Director of Finance and Administration Job at FHI 360 - Career Opportunity in Zambia

Vacancy title:
Director of Finance and Administration

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Accounting & Finance ]

Jobs at:

FHI 360

Deadline of this Job:
28 June 2020  

Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka , South - Central Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
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


Job Skills: Not Specified


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).


Job Education Requirements: A bachelor’s degree in relevant field


Job Experience Requirements: At least 10 years


Work Hours: 8

 

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Job Info
Job Category: Accounting/ Finance jobs in Zambia
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job:  28 June 2020
Duty Station: Lusaka
Posted: 11-06-2020
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 11-06-2020
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 11-06-2065
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