Director of Finance and Administration at FHI 360

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technology - creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.

We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of:

Job Title: Director of Finance and Administration

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• The USAID/Nigeria Integrated Health program envisions an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria to identify and support rapid scale up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems.
• The activity will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas: family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal/newborn health and treatment of childhood pneumonia/diarrhea.

Job Summary / Responsibilities

• The Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) will work under the leadership of the Chief of Party.
• S/he is responsible for financial analysis, planning, and oversight to support effective financial management and implementation of the project.
• The DFA should have extensive experience in large and complex program financial and administrative management, including financial controls and audit, as well as reporting on accruals, pipeline, and contract and personnel management.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee the project operations including; but not limited to, human resources,logistics, procurement, subcontracts or sub-awards, and accounting/finance;
• Develop the financial capacities of all task orders under this award;
• Develop internal control measures for the award;
• Conduct internal and coordinate external financial audits for all task orders;
• Prepare budgets for annual work-plans and financial reports for USAID/Nigeria.
• Establish and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control procedures for financial, subaward and operations aspects of project;
• Ensure compliance of financial and operations systems with FHI 360 policies and procedures, USAID rules and regulation, award requirements
• Develop, analyze and monitor program budgets; monitor and track obligations and expenditures against budgets;
• Advise senior leadership regularly on financial and operations-related matters;
• Provide technical assistance, as needed, to local partners on financial compliance and reporting;
• Prepare and submit annual and quarterly financial and accrual reports to USAID;
• Liaise with internal and external auditors in the review of project financial management;
• Supervise other project-based administrative, finance, procurement, administrative and contract & grants staff.
• Develops and implements process improvement plans for department to ensure financial controls and operational procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred) in Business Administration, Finance or other relevant fields;
• Minimum twelve years managing and overseeing a complex project and budget
• Progressive demonstrated experience supervising project operations, including human resources, procurement, subcontracts or sub-awards, and accounting/finance;
• Demonstrated ability for developing and managing large budgets, and in-depth knowledge of USG Cost Accounting Standards;
• Demonstrated experience managing logistics and/or supply chain management for the implementation of public health programs in low- and/or middle-income countries;
• Possess excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communications skills in English; demonstrated supervisory skills; and ability to work well on team.
• Experience working as a member of high performance team;
• Relevant skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheets;
• Experience building capacity in financial management of community-based organizations and implementing partners preferred
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with NGO partners, community-based organizations and international donor agencies;
• Demonstrated leadership qualities, depth and breadth of financial management expertise
• Ability to work independently and manage a high volume work flow.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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