Associate Director, Finance at FHI360 NGO

The Associate Director – Finance is responsible for oversight of the financial management for OVC and will ensure the achievement of all financial control and performance objectives in accordance with requirements of FHI 360 and its funding agencies in coordination with the Chief of Party, OVC.

Finance Job Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in comprehensive management of business support and compliance functions in organizations funded via gover nment, contracts and grants, foundation, and commercial sources.
• Provides leadership and technical guidance for compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP), GAS (Government Auditing Standards), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
• Develops financi al risk management and control strategies.
• Reviews and approves recommendations for financial planning and control, providing relevant fiscal information to executive management team.
• Develop and manage financial analysis models.
• Develop and implement effective and efficient business processes and procedures.
• Develops and manages internal financial audits. Develops formal reporting system to communicate results of audit activities to management and regulatory compliance agencies. Manages the activities of the finance staff.
• Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.
• Provides strategic leadership to the financial analyst staff in a local, regional or HQ office.
• Able to work with multiple country finance departments.
• Prepares financial guidance to field offices through memos, updates to policies, and procedure manuals.
• Assigns and audits the work of the finance department, while providing guidance to staff.
• Monitors and updates the departmental budget.
• Engages in the more critical and confidential aspects of financial analysis.
• Provides final decision making on projects and problems that may cross functional boundaries.
• Responsible for the development of policies, systems, special financial studies, etc. of major importance.
• Duties require broad conceptual judgment, initiative and ability to deal with a wide range of finance issues.
• Works with confidential data, which if disclosed, might have significant internal and / or external effect.
• Manages the operational and strategic functions for the finance department to ensure compliance and efficiency.
• Provides recommendations and consuls with management on financial performance and enterprise risk management.
• Develops and implements process improvement plans for department to ensure financial controls and operational procedures.
• Provides leadership in financial reporting for annual budget planning, audit reviews and assessments processes.
• Keeps abreast with the latest trends in financial accounting and mentors staff.
• Develops capacity of team performance and drive for excellence.

Qualifications For Finance Job

• Bachelor’s Degree or its International Equivalent – Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or Related Field.
• Typically requires 8+ years of finance management experience.
• Past experiences managing and leading a finance department is required.
• Articulate, professional and able to communicate in a clear, positive manner with clients and staff
• Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English; fluent in host country language as appropriate.
• Prior work in a non-governmental organization (NGO).
• Experience working with an international organization.
• CPA