Finance Specialist (External/Donor) (Call for CVs)

Vision Development Organization (VDO), founded in 2015 by Afghan women leaders, is a national, women-led NGO dedicated to advancing the dignity, resilience, and leadership of women, youth, and marginalized communities. Despite Afghanistan’s complex humanitarian and governance challenges, VDO has grown into a trusted, principled, and adaptive organization, delivering programs in protection, education, livelihoods, social inclusion, and community development across multiple provinces. Anchored in integrity, accountability, and operational excellence, VDO upholds strong governance, safeguarding, and compliance standards while championing women’s leadership and equitable, high-quality service delivery.

• Lead donor financial compliance and external financial reporting processes for grants and contracts funded by institutional donors, UN agencies, and humanitarian partners.
• Prepare donor budgets, financial reports, budget modifications, expenditure forecasts, burn-rate analysis, and donor reconciliations.
• Ensure all project expenditures comply with donor agreements, approved budgets, procurement standards, and supporting documentation requirements.
• Review financial transactions, allocations, cost eligibility, and donor coding structures.
• Coordinate donor audits, spot checks, compliance reviews, and financial verification exercises. 
• Support proposal budget development and donor negotiations.
• Provide technical guidance to program and finance teams on donor compliance, allowable costs, financial risk management, and grant regulations. 
• Monitor exchange rate impacts, budget variances, and funding utilization trends. 
• Maintain organized grant financial files and ensure timely donor reporting.
• Support corrective action plans and compliance improvement measures following audits or reviews.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Minimum 5–7 years of donor finance and grants management experience.
• Strong knowledge of donor regulations including UN, EU, USAID, WFP, UNICEF, OCHA, or INGO financial requirements.
• Excellent budgeting, reconciliation, and financial analysis skills; strong report writing and compliance management abilities.
• English excellent, Dari and Pashtu fluent

Vision Development Organization (VDO) is accepting CVs and applications from qualified candidates from 13 June 2026 to 27 June 2026 to establish a candidate roster (database) for future employment opportunities. Eligible applicants with relevant qualifications and work experience are encouraged to apply through the Google Form available below on the website. Shortlisted candidates will be included in the roster and considered for vacancies based on project needs. The opportunity is open to both women and men, and Mahram expenses for female staff will be supported where applicable. 

All qualified candidates are requested to copy and open the below given link and follow the instructions:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4r6K_BSh96VoMED0wOV1WBna4eH1Mc-n3zwUC5-ZaC871pA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109440621383724205465

applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process. 

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test or interviews. If you are not contacted Two or Three Weeks after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post.