VICTORIA KAMBALAME

Ms. Kambalame is the Director of Finance and Administration of Total LandCare. She has 11 years of experience working with 12 rural development projects  annually with total budget of $12m.Her focus  is  on; 1)Oversight for prudent management of financial and material resources and promoting sound people management practices.

2) Working with multiple donors with varying financial guidelines defined by the donor.Donor Agencies such as  USAID,EU,FAO,Royal Norwegian Embassy,IFAD and DFID.The Private sector such as Phillip Morris International,Japanese Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco and working with partners such as CARE,Save the Children,AfriCare,CRECCOM,Feed the Children,CRS,Malawi Government Departments.

3)Setting and Maintaining effective financial systems and HR policies within TLC's projects in line with the finance and administration.

4)Harmonising labour laws across the four countries which TLC has a presence.Namely; Malawi,Tanzania,Mozambique and Zambia.

Academic Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in social sciences and economics from Chancellor College, University of Malawi 2001.  Diploma in Accounting from Malawi College of Accountancy, 2003.

 

Language Skills

Fluent in English and Chichewa in speaking, reading, and writing

Other Skills

Strong leadership, organization and people management skills; relationship, interpersonal communication and negotiation skills; analytical and computer literacy skills in a number of packages.

Key Career Professional Experience

Dates	Location	Organization	Position	Description
Jan. 2005 to-date	Lilongwe	Total LandCare (TLC)	Director of Finance and Administration	Oversight for prudent management of financial and material resources and promoting sound people management practices. Provides leadership for the coordination of nine projects under TLC
From 2001 to 2005	Lilongwe	Deloitte and Touch	External Auditor for Projects	Auditing donor funded projects, this included looking at books of accounts and evaluating field work