Finance & Administration Manager at Nitidæ 

Finance & Administration Manager at Nitidæ 

Position: Finance & Administration Manager (FAM) 

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Introducing Nitidæ 

Nitidæ is a non-governmental organization whose main objective is to design, develop and implement projects that combine environment preservation and local economies development in rural areas of the  Global South. Its projects focus on forests and ecosystems preservation and agricultural value chains  strengthening. Nitidæ also provides technical expertise to agri-food and cosmetics companies wishing to  improve the performance of agricultural value chains, mitigate their environmental impact and stimulate  local development hand in hand with producer organizations. 

Nitidæ is currently carrying out some thirty projects, mainly in Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Mozambique,  Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Cameroon. Its teams gather more than 250 employees (economists, engineers,  agronomists, foresters, geographers, soil carbon specialists, GIS and remote sensing experts) spread  between the different intervention countries and the headquarters in France. 

Interventions are implemented in partnership with local authorities, technical services and community  organizations, with a view to sustainability and impact. 

In 2024, the association’s budget was 8.4 million Euros and continues an increasing trajectory. Context of intervention 

In Tanzania, Nitidæ activities start in 2026 under a four-year EU-funded programme SATAF – Strengthening Agroecological Transition & Agroforestry in Africa, carried out in consortium with the  European Forest Institute (EFI). The programme focuses on the coffee and cashew sectors and aims to  strengthen agroecology-based technical support to producers, deepen knowledge on agroecological  production systems and their contribution to ecosystem services, and support governance and policy  frameworks that enable the adoption and scaling of agroecological and agroforestry practices. 

Nitidæ hopes to get the opportunity to engage in other assignments and programmes in the coming  years. 

Background & objectives 

Role  

The Finance & Administration Manager will ensure the coordination of financial, accounting and human  resources management in Tanzania. He/she will work under the hierarchical supervision of the Country Representative, as well as the Financial Controller and the CFO based at the headquarters in Lyon, France.  

Your mission will encompass different aspects  

• Oversee the financial, accounting, administrative, human resources and logistics management so  that everything follows the internal rules of Nitidæ, donors, and other stakeholders
• Provide the Country Representative, the Financial Controller and the Project Managers with the  necessary operational service support on the finance and accounting aspects 
• Manage bank transactions and enters them in bank journals 
• Carry out the accounting control of bank and cash journals, establishes bank and cash  reconciliations at the end of the month 
• Ensure the correct allocation of expenses (accounting codes, analytical codes, budget lines) in  collaboration with the Project Managers 
• Implement social, HR and remuneration policies in compliance with the country’s legal framework
•  Update the payroll with new personnel data and updates the leave tracking 
• Ensure the payment of salaries, as well as the payment of tax, employer and social security  declarations (monthly or quarterly depending on the legislation in force) 
• Communicate regularly to the Project Managers the budget consumption status and defines the  alerts / monitoring points. 
• Verify accounting supporting documents (payment proofs, receipts, …) and guide the project and  field logistics teams for compliance 
• Participate to the budget drafting and resource definitions for new projects 
• Ensure compliance with procedures defined for goods and services acquisition (need expression,  quotations, purchase order, delivery, invoice and proof of payment and calls for tenders according  to the purchase thresholds defined internally) 

CANDIDATE PROFILE 

Professional experience  

• At least 5 years professional experience in administrative and accounting management 
• At least 2 years experience in an NGO and/or as an administrative and financial manager  

Essential skills  

• Proficiency in Excel and computer tools in general 
• Education: minimum bachelor level in accounting/financial management and/or financial control
•  Experience in an NGO environment / handling donors’ requirements appreciated in the  management of financing agreements (AFD, European Union, GIZ, etc.) 
• Proficiency in national legislation in the field 
• Proficiency in SAGA software highly appreciated 

Qualities and other skills  

• Sense of organization: rigor, responsiveness and adaptability, anticipation and planning
• Strong sense of confidentiality, integrity 
• Interpersonal skills: team spirit, commitment, pedagogue and attentive to employees
• Proactive and autonomous 

Job Conditions 

• Status: 1-year fixed-term contract, renewable, with probation period 
• Position based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 
• Desired start: mid-March / early April 
• Base salary to be negotiated according to profile and experience

How to Apply:

To apply for this offer, send your CV and cover letter with the subject line: “RECRUIT FAM TZ”, to the  following email address: [email protected] 

• Application deadline: 01/03/2026 
• Date of written tests and interviews: 10 or 11/03/2026 

Please mention, in your cover letter, your dates of availability as well as 2 references (names, functions,  email addresses). 

Please read the proposed job description carefully, irrelevant and incomplete applications will not be  analysed. If you do not receive a response from us, you may consider that your application has not been  selected.

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