Regional Accounting Manager at the Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

The Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Regional Accounting Manager

Job ID: R3426
Location: Abuja
Job type: Full-time

Duties

• Maintain the regional management unit service desk platform ensuring timely quality response to users.
• Create and set up QBO companies for new countries and projects.
•  Provide timely troubleshooting support to QBO users in country offices.
• Act as the main link between the Field Office Finance team and the HQ Finance teams by being proactive in business improvement, building meaningful and value-added analysis and recommendations.
•  Ensure timely and pertinent reporting to HQ and be the finance partner to projects and implementation in the region
• Partnering with other regional/HQ team (HQ Procurement, Internal Audit, FP/A, HR etc) to provide subject matter expertise, measure key metrics, and provide insights to operational leaders to drive desired outcomes
• Performing special projects to improve process efficiency and performance.
• Provide innovative solutions by working and engaging counterparts from other organizations to learn what they are doing and bring lessons back to MSH
• Provide Proposal Development support for MSH Field Offices, be part of the team for recruiting Finance and Operation staff.
• Continuous improvement of processes and operating business models
• Assessing the capacity assets and needs by engaging the Country office teams to identify gaps
•  Formulate a capacity development response by developing Capacity Planning Programs and tools
•  Implement a capacity development response through either individual or organizational (group) training or mentorship.
•  Strengthening engagement with Key stakeholders in Field Offices i.e. PD and DFAs to honor commitments
• Analyze and report on business performance and trend as well as identifying areas for improvement.
• Interpretation of financial reports, researching accounting issues and provide resolutions.
• Providing monthly variance analysis.
• Provide regular feedback to the country teams on meeting key performance indicators.
• Co-ordinate opening and closing of country offices Bank accounts including changing of signatories (removal and additions)
• Maintains relationship with MSH’s key bankers (Ecobank and Standard Chartered)
•  Approval of monthly fund requests for Country Offices, submission of same to HQ treasury for fund transmission to COs
• Perform reviews and oversight of CO Bank and Mobile Money account, ensuring risk of loss is mitigated.
• Serves as a liaison between Treasury and COs - troubleshooting, and proposing innovative cash management approaches.
• Serves as signatory to key banks for startup and closeout.
• Ensure transfer of skills to COs through training and capacity-building activities
• Carryout periodic auditing of information provided in Workday and CP for payroll.
• Maintain communication with Country offices regarding timesheet submission deadlines.
• Run timesheet processing and costing process in Cost point, troubleshoot issues and communicate with country F&A leads
• Process leave accruals. Grant special leave balances as requested by country F&A / HR leads
•  Run reports for country payroll needs and coordinate with HQ reporting lead for new report requirements.
• Grant access to various levels of users
• Provide Training to FO on the inventory smart sheet
• Conduct spot checks and control checks through the period.
• Coordinate the country office bi-annual inventory count process and follow-up on identified exceptions
• Supervision of Regional accountants by setting objectives, performance oversight and development support
• Manages the Onboarding process and development support for country offices finance team
• Engage in oversight and monitoring by conducting regular spot checks of country transactions for compliance with MSH regulations and rules but also look out for suspicious transactions that may need investigation.
• Ensure that all finance and accounting operations are in alignment with the vision and direction of MSH, Donor requirements and local country laws
• Responsible for implementing the Global financials guidelines & internal controls and perform regular revisions to ensure correct application. Propose concrete solutions to optimize and support strategy
•  Develop a knowledge management repository for each countries Government regulations and standards
• Coordinate tax compliance across countries.
• Ensure that payments are processed accurately, timely, and safely (to minimize MSH’s risk exposure).
• Ensure that treasury practices in country minimize MSH’s cash exposure.
•  Ensure that entries are inputted into financial system accurately and timely.
• Ensure that month and year-end accounting activities are done accurately and in compliance with MSH policies and procedures.
• Upload financial data accurately & timely on online payment platforms for onward approval and payment.
•  Conduct bank reconciliations and ensure that outstanding items are addressed.
•  Ensure quality of financial data is consistently improving across countries.
• Ensure that financial data between QBO and Cost Point Financials is reconciled weekly/monthly.
• Ensure accuracy and Completeness of Employee, Vendor, contractor setup details in countries to support effortless quarterly CSI/Fed Checks

Qualifications

• A Postgraduate Degree in Accounting or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with professional qualifications.
• Minimum of 7 years of work experience as an accountant in a similar work organization
• Prior work experience with the U.S. government and non-USG, foundations, or other donors.
• Experience in the use of accounting software (QuickBooks preferred).
• Good account reconciliation skills, including bank accounts, advance accounts and payroll-related liability accounts.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze balance sheet and expense account transactions and post required adjusting/allocation journal entries.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel), and word processing.
• Understanding of the tenets of cash control and asset management and must be able to complete timely and accurate account reconciliations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.