Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

Principal Responsibilities

• The Director of Finance and Administration will have the following responsibilities:
• Provide leadership to finance and operations aspects of the project, including general financial management and processes, subaward financial management, accounting, and administrative and logistical aspects;
• Coordinate the development and implementation of the project operational procedures, adapting global and regional technical resources and tools as needed for the Mozambican context;
• 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 the Republic of Mozambique 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;
• Assure that the project is in compliance with USAID and FHI 360 regulations and procedures;
• Supervise other project-based finance, procurement, administrative, and contract & grants staff.

Qualifications

•          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; Mozambique 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 budgets of $25 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

•           Fluency in English and Portuguese required;

•           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).

This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.