Finance Director at I Choose Life - Africa (ICL)

Anticipated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Global Health call Ref CDC-RFA-GH22-2209

Job Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to finance and operations aspects of the project, including general financial management and processes, sub-award financial management, accounting, and administrative and logistical aspects.
• Coordinate developing and implementing the project operational procedures and adapting global and regional technical resources and tools for the program context.
• Establish and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control procedures for the project’s financial, sub-award, and operations aspects.
• Ensure financial systems compliance with ICL’s policies and procedures, CDC’s rules and regulations, award requirements, and Government of the Republic of Kenya laws.
• Develop, analyze, and monitor program budgets and monitor 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 CDC.
• Contribute to developing high-quality work plans, financial reports, and any other reports required by CDC.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors in the review of project financial management.
• Assure that the project complies with both the donors and internal regulations and procedures
• Provide direction and guidance to local and subcontractor staff on compliance issues, procurement standards/requirements, and other administrative, financial, HR, and logistical questions.
• Supervise other project-based finance, procurement, administrative, and contract & grants staff.

Qualification

• A 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

· Experience in working with PEPFAR/CDC, funded projects is desirable.

• Knowledge in generally accepted accounting, budgeting, and fiscal control principles
• Demonstrated experience and skills in developing and managing budgets of multi-million dollars.
• Relevant skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheets
• Experience building capacity in the 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 the English language
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in English
• Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume workflow
• Relevant computer software skills and familiarity with accounting software

Child Safeguarding: In line with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCRC), ICL strives to keep children safe in all its undertakings. The successful applicant will be required to read, understand, and commit to abide by ICL Child Safeguarding Policy and guidelines. The individual will sign the policies to indicate an understanding of and commitment to follow the policy requirements.