World Vision is hiring a National Finance Manager in Juba, South Sudan, on a fixed-term International Assignment contract. The role needs a Full CPA or ACCA and over 5 years of corporate accounting experience, and it accepts both local and international applicants until 09 November 2026. At Youth Works Hub, we reviewed the full job description and set out each area of responsibility below.
World Vision and Its Mission
With 75 years of experience, World Vision focuses on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. It helps children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by its Christian faith.
The organisation invites applicants to join its 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and to share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories.
Contract Type and Who Can Apply
The employee contract type is International Assignment (WVI, Paid via GCLA), Fixed Term. Local and International Applicants (IAs) are accepted.
Financial Planning, Budgeting and Resource Mobilisation
🗓️ Coordinate the annual departmental support cost budgeting and financial planning process, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy, operational plans, funding commitments and approved planning assumptions
🔍 Consolidate and review National departmental Office budgets, ensuring accuracy, completeness, affordability and appropriate cost allocation
📉 Monitor support cost departmental budget performance through regular budget-versus-actual analysis, identifying significant variances and ensuring timely corrective actions with budget holders
⚖️ Strengthen cost efficiency and cost recovery, ensuring shared and support costs are appropriately allocated to projects and funding streams in line with applicable policies and donor requirements
🚨 Monitor funding gaps and escalate to the Finance and Support Services Director in a timely manner
🔢 Ensure budgeting and forecasting data integrity, including accurate coding, funding allocations, and alignment between planning and financial reporting systems
✍️ Support budget proposal development when required
Financial Reporting, Systems and Reconciliations
📑 Coordinate timely and accurate monthly financial reporting with field Finance teams, ensuring reports comply with applicable accounting standards and are reviewed, approved and filed by the 10th of the subsequent month
🏦 Oversee monthly financial reconciliations, including bank accounts, budget-to-actuals, donor and Support Office funding, General Ledger accounts and MyPBAS-to-FFR reconciliations, ensuring outstanding and long-aged items are investigated and resolved within established timelines
🧾 Ensure accurate and timely processing of financial transactions and adjustments, including budget journals, revenue commitments and other financial entries, while maintaining appropriate account codes and Chart of Accounts with the Financial Reporting Services Centre
🔐 Oversee financial systems governance and integrity, including R2R and P2P access, segregation of duties, data security and technical support to Finance teams
🤲 Ensure effective management of reimbursable donor accounts, including reconciliation of invoices to ledger, payroll and project expenditure records, follow-up on outstanding reimbursements and resolution of donor queries
🏷️ Monitor partner financial balances and accountabilities, ensuring funds are correctly tagged, adequately supported and liquidated within established timelines
Balance Sheet Control
🧹 Ensure timely monthly reconciliation and clearance of all balance sheet accounts
🏪 Perform regular vendor account reconciliations and ensure prompt resolution of outstanding reconciling items
🗂️ Oversee account allocations and coding accuracy for all balance sheet accounts
🕰️ Provide periodic aging analysis reports for balance sheet accounts and follow up with responsible stakeholders for timely resolution
✨ Monitor the quality and accuracy of balance sheet records and drive continuous clean-up initiatives to maintain financial integrity
Risk Management and Capacity Building
🛡️ Ensure effective financial controls and compliance across the National Office by enforcing organisational and donor policies, procedures, Blocked Party Screening, delegated Levels of Authority (LoA) and other financial management requirements
⚠️ Lead financial risk management for the department, including maintaining and regularly reviewing the Finance Risk Register, monitoring emerging risks, implementing mitigation measures and promoting adherence to the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework
🌱 Strengthen partner financial management and accountability through capacity building, appropriate financial systems and processes, financial monitoring, audit support, and timely and accurate management and reporting of grant funds
🧭 Strengthen financial accountability and internal controls across field operations, working closely with Finance and Operations teams to establish practical, cost-efficient financial processes appropriate to the fragile operating context
📮 Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory financial obligations, including timely and accurate tax, payroll-related, rental tax, NSIF, Gratuity annual return and other required statutory filings
🧩 Ensure compliance with Labor Distribution Report (LDR) requirements and other cost allocation controls to support accurate project charging and cost recovery
🏅 Champion a strong culture of financial accountability, transparency and ethical conduct, including adherence to the organisation's Zero-Tolerance to Fraud Policy and proactive prevention and escalation of financial irregularities
Audit Responsibilities
🕵️ Coordinate and support internal, external, donor and partner audits, ensuring finance-related audit findings are addressed within agreed timelines, with appropriate corrective or alternative actions implemented to strengthen identified control weaknesses
📋 Participate in the external audit exercise for WVISS Finance Audit
🔁 Follow up on implementation of audit recommendations
✅ Ensure all audit issues picked up during internal and external audits are implemented within 90 days
🚫 Ensure no questionable or disallowed costs arise in project financial audits that would take away resources from other funding streams
Cash Flow Management and Disbursements
💳 Ensure timely and accurate payments to suppliers, staff, partners and other stakeholders in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
🔎 Review payment documentation to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance prior to authorisation
📨 Prepare and submit monthly funding requests and cash requisitions for approval by the Finance Director and Regional Office by the 18th of the following month
📈 Develop and maintain monthly cash flow forecasts and a liquidity plan to support operational requirements, in alignment with approved cash flow forecasts and global treasury hedge requirements
🪙 Oversee petty cash management, including timely replenishment, periodic reviews and surprise cash counts
📃 Ensure petty cash verification certificates are prepared, reviewed, approved and appropriately filed
🏧 Oversee timely receipting, banking of funds, preparation of deposit vouchers and recording of bank charges
🔒 Ensure all cash and bank transactions comply with established internal controls and financial management protocols
🧯 Maintain adequate cash reserves to meet organisational liquidity benchmarks and operational needs (Target Low)
Asset Management and Reconciliation
🏢 Oversee financial control and accounting for fixed assets, ensuring assets are accurately recorded, classified, capitalised, depreciated, transferred and disposed of in accordance with organisational and donor requirements
📒 Maintain the integrity of the Fixed Asset Register, ensuring timely reconciliation with the General Ledger and resolution of discrepancies
📦 Coordinate periodic physical asset verification with Administration, Supply Chain, IT and field teams to confirm existence, condition, location, ownership and appropriate asset tagging
🪪 Ensure strong asset controls and accountability, including appropriate authorisation for acquisition, transfer, custody, impairment, write-off and disposal of assets
🎁 Ensure donor-funded assets are properly managed, including accurate identification, tracking, reporting and compliant transfer or disposal at grant or project closure
🛑 Monitor asset-related financial risks, including loss, theft, damage, obsolete assets, unsupported balances and inadequate documentation, and ensure timely corrective action
🗃️ Support audits and compliance reviews by ensuring asset records, supporting documentation, physical verification reports and reconciliations are complete and audit-ready
🛒 Provide financial oversight of asset procurement and disposal, ensuring appropriate budgeting, coding, value-for-money considerations and accurate recognition of proceeds or gains and losses from disposals
🪜 Strengthen asset management capacity and compliance across Finance and operational teams through guidance, monitoring and follow-up on identified control gaps
People Management, Networking and Safeguarding
👥 Provide strategic leadership and oversight to the Finance team, including recruitment, work planning, regular team engagement, coaching, supervision and performance management, to build a high-performing, accountable and customer-focused function
🌟 Lead Finance staff capacity development by assessing competency gaps, implementing annual development plans and providing targeted coaching and technical support to strengthen performance and career growth
📚 Strengthen organisational financial literacy by training and coaching Finance and non-Finance staff on financial policies, procedures, financial reports, the Field Financial Manual and applicable donor requirements
🏖️ Ensure effective workforce planning and staff well-being, including appropriate leave planning, workload management and adequate coverage to maintain continuity of Finance operations
🚀 Support Finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives at global, regional and National Office levels, promoting efficient processes, systems and ways of working
🌐 Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships with Support Offices, donors, partners, auditors, Operations and other key stakeholders to strengthen collaboration and financial accountability
🕊️ Promote organisational values, spiritual well-being and safeguarding, contributing to an environment where children, adult programme participants and staff are respected, safe and protected, while ensuring safeguarding concerns are reported and managed in line with established procedures
📌 Undertake other strategic responsibilities and special assignments delegated by the Finance & Support Services Director
Degrees and Professional Qualification
🎓 A bachelor's degree, with relevant disciplines preferred (for example Accounts, Finance or Economics)
📜 A master's degree is preferred
🏆 Qualified professional Accountant: Full CPA or ACCA
💻 Proficiency in computer applications (Excel, Sun systems, Word and others)
Experience You Need for This Finance Role
🏛️ Over 5 years of Corporate Accounting, of which at least 2 years must be at a managerial or leadership level
🌍 Experience managing large, complex, multi-sectoral grants, including working with sub-grantees and partners
🗺️ Experience working within a cross-country team model
👔 Team management and fragile context working experience is required
📖 In-depth understanding of project donor guidelines, GAAPs and financial accounting in a fragile context
🔬 Strong analytical skills and preparation of consolidated grants finance reports
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does a National Finance Manager at World Vision do?
The role covers budgeting and financial planning, financial reporting and reconciliations, risk management and audits, cash flow and disbursements, asset management, and leadership of the Finance team. It also includes safeguarding and stakeholder relationships.
Where is the World Vision National Finance Manager job based?
The job is based in Juba, South Sudan. The description refers repeatedly to working in a fragile operating context, and fragile context working experience is required.
What type of contract is offered?
The contract type is International Assignment (WVI, Paid via GCLA), Fixed Term. The job description does not state the length of the term.
Can international candidates apply?
Yes. World Vision accepts both Local and International Applicants (IAs) for this position.
Which qualification is required for this job?
You need a bachelor's degree and to be a qualified professional Accountant with a Full CPA or ACCA. A master's degree is preferred, and relevant disciplines include Accounts, Finance and Economics.
How much experience is required?
World Vision asks for over 5 years of Corporate Accounting, with at least 2 years at a managerial or leadership level. Experience with large, complex, multi-sectoral grants and team management is also listed.
Which systems and software should applicants know?
The listing asks for proficiency in computer applications such as Excel, Sun systems and Word. Financial systems named in the duties include R2R and P2P access, and MyPBAS-to-FFR reconciliations.
Which reporting deadlines does the role work to?
Monthly financial reports must be reviewed, approved and filed by the 10th of the subsequent month. Monthly funding requests and cash requisitions are due by the 18th of the following month, and audit issues must be implemented within 90 days.
Deadline
⏳ 09 November 2026
Link
Apply online: https://worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/WorldVisionInternational/job/Juba-South-Sudan/National-Finance-Manager_JR53448
