FHI 360,Director of Finance Jobs in Rwanda

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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:
Director of Finance

• Provide
  leadership to finance and contracts aspects of the project, including
  general financial management and processes, subawardfinancial management,
  and accounting;
• Establish
  and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control
  procedures for financial, subaward and operations aspects of project;
• Ensure
  compliance of financial systems with FHI 360 policies and procedures,
  USAID rules and regulation, award requirements, and Government of Rwanda
  laws;
• Develop,
  analyze and monitor program budgets; monitor and track obligations and
  expenditures against budgets;
• Manage
  project procurement processes;
• Advise
  senior leadership regularly on financial and agreement-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;
• Contribute
  to the development of high-quality work plans, financial reports, and any
  other reports required by USAID;
• Liaise
  with internal and external auditors in the review of project financial
  management;
• Supervise
  other project-basedfinance, procurement, and contract & grants staff.

• Master’s
  Degree or higher in accounting, finance, business administration or
  related field is required; or a Bachelor’s accounting degree with 12
  years’ experience;
• 10+
  years of relevant experience in administrative and financial management,
  including overseeing the finance and operations of equally large and
  complex projects;
• 5+
  years’ experience working in a developing country; Rwandan experience is
  preferred;
• Familiarity
  with USG rules and regulations for grants and contracts is required; USAID
  cooperative agreement experience strongly preferred;
• Knowledge
  in generally-accepted accounting, budgeting and fiscal control principles;
• Demonstrated
  experience and skills in developing and managing large budgets of $50
  million dollars or larger;
• Relevant
  skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheets;
• Experience
  building capacity in financial management of community-based organizations
  and implementing partners;
• 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
• Strong
  interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills in English;
• Ability
  to work independently and manage a high volume work flow;
• Relevant
  computer software skills and familiarity with accounting software
  (including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office).