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GUYANA | Pro Bono Accountant @ NGO Supporting Families Affected by Trauma | 2 Weeks

Employer
A f I D (Accounting for International Development)
Location
Guyana
Salary
Voluntary assignment. Accommodation provided
Closing date
Oct 2, 2019

Job Details

Exciting opportunity for an adventurous accountant looking to gain international experience and volunteer for an NGO supporting children and families affected by trauma in Guyana.

Accounting for International Development offers every type of accountant, from anywhere in the world, the opportunity to use their skills to support a broad range of non-profit organisations globally. Volunteer Accounting Assignments of between 2 weeks and 6 months form part of our ongoing strategy to build the financial management capacity of charities in over 50 countries. Click APPLY for more...

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Our partner is a non-governmental organization with a mission to build and strengthen children and families’ relationships, safeguarding the physical and mental well-being of all children.

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 – they currently use Excel.

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

Accommodation provided.

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Feeling inspired?

Need a fresh challenge... to do something worthwhile?

Keen to volunteer & share your skills & experience?

If that's a YES (x3), please click to 'APPLY'and see other similar volunteering opportunities overseas.

We are confident you’ll encounter a variety of new and exciting challenges, share new experiences with inspiring people and learn skills that will give you confidence to face challenges in other areas of your life. You’ll be inspired and get back so much more than you give!

Company

Accounting for International Development (A f I D) offers accountants the opportunity to use their skills to make a genuine difference as volunteers and to gain invaluable hands-on overseas experience in the International Development sector.  Tailored volunteer assignments of 2 to 12 weeks form part of an ongoing strategy to build the financial management capacity and long term sustainability of small community based charities across Africa, Asia and South America. Our partners which include street kid centres, health clinics and rural schools are doing amazing work to tackle extreme poverty and inequality in their communities but are unable to access vital professional services. A f I D is now supporting almost grassroots charities in over 50 countries across Africa, Asia and South America and are keen to talk to more accountants willing to share their invaluable skills and experience. In only ten years we are pleased to announce the placement of our 1000th  volunteer. This will take the total hours of pro-bono financial management coaching by our volunteers to over 200,000. An extraordinary effort, that assisted the development, and in some cases survival, of some fantastic organisations. A f I D is a double award winning social enterprise supported by UnLtd & The Millennium Awards Trust (Funded by the National Lottery).

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