Financial Manager

General summary/purpose:

Financial Manager is part of the Programs Finance Team working closely with Momentum Country and Global Leadership (MCGL) Project Staff, Contracts, Global Human Resources, and Jhpiego’s Country offices to ensure accurate financial, contractual and administrative reporting to the management team. Financial Manager ensures financial systems and reports are compatible with standard Jhpiego accounting practices and follow donor rules and regulations. Financial Manager ensures financial systems and reports are compatible with standard Jhpiego accounting practices and follow donor rules and regulations.

Specific duties & responsibilities:

• Work in tandem with MCGL Senior Finance Manager, Finance Managers, and Sr. Director, Program Finance, to provide overall backstop support to USAID’s MCGL Project
• Work on monthly FMR report, core and country field support reporting and any other required financial reports
• Perform pipeline analysis and reporting as needed
• Develop MCGL Project work plan budgets and modifications, and other assigned country support
• Support budget development
• Develop budget for activities as needed
• Prepare projections and other project projects
• Review sub-recipients’ invoices and their expenditure monitoring reports
• Request IONs and maintain MCGL Project IONs list
• Provide support in performing cost transfers for drawdown accounts
• Provide support with partner invoice and obligation tracker
• Support finance and operation tasks in setting up field offices
• Respond to internal and external audit requests
• Maintain Compliance and track statutory requirements
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum qualifications (mandatory):

• BA in finance, accounting or related field required;
• 5 years related progressively more responsible financial/ accounting and financial management experience, e.g., planning, directing, monitoring, organizing, and controlling the monetary resources of a department, center, or unit. Requires experience working on complex budgets
• Additional education (Master's in a related field) may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula
• Experience with international, non-profit organizations (larger than $10M), as well as a multi-office, multi-national environment preferred
• Experience working USAID and /or CDC projects preferred
• Experience with financial analysis, financial reporting, cash flow analysis, budget development, and forecasting
• In depth knowledge financial software applications, databases, spreadsheets, and/or word processing required. Packages include: Microsoft Outlook, Access, Excel and Word plus university-specific accounting & reporting packages
• Basic understanding indirect rate application and allocation methodologies
• Basic knowledge of US government cost principles, GAAP accounting rules, and grant/contract management
• Understanding of the difference between contracts and cooperative agreements and their relevant terms and conditions
• Strong problem solving skills
• Aware of and sensitive to working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural groups in a developing country environment
• Experience in global organizations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage several major activities simultaneously
• Fluency in French a plus
• Field experience especially in developing countries a plus

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