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Finance and Administration Director - INTEGRATE

Management Sciences for Health | Arlington, VA

Posted Date 12/13/2024
Description

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Finance and Administration (F&A Director) for the anticipated $750M global Integrating HIV Services into Primary Health Care (INTEGRATE) program, funded by USAID. The program's goal is to contribute to sustaining the gains in the HIV response and enabling pandemic preparedness and resilience in the face of other external threats by integrating current health investments for HIV prevention, care, and treatment services into existing country health systems and PHC platforms, in alignment with country priorities.

 

This position is subject to project award and funding.

 

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES

 

The F&A Director reports to the Project Director and works closely with the project leadership team to provide high-level financial management and operations leadership, contract and grant management support, and supervisory oversight for the full financial and administrative functions of the project. They ensure that financial and operational functions support the timely and effective implementation of the project's technical scope of work. They provide counsel to help project leadership ensure that resources are allocated and used in compliance with contractual requirements, applicable regulations, and appropriate standards and procedures.

 

The F&A Director will oversee the financial management and accounting for all project activities. This includes oversight of procurement, contracts and grants management, operations, and logistics. They will implement fraud and risk mitigation practices and ensure systems and processes are implemented effectively to support implementation of the award in compliance with USAID requirements. The F&A Director will liaise with the project leadership team, partners, USAID and MSH's home office and country teams regarding any aspects of program implementation, contract management, risk management, and all other matters related to finance and administration.


SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

 

 

  • Lead program annual budget development process that includes managing the annual work plan, life-of-project, and activity budgets and ensuring compliance of program expenditures with approved budgets; ensure the consistency, inclusion and accuracy of costs and that they comply with agreed policy and practices, and work with staff in developing budgets for technical activities as necessary. Revise overall and sub-budgets as needed throughout the work plan year.

  • Supports the Project Director in the management of the project, aligning staff, systems, and other resources with the annual work plan and budget to provide timely, cost effective, responsive, and high quality operations and administrative support within local laws and available resources, and in an environment with adequate internal controls, adhering to contracts regulations, MSH Policies, and standard operating procedures.

  • Facilitates coordination and collaboration with MSH Headquarters teams and Country Administration and Operations teams to ensure peer support, knowledge sharing, and capacity strengthening.

  • Maintain systems for program budget monitoring and tracking that include financial and contractual data. Provide routine pipeline analyses to the Project leadership team and USAID, and any ad hoc reports requested by USAID or PEPFAR. In addition, perform routine financial analysis on program expenditures, documenting and monitoring overall performance, analyzing trends, identifying gaps to ensure efficient and sound project management.

  • Responsible for coordination of contract management activities in collaboration with the MSH Contracts Management Team. Support program staff, home office and partners to draft, manage and monitor implementation of contracts. Provide routine progress reports to program management team.

  • Collaborate with country office leads and MSH home office for preparation of budgets and budget amendments to be submitted to USAID.

  • Execute management processes and methodologies to ensure results are delivered on time and within budget.

  • Monitor adjustments to budgets whenever required.

  • Coordinate monthly requests of funds, based on budget and cash flow projections, to ensure the program has all the necessary funds for the operations.

  • Ensure timely, high-quality, and complete submission of all reporting requirements.

  • Responsible for all program accounting and financial reporting systems and related reporting in compliance with USAID financial and accounting rules and regulations, including the management of multiple funding sources from USAID entities.

  • Review purchase orders and confer with team leader for approval, prior to issuance of the purchase orders for program procurement of commercial goods and services within agreed upon thresholds.

  • Ensure all INTEGRATE program staff are trained on USAID Rules and Regulations and compliance with the Cooperative Agreement or Contract, as well as PEPFAR reporting requirements.

  • Contribute to the design and implementation of technical assistance assignments focused on strengthening the financial management, accounting, and compliance, and sub-award and grants management of local partners, as appropriate. This could include providing input to work plans, reviewing technical outputs of assignments, providing mentorship or direct support to assignments, and/or coaching teams of financial management specialists.

  • Actively participate in transition planning and implementation with governments and other stakeholders.

  • Rapidly start-up and roll out financial and administrative systems at a country level as buy-ins are activated in different countries.

  • In collaboration with MSH Corporate Contracts, oversee the contracts and grants management team, contributing to performance management, orientation, and training on INTEGRATE requirements.

  • Develop and monitor metrics for measuring grant and financial management performance of local organizations.

  • Oversee and lead cost-efficient sub-awarding of multiple organizations within host countries.

  • Collaborate with the Project Director to (a) ensure that project activities and management operations are implemented as per MSH Mission, values, and policies, and standard operating procedures, and local laws and regulations, and (b) to safeguard MSH's reputation - Financial, Contractual and political integrity.

  • In liaison with MSH's FP&A and Internal Audit units, coordinates, execution of internal/external financial, operations, and program reviews or audits, and ensure timely follow up to review or audit conclusions and recommendations.

 

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master's degree in business administration, finance, accounting or other relevant discipline or equivalent experience.

  • Fifteen (15) years of experience managing, in increasing roles of responsibility, finance, procurement, contracts management, logistics and/or human resource related matters for large, complex, international development activities including projects operating across multiple countries.

  • Operations/operational management, including field office set up and management in LMICs.

  • Contract and grants management, including for USAID-funded projects.

  • Experience related to USAID activities is required. Significant experience with USG-funded global projects with regional field experience strongly desirable.

  • Previous experience as a Finance Director or in a senior finance and administration position in another USAID or PEPFAR funded project highly desirable.

  • Thorough knowledge of USG financial reporting and compliance requirements and USG cost principles, includingUSAIDregulations, GAAP accounting rules and grants contract management.

  • Proven leadership and capacity in negotiation and conflict management.

  • Strong management, interpersonal, written and oral communication (in English); mentoring, supervision, and facilitation skills; as well as the ability to network and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders.

  • Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance to organizations and conducting training.

  • Demonstrated experience using financial software applications, databases and spreadsheets, including QuickBooks Enterprise, and Microsoft Office

  • Ability to interact professionally in one or more relevant foreign languages (e.g., French, Spanish, Portuguese) is preferred.

  • Ability to travel.

 

The expected salary range for this position is: $150,000.00 - $259,300.00 annually (U.S. locations only).


MSH considers multiple job-related factors when determining an offer, including but not limited to, business and organizational needs, candidate qualifications, internal equity, location, and internal budget.


Salary is just one of many aspects of our total rewards package; at MSH, our goal is to provide you with a comprehensive set of competitive benefits that includes a substantial vacation, sick and holiday policies, training and development programs, competitive insurance coverage for health, vision, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability, 401k plan, Flexible Spending Account, among others.

The selected candidate is expected to work from one of MSH's offices in the US.

 

MSH is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin, age, veteran status, or disability unrelated to job requirements. MSH will take affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated without regard to their race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran and disability status. In compliance with U.S. Department of Labor Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, MSH has developed and maintains an affirmative action program and plan.

 

 

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Job Type
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