portfolio relies on a diversity of institutional donors.
HI regularly intervenes within consortia and in partnership with international and national NGOs, which involves significant management of partnership agreements, financial monitoring of partners and reporting obligations to leads and donors.
JOB SPECIFICITIES
The position can be based in Kinshasa or Goma, with regular travel between the different program bases and occasional travel to intervention areas.
In Kinshasa, the position is open to families/couples.
In Goma, the position is unaccompanied (without family/couple).
Requirements
Your skills for success:
- Proven experience in financial management within a complex, multi-base and multi-donor program.
- Strong strategic financial management skills: financial analysis, risk anticipation and formulation of recommendations to the Program Management
- Proven experience in structuring and strengthening a Finance department, with an ability to clarify roles, delegate and strengthen management and control mechanisms.
- Strong capacity for skills development: coaching, support for managers and Finance teams, skills transfer and development of their autonomy.
- Collaborative leadership, with a strong capacity for listening, dialogue and questioning, enabling understanding of the constraints of different teams and seeking solutions collectively.
- Good management of pressure and priorities, with the ability to maintain structured decision-making during periods of high workload, closing, audit, or operational emergency.
- Ability to manage remote teams and build an effective organization between the national level, area finance managers and field teams.
- Professional proficiency in French and English
Benefits
At HI, the departure conditions are commensurate with your commitment and tailored to the context of your mission. Particular attention is paid to health issues and your personal situation:
- 24-month International Contract
- Starting date: early January 2027
- The international contract allows for social security coverage tailored to individual needs:
- Unemployment insurance contributions are only levied for EU nationals.
- Retirement insurance
- Health insurance, repatriation, and supplementary benefits are provided by HI and the employee.
- Salary : starting from €2,757 gross/month depending on professional experience
- Per diem :
- Goma: €684 net/month – paid in local currency on site
- Kinshasa: €1,150 net/month – paid in local currency on site
- Hardship:
- Goma: €500 net/month
- Kinshasa €0 net/month
- Job :
- Goma: unaccompanied
- Kinshasa: family
- Paid leave : 25 days per year;
- R&R : 5 days every 8 weeks
Coverage of transport costs, visas and transport of your personal belongings (from 12 months)
- From 12 months of service, a child allowance of €100 is paid for each family with 2 or more dependent children.
How to apply
Apply online only, by attaching your CV and cover letter via the following link: https://apply.workable.com/hi-jobs/j/313B3348B1
Applications will be processed on a rolling basis, so don’t wait to apply!
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.