Golden Jubilee For Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference Finance Department T he Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference finance department that was previously called Administration Department is a composite of all the finance functions of the 8 Commissions including the secretariat. The change from Administration to Finance department emerged out of the Boomers Management Consultancy recommendations for the centralization of all the accounts and finance functions of ZCBC as Sr. Angela Mugwenhi part of a change management process. ZCBC Finance Manager Consequently, the finance department, headed by a Finance Manager was created comprising of all the finance officers of the commissions. The logic of a decentralized finance department is to ensure transparency and accountability in the stewardship of the ZCBC resources. Previously, each commission would organize its books and reports independent of the secretariat. The Frank Boomers' Management Consultancy identified possible weakness of such an arrangement based on the realization that the ZCBC as the final authority will be responsible for the commissions' success and failures. Currently, the finance department has been transformed into the core pillar of ZCBC whose function is to ensure compliance of all commissions on matters of finance and to act as the audit department for donor funds. The basic principle behind the change program for the ZCBC was to ensure proper integrity of ZCBC finance. Hence, our theory of change assumes that: IF all commissions are assisted to make the necessary due diligence with proper audit trail, THEN the centralised finance department will be able to provide the correct service on time. IF the centralized finance department can provide the correct service on time, THEN the commissions can realise their program outputs effectively and efficiently. IF all commissions can realise their program outputs effectively and efficiently, THEN the ZCBC will have impact on the lives of the people in Zimbabwe. In trying to achieve the above program logic, the finance manager has been instrumental in the change of ZCBC financial management and has so far achieved the following outcomes: efficient finance policy manuals; effective financial management of all the accounts of ZCBC commissions; functional 23