Finance and Administration Senior Manager, Liberia

Finance and Administration Senior Manager, Liberia Health Program, Monrovia, Liberia

Job Description
RTI is seeking Finance and Administration Senior Manager candidates for an anticipated USAID-funded community health project in Liberia. The project will aim to increase community-based primary health care service uptake and adoption of healthy behaviors. The Project will emphasize the following areas for intervention:

• Integrated family planning (FP), reproductive health (RH), maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), nutrition, and community case management;
• Water, sanitation, and hygiene;
• Malaria prevention;
• Health financing; and,
• Capacity building for community health workers (CHWs)

The Finance and Administration Director will provide oversight for all financial and operational aspects of the project. The position will be based in Monrovia, Republic of Liberia.
Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage all financial and operational aspects of the project and ensure compliance with RTI and USG financial and accounting policies and procedures and procurement integrity.
• Oversee preparation and submission of monthly financial statements (including expenses, receivable and payables).
• Ensure timely submission of expense reports, bank reconciliations and wire transfer requests to corporate headquarters in the US.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual expenditures and prepare pipeline estimates for the project.
• Prepare biweekly cash requirements; monitor cash flow and reconcile cash accounts in order to maintain appropriate cash balances.
• Oversee human resource management, procurement, payroll administration to the project.
• Ensures appropriate systems and cost effective, timely procedures such as cash management, vendor payments, and budgeting are in place to properly disburse, account, budget and report funds and have the proper internal controls.
• Provide technical assistance as required to build financial management capacity of local partners and grantees.
• Review technical and financial proposals from local NGOs including negotiating annual budgets, and reviews grantee financial expenditure reports for accuracy and adherence to the SOW and budget.
• Implement and monitor cost effective and efficient systems and procedures.
• Supervise administrative and financial support team members.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in business administration, economics, or finance;
• At least 10 years' experience in international donor-funded financial and grants management, with a minimum of 5 years of senior-level responsibility for administration and finance managing programs of similar size.
• Proven expertise in finance, accounting and auditing, monitoring of grant compliance and management and the establishment of internal controls;
• Prior experience overseeing finance and administration for a US Government-funded project of a similar size and complexity is highly desirable;
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access plus working knowledge of accounting and procurement software (particularly QuickBooks) is preferable;
• Knowledge of USAID administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems along with strategic program planning, management, supervision, and budgeting expertise.
• Excellent track record of good interpersonal, supervision, leadership and managerial skills;
• Results-oriented and team player and ability to follow guidelines and controls required of the position;
• Prior experience managing a team of highly-successful staff working in multiple locations/field offices.
• Must have strong oral and written communication and presentation skills in English (tested FSI R4/S4).
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently within Liberia.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. This position is contingent upon award and funding.
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