Director of Finance and Administration, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases

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PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges. 

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PATH is a global organization that works to accelerate health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges. With expertise in science, health, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales solutions—including vaccines, drugs, devices, diagnostics, and innovative approaches to strengthening health systems worldwide. PATH's Malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases program is a leader in the effort to end malaria illnesses and deaths, refines and develops tools and approaches, invests in national programs, and builds data to empower national governments to pursue malaria elimination.

PATH seeks a Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) for the USAID-funded Reaching every at-risk community and household with malaria services (REACH Malaria) global project. The purpose of the anticipated contract is to provide implementation support services and technical assistance to countries to accelerate progress in comprehensive delivery of facility and community-based malaria services, including malaria case management, prevention of malaria in pregnancy (MiP), seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), health systems strengthening, data collection and use for service delivery, and other malaria prevention interventions.

The DFA will report to the Project Director and will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of budgeting, financial management, and reporting; sub-contract management and procurement; human resources management; asset management; logistics; and compliance with terms and conditions of the contract. They will be responsible for managing the contract budget and preparing financial reports for submission to USAID. The DFA will ensure funds expended in compliance with USG rules, regulations, and contract requirements. They will ensure systems and processes are implemented to support efficient and effective contract implementation, including fraud and risk mitigation practices. The DFA will Lead the project’s finance and administration team and provide oversight of finance and administration at country level.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in financial management, subcontract management, accounting, general administrative processes, and operations.
• Oversee compliance with a focus on USAID, PATH, and statutory requirements and controls.
• Lead annual budget development including managing the annual work plan, life-of-project and activity budgets, and ensuring compliance of expenditures with approved budgets; ensure the consistency, inclusion, and accuracy of costs and compliance with policy and practices, and work with staff in developing budgets for technical activities. Revise overall and sub-budgets as needed throughout the work plan year.
• Maintain systems for budget monitoring and tracking that include financial and contractual data.
• Provide routine pipeline analyses to the Project Director and USAID and ad hoc reports requested by USAID.
• Perform routine financial analysis on program expenditures, documenting and monitoring overall performance, analyzing trends, and identifying gaps to ensure efficient and sound financial management.
• Ensure strong subcontract development, management, and monitoring systems and processes are in place to ensure effective and timely issuance, reporting, compliance, and oversight of all subcontracts.
• Monitor adjustments to annual budgets whenever required.
• Coordinate monthly requests of funds, based on budget and cash flow projections, to ensure the program has all the necessary funds for the operations.
• Review purchase orders and confer with team leader for approval, prior to issuance of the purchase orders for program procurement of commercial goods and services within agreed upon thresholds.
• Review performance and internal controls of operations functions to identify strengths and weaknesses; support project management team and implementing partners to enforce reliable and reasonable controls for efficiency and effectiveness during of program implementation.
• Regularly perform comprehensive risk and cost-eff