Job Title: head of finance and operations
Company: Foundation for Civil Society
Gabriel Bundala is the acting executive director at Foundation for Civil Society (FCS).
He started his career as an audit trainee at the National Audit Office in Tanzania in July 2013 while working concurrently as a CPA and ATEC tutor at Covenant Financial Consultants. In August 2014, he joined PwC as an assurance associate, working in the position for two years before taking on the role of senior audit associate in July 2016.
Gabriel left the audit firm in January 2019, when he was appointed as the operations manager at Bolt. He transitioned to the position of regional operations manager for Tanzania and Uganda in June 2022, serving for a year.
He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Institute of Finance Management and an MBA in finance from the University of Dar es Salaam. He also holds ACCA, CPA, and full stack web development certifications.
Work experience
March 2025 - Present: ag. executive director, Foundation for Civil Society (FCS)
Feb 2025 - Present: head of finance and operations, Foundation for Civil Society (FCS)
Jun 2022 - Jun 2023: regional operations manager (Tanzania & Uganda), Bolt
Jan 2019 - Jun 2022: operations manager, Bolt
Jul 2016 - Jan 2019: senior audit associate, PwC (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Aug 2014 - Jul 2016: assurance associate, PwC (Oysterbay, Dar es Salaam)
Jul 2013 - Aug 2014: ATEC tutor, Covenant Financial Consultants
Jul 2013 - Aug 2014: CPA tutor, Covenant Financial Consultants
Jul 2013 - Sep 2013: audit trainee, National Audit Office Tanzania
Education
Jul 2017 - Nov 2022: MBA, Finance, University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)
Sep 2021 - Mar 2022: Full Stack Web Developer Certificate, HyperionDev
2017: Certified Public Accountant (CPA(T)), National Board of Accountants and Auditors
2015 - 2016: Professional Qualification in Accounting and Business, ACCA
2011 - 2014: Bachelor of Accountancy, The Institute of Finance Management (IFM)
2011 - 2012: Accounting Technician Certificate (ATEC), National Board of Accountants and Auditors
Foundation for Civil Society
Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) is a Tanzanian non-profit that provides grants and capacity building services to civil society organisations (CSOs).
