Organization: FHI 360
Duty Station: Zambia (Any)
Director, Finance and Administration
Zambia HIV Prevention Activity, Lusaka, Zambia
The Director of Finance & Administration on the Zambia
HIV Prevention Activity will report to the Deputy Chief of Party and will
be responsible for overseeing all aspects of financial management and
contractual performance, including financial systems implementation, budgeting,
expenditure tracking, and financial reporting and accounting. The
Director of Finance will establish and maintain sound financial management
practices and ensure the project’s compliance with FHI 360 and USAID policies,
rules and regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provides
overall financial and administrative coordination and
support to ensure an effective and efficient operating platform for the
project.
- Ensures
compliance of financial systems with ZHECT policies and procedures, USAID
rules and regulations, award requirements, and Government of Zambia laws
and regulations.
- Develops
program budgets with teams and monitors budget pipelines;
- Provides
timely and accurate financial reports to ZHECT and USAID as required;
- Reviews
and approves recommendations for financial planning and control,
providing relevant fiscal information to senior management team;
- Manages
internal and external financial audits of the program;
- Ensures
continual review of internal and strategic controls, communications, risk
assessments and maintenance of documentation;
- Provides
technical assistance, as needed, to local partners on financial
compliance and reporting to ensure sound financial management and operations;
- Ensures
that sub-contracts, sub-grants and local consultancy documents and
procedures areco mpleted in a timely and correct manner and comply with
FHI 360 and USAID policies and regulations; and
Minimum Qualifications:
- A
bachelor’s degree in relevant field; a post-graduate degree in
Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or other related field is
preferred relevant to the position requirements;
- At
least 10 years of experience in administrative and financial management
of large complex projects of which at least eight years were in the field
of international development including experience in management of USG
funded projects Cooperative Agreements and Contracts including prime
awards and sub-awards of similar size/scale;
- Track
record in developing and managing large budgets;
- Knowledge
of and compliance to Federal Acquisition Regulations;
- Strong
financial and operational management experience with proven management
skills;
- Professional
level of oral and written fluency in English language;
- Experience
building capacity of local organizations and implementing partners in
financial management;
- Relevant
computer software skills and familiarity with accounting software
(including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office).
This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It
neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry
out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent
a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise
this document at any time.
FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer whereby
we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or
seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, physical or
mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected under applicable law.
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