Financial Analyst at Population Services International (PSI)

Financial Analyst     

Department: EAST AFRICA

Based in Location: Washington, DC

Up to international travel: 20-25%

Reports to Finance manager, East Africa

PSI wants to reimagine healthcare, to put the consumer at the center, and wherever possible — bring care to the front door. To reimagine healthcare, we’ll help fix market failures, shape future health markets and shift policy and funding to better support consumer empowered healthcare. 

To achieve this vision, we will leverage our best marketing acumen – building strong market understanding and deep consumer insights to inform the design of effective marketing solutions that will shape health markets and drive healthy behaviors. 

We are seeking applicants for the Financial Analyst (FA) to support the East Africa portfolio, Burundi, Malawi, Ethiopia and Uganda, in particular.  The FA plays a critical role in supporting the regional support team and is responsible for providing financial services for domestic and overseas program staff on all accounting and finance issues. This position will be based in Washington, DC and requires approximately 20% international travel.

Sound like you? Read on.

What are we looking for?

• Knowledge of USAID, Global Fund, DFID and the international donor community required.
• BA in Finance or equivalent experience, MBA/MS Accounting preferred.
• Minimum 3 + years professional work experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Office 365 tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment and be proactive.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking capabilities.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States. B. PSI will not consider work visa sponsorship for this position.

What would get us excited? 

• Fire in the belly. You bring energy and passion in what you do. 
• Human-centered Innovator: You have experience listening to people with various perspectives and using your knowledge and technical expertise to address their needs 
• Proactive problem solver -you are using your analytical skills to anticipate problems several steps ahead and find solutions avoiding those problems. 
• Connector -You have experience serving as a liaison between different people and coordinating those people to reach end results.
• From Strategy to details. You are a kind of person who can see a big picture and analyze the situation, but also realizes that devil is in the details and can get into the very details of the issue to resolve it. 
• Capacity Builder: You have experience in building institution, local technical, management and leadership capacity. 

STATUS

• Exempt

*Due to high volume of applications, only finalists will be contacted.