Relief Mtenga

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Job Title: finance director

Company: Deloitte Consulting

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Relief Mtenga is the finance director at Deloitte Consulting Tanzania.

She took on the role in July 2024 after serving for nearly five years as senior finance manager at EngenderHealth, where she oversaw financial strategy and compliance for donor-funded programmes focused on sexual and reproductive health. 

Relief began her career at GeoData Consultants as an accountant in 2011. She later joined Maktech Telecommunications, where she worked as senior accountant before being promoted to finance and administration manager from 2014 to 2015. In 2016, she moved to Population Services International as a financial analyst and later became programme manager for budgeting and financial analysis. Between 2018 and 2019, she undertook regional assignments in Malawi and South Sudan, supporting financial reporting, expenditure verification, and project closeout procedures for DFID and initiatives funded by Global Fund.

She holds an MBA from UNICAF, a BCom in Accounting from the University of Dar es Salaam, and is a certified public accountant. 

Work
July 2024 – Present: finance director, Deloitte Consulting
December 2019 – Present: financial advisor, Destiny Ventures 
October 2019 – June 2024: senior finance manager, EngenderHealth
December 2021 – December 2023: financial management mentor, NAMA Foundation
April 2018 – October 2019: programme manager, budgeting and financial analysis, Population Services International
February 2018 – June 2019: financial analysis advisor, Population Services International (Malawi)
August 2018 – October 2018: financial reporting analyst, Population Services International (South Sudan)
January 2016 – October 2019: financial analyst, Population Services International
January 2014 – December 2015: finance and administration manager, Maktech Telecommunications
November 2012 – December 2013: senior accountant, Maktech Telecommunications
May 2011 – October 2012: accountant, GeoData Consultants 
May 2004 – July 2005: volunteer and founding member, Tupambane Programme, Students for International Change

Education
August 2020 – September 2022: MBA, UNICAF
2012 – 2013: certified public accountant, National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA)
2018 – 2018: FMDPRO1, APMG International
2005 – 2008: BCom, University of Dar es Salaam

Deloitte Consulting
Deloitte Consulting is a global management consulting firm that provides advisory, analytics, and implementation services across a range of sectors. In Tanzania, the firm supports large-scale donor-funded programmes focused on health, education, and economic development.

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