Location
Location: Goma or Kinshasa Choice / Democratic Republic of the Congo
Desired start date: early January 2027
Contract Period: 24 months
Handicap International / Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity association, which intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters. Ĺ’Working alongside disabled and vulnerable people, it acts and testifies to meet their basic 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 many emergency situations. Today, we have a budget of around 200 million euros, with 4,000 employees worldwide.
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Job overview
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 the DRC. Kinshasa and in the east of the country.
Ă€ Kinshasa and in the West, the program is particularly involved 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 funded by Belgian cooperation.
In the East, HI is present in Goma/Mweso, Beni and Uvirawith interventions in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. The portfolio includes rehabilitation, mental health and psychosocial support, protection, humanitarian inclusion, emergency and epidemic response, and explosive device risk education.
Through Atlas Logistique, HI also develops important shared logistics services activities: storage, transport, cold chain and support for humanitarian actors.
The program operates in a particularly complex security, administrative and operational context, marked by conflict in the East, population displacement, access constraints and the need to be able to quickly adapt and deploy operations.
YOUR MISSION
The Finance Manager is responsible for the animation of the financial teams, the respect of the standards of the organization and local rules in the financial field, the strategy and the financial management, and finally the operational financial management on its perimeter.
Evolution of Financial Volume
The DRC program has experienced significant growth and diversification of its portfolio in recent years, with several humanitarian and development funding volumes significant.
Teams are divided between Kinshasa and several bases.
This multi-base organization involves highly decentralized financial management, while requiring robust leadership, consolidation and control mechanisms at national level.
The DRC Finance Manager ensures the overall management of the Finance function and the financial consolidation of the program.
Donors and key external partners
The program portfolio is based on a diversity of institutional donors.
HI regularly works in consortia and in partnership with international and national NGOs, which involves extensive management of partnership agreements, financial monitoring of partners and reporting obligations to leads and donors.
SPECIFICS OF THE POSITION
The position can be based at Kinshasa or Goma, with regular movements between the different bases of the program and occasionally in intervention areas.
Ă€ Kinshasa, the position is open as a family/couple.
In Goma, the post is unaccompanied (without family/couple).
Requirements
Your skills for success:
Experience
Proven experience in financial management within a complex, multi-base and multi-donor program.
Strong strategic financial management capacity: financial analysis, risk anticipation and recommendations to the Program Directorate
Proven experience in structuring and strengthening a Finance department, with an ability to clarify roles, delegate and strengthen control mechanisms.
Strong capacity to strengthen skills: coaching, support for managers and finance teams, transfer of skills and development of their autonomy.
Collaborative leadership, with a strong capacity for listening, dialogue and questioning, allowing to understand the constraints of different teams and seek solutions collectively.
Good management of pressure and priorities, with the ability to maintain structured decision-making in periods of high load, closure, audit or operational emergency.
Ability to manage teams remotely and build an effective organization between the national level, area finance managers and base teams.
Proficiency in French and English
Benefits
At HI, the starting conditions are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. Special attention is paid to health issues and your personal situation:
24 months international contract
Position taken in early January 2027
The international contract allows a social coverage adapted to the needs of each:
Unemployment insurance for EU nationals only
Pension insurance
Health, repatriation and pension coverage provided by HI and the employee
Salary: from 2,757€ gross/month based on professional experience
Perdiem:
Goma: 684€ net/month – paid in local currency on the ground
Kinshasa: 1 150€ net/month – paid in local currency on the ground
Hardship:
Goma: 500€ net/month
Kinshasa 0 € net/month
Position:
Goma: unaccompanied
KinshasaFamily
Paid leave: 25 days a year;
R&R: 5 days every 8 weeks
Transport costs, visas and transport of your personal belongings (from 12 months)
From 12 months of mission a child allowance of 100 € paid from 2 dependent children
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