Accounting for International Development (AfID) Information

AfID offers accountants from around the world the opportunity to use their skills to support a broad range of non-profit organisations globally. Assignments of between 2 weeks and 12 months, or permanent salaried placements, form part of an ongoing strategy to build the financial management and reporting capacity of charities in over 50 countries. Accountants could be budgeting with a street kid centre in Kampala, coaching a hospital bookkeeper in Kigali, financial reporting for a primary school in Kathmandu or mentoring a new FM in Kharthoum. UK roles include FD, CFO, FC, FM, Project & Programme accountant, Internal Audit, management and Financial accountant positions with or without the need to travel overseas. Our non profit partners, which include INGOs, Social Enterprises, NGOs, charities and the country offices of Int'l NGOs, street kid centres, health clinics and rural schools are all doing amazing work to tackle extreme poverty and inequality in their communities but are unable to access vital professional skills and training. Accounting for International Development has now supported over 500 charities and non-profit organisations in 52 countries across Africa, Asia and South America. AfID has organised overseas assignments for over 1000 accountants, FDs, FCs and Partners from 45 countries taking the total hours of pro-bono financial management, coaching and consultancy by our volunteers to over 250,000 - equating to over £12 Million worth of professional services. If you are an accountant or a non-profit organisation or social enterprise and would welcome our support please contact us on +44 (0) 208 741 7000 to discuss how a partnership might work best. For more information visit our website www.afid.org.uk AfID is a multi award winning social enterprise supported by UnLtd & The Millennium Awards Trust (Funded by the National Lottery) and winner of the Santander Social Enterprise of the Year Award 2012