Clinton Health Access Initiative Finance Director Job Vacancy in Tanzania

Job Title: Finance Director, Dodoma, Tanzania

Overview:

The Clinton
Health Access Initiative (CHAI – formerly the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative)
under the leadership of former President William Jefferson Clinton III has
worked since 2002 to reduce the pricing of HIV/AIDS medicines and diagnostics,
and to work with governments around the world to further turn the tide on the
disease by building the systems needed to deliver care and treatment. In ten
short years, President Clinton and CHAI have made a substantial impact in the
fight against HIV/AIDS, including seven breakthrough price reductions for drugs
and diagnostics. Today, more than two million people living with HIV/AIDS are
on lifesaving treatment using medicines purchased under CHAI agreements with
manufacturers. In addition to programs focused on HIV/AIDS, CHAI has expanded
in recent years to assist efforts to fight malaria, improve and strengthen
health system, reduce the burden of Maternal and Child Health disease, and most
recently, facilitate the introduction and scale up of new vaccines in
developing countries

CHAI is seeking a honest, talented, highly motivated, and flexible individual
for a Finance director position. The Finance Director will work as part of the
accounting and finance team to provide financial leadership and control,
management, reporting and analysis, budgetary support; and act as a liaison between
headquarters and in-country staff members. The Finance Director will report to
the Tanzania Deputy Country Director.

Responsibilities:

Accounting

-Review and
analyse monthly expenditure report for submission to HQ and perform required
monthly cash and balance sheet reconciliations.

-Verification and certification on monthly salary
certification report of US Grants.

-Review and analyse monthly preliminary accounts
and prepare adjustments including reallocation of indirect charges.

-Review monthly final accounts and provide
additional analysis, prepare additional adjustments; review, investigate and
comment on variances against budget.

-Loading of monthly final accounts into the annual
summary and provide additional analysis.

-Distribute to program managers monthly summaries
of expenditure against budget, and discuss variances; monthly and annual
reconciliation of expenditure against donor funding and budget.

Budgeting

-Develop an in-depth understanding of individual
programmes/budgets/funding and donor requirements and develop strong relations
with field personnel.

-Manage the budgeting, re-forecasting and donor
reporting functions of the organization. This includes leading the annual
budgeting process and bi-annual re-forecasting process, donor reporting and
grant position management, as well as financial reporting and analysis for the
country team.

-Prepare
financial information for donor proposals and respond to donor queries. Comply
with donor requirements including USG for procurement, record keeping, and
internal control systems. Internal Controls/Audit -Manage the financial systems
incorporating internal controls and audit functions, finance staff, global
accounting controls and procedures.

-Oversee the development, establishment and
enforcement of accounting policies and procedures.

-Ensure compliance with international generally
accepted accounting principles and US federal regulation requirements, in
addition to ensuring local compliance where it differs with US federal
regulations requirements, and specific donor requirements including USG.

-Lead
in-country internal and external audits when required including donor
compliance audits. Prepare and present financial analysis and reports on fiscal
health of country programme.

Procurement

-Selecting
vendors and contracting: preparing vendor justification forms and collecting
appropriate documentation to support selection policies and processes.

-Ensure
compliance with organisational policies for contracts management including
review by HQ; maintain physical and electronic copies, monitor
supplier/contractor compliance.

Reporting

-Ensure accurate preparation and issuance of
internal and external financial reports.

-Validate financial compliance reporting, including
required tax reporting and filings.

Qualifications:

-Skills and Competence

-Ability to provide outstanding leadership,
supervision, coaching and feedback to financial team; including regular
appraisal and development.

-Expertise
in the application of financial management in a non-governmental humanitarian
organisation with limited resources.

-Excellent
financial analytical skills

-Works to tight deadlines with sensitive
information.

-Produces regular reports, analysis and programme
support reports.

-In-depth knowledge of financial management rules
and regulations of US Government or other comparable major bilateral aid donors
in relation to grant management

-Contributes
to programme strategies and key reports.

-Experience of leading the implementation of
operational improvements and the persistence to achieve change in a challenging
environment.

-Ability to gain and apply knowledge of the
statutory requirements of the country.

-Effective
verbal and written communication skills, including high-level interpersonal and
representational capabilities.

-Fluency in written and spoken English is
essential.

-Proficiency with Quickbooks and Microsoft Office
Suite with advanced Excel skills (i.e. vlookups, pivots, etc)

-Ability to operate and think strategically,
coupled with proven analytical skills and the use of these to solve problems
and make firm decisions.

Qualifications:

-Qualified Chartered Accountant and Undergraduate
degree in accounting or related field.

-Master’s Degree a plus;

-5-7 years professional accounting/finance
experience with exposure to general ledger and budgets.

-International NGO management experience, knowledge
of funders including USG funds management desirable.