Senior Program Accountant

The Hunger Project Malawi (THP Malawi) has been operating in Malawi since 1999 and is currently working in Blantyre, Chikwawa, Neno, Mwanza, Nsanje, Ntcheu, Phalombe and Salima districts. Our programs are based on an innovative, holistic approach which empowers women and men living in rural villages to become the agents of their own development and make sustainable progress in overcoming hunger and poverty.

THP Malawi has received funding from a European Foundation to implement the THRIVE (Together for Human Resilience, Inclusion and Vibrant Ecosystems) program in Rumphi. The Foundation has committed to fund the first part of THP Malawi’s ambitious THRIVE program, in collaboration with The Hunger Project the Netherlands. The funding has been granted up until September 2029.

THRIVE

THRIVE aims to improve the capacity and capability of people living within the proximity of Nyika National Park and the north of Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve to sustainably manage their own livelihoods, whilst conserving and protecting the local ecosystem, enabling them to end their own hunger and poverty. Our bold plan is to encircle the Nyika National Park with self-reliant communities in the timespan of fifteen years through a two-phased approach. The program will be implemented together with the Women’s Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC), a renowned Malawian women’s rights NGO, The Centre for Economic Governance and Accountability in Africa (CEGAA), a regional CSO with expertise in budget monitoring and expenditure tracking and connected advocacy, Peace Parks Foundation and the Nyika/Vwaza Trust.

THP Malawi is recruiting for the following position for this program:

SENIOR PROGRAM ACCOUNTANT

Position Summary

The Senior Program Accountant will be responsible for managing the finance aspect of the program and reports to the Head of Finance of THP Malawi, and works closely with the THRIVE Program Manager. All the financial staff within THRIVE report directly to the Senior Program Accountant. The successful candidate will be working in Rumphi and the starting date for this position is October 15, 2025 (earlier, if possible, but no later).

Responsibilities of the Senior Program Accountant:

Budgeting and adaptive management

• Leading and overseeing annual project budget preparations for the program, including the provision of formats;
• Participating in annual work planning sessions, with a focus on budget preparation;
• Supporting partners in their budget preparations and reviewing their input;
• Discussing, preparing and documenting changes to the budget and the program throughout the year to allow for adaptive management, in close consultation with the Program Manager and as a member of the Program Management Unit (PMU).

Reporting

• Providing formats for reporting to all partners;
• Consolidating quarterly financial reports for the Program Manager and the PMU;
• Consolidating bi-annual financial reports to the funder;
• Supporting partners with all the above.

Accounting processes

• Direct supervision of the Project Accountant and Project Administrative Assistant;
• Enforcing financial controls, ensuring that processes and procedures are followed and implemented;
• Identifying and implementing changes related to regulatory reporting, funder reporting and statutory accounting standards;
• Reviewing and approving monthly general ledger journal entries and bank reconciliations;
• Supporting and conducting (internal) audits and spot checks.

Experience, Education and Requirements:

• Candidates for consideration must have ACCA, and
• MUST be a Certified Accountant recognized by ICAM;
• Candidates must have completed additional education trajectories like an MBA majoring in Finance;
• Demonstrable experience in finance and compliance with both back donors and contract partners;
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience working in a NonGovernmental organization working in similar roles with the same responsibilities.

Personal skills:

• Proven attention to detail, follow-through skills, and problem solving skills;
• Proactive, results- and service-oriented;
• The ability to adapt financial plans in order to achieve goals (adaptive management skills);
• Strong organizational and time management skills to meet sensitive deadlines.

Required language skills:

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
• Candidates must be willing to work in Rumphi.

How to apply:

Interested candidates who meet the above criteria, should send 1) their resumes with names and contacts of two traceable referees and 2) a motivation cover letter electronically not later than September 5, 2025 to: recruitment.thrive@thp.org. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

THP Malawi does not tolerate any form of fraud and/or sexual misconduct. Successful candidates will be subject to rigorous background checks.