Roving Finance Manager - MENA EE LAC

The Roving Finance Manager - Startup position will work in FHI 360’s Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America & Caribbean Regional Office (MENA EE LAC). MENA EE LAC regional office provides oversight of bilateral projects and support for country offices.  At the country level MENA EE LAC is accountable for establishing both the operating platform and shared services that support project implementation.

The Roving Finance Manager – Start-up position primary function is to deploy at the start of a project to lead the establishment of FHI 360 country finance functions, including systems, standards and procedures. In addition, the position will function as interim Finance Manager in an existing FHI 360  country program, in the case of a critical gap, emergency response, or scale-up, function in a finance advisory capacity to a country or project office, to develop national staff capacity within finance, and/or review and audit existing finance work in an operation, and/or develop and improve the finance provision in an operation.

Accountabilities:

• Ensure that country set up adhere to Financial standard operating procedures, FHI 360 policies, donor and auditor requirements

• Implement FHI360 financial systems, routines and procedures

• Maintain overall budget control and monitor cash flows

• Manage the finance team as well as train line managers and staff on financial responsibilities

• Provide regular analysis and reports

• Ensure any gap filling in the event of a vacancy of a Financial Manager.

• Train Finance teams on FHI360 processes and tools for newcomers, and/or in continuous training.

• Comprehensive knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures with accounting, financial controls and financial information systems.

• Oversees the Quality Assurance team for the region supporting grants and procurement actions

• Able to work with multiple country finance departments.

• Prepares financial guidance to field offices through memos, updates to policies, and procedure manuals.

• Assigns and audits the work of the finance department, while providing guidance to staff.

• Monitors and updates the departmental budget, Quality assurance for Country offices budgets and Modifications.

• Provide direct financial support to country offices in the whole region as needed throughout the full project cycle from startup to closeout

• Manages the operational and strategic functions for the finance department to ensure compliance and efficiency.

• Provides recommendations and consults with management on financial performance and enterprise risk management.

• Develops and implements process improvement plans for the Regional Office to ensure financial controls and operational procedures.

• Provides leadership in financial reporting for annual budget planning, audit reviews, and assessments processes.

• Develops capacity of team performance and drive for excellence.

• Is well-versed in state and federal laws and regulations that have impact on financial analysis and management controls.

• Has significant experience with USAID financial reporting, government accounting practices, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) systems.

• Full knowledge and past experience with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) practices and reporting guidelines.

Applied Knowledge & Skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures with accounting, financial controls, and financial information systems.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Excellent and demonstrated organizational and presentation skills.

• Excellent and demonstrated project management skills.

• Must have excellent organizational, supervisory, leadership, and managerial skills.

• Ability to provide strategic leadership and advice to the team, exchange information, and collaborate with colleagues and peers within and outside the organization.

• Possesses a full understanding of the organizational structure, policies and practices, and the impact on own area and the entire organization.

• Ability to influence, motivate, negotiate, and work well with others.

• Is well-versed in state and federal laws and regulations that have an impact on financial analysis and management controls.

• Has significant experience with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and experience with automated financial reporting, government accounting practices, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Federal Acquisition