Director of Finance and Administration at FHI 360

Requisition: 2020200663

Project Description

• The objective of the SCALE Activity is to support CSOs and BMOs across all of USAID/Nigeria’s programmatic sectors with a basket of managerial, business strengthening, and advocacy capacity-building interventions aimed at advancing Nigerian CSO sustainability combined with targeted grants to advance mutually agreed upon priorities.
• The activity is designed to enhance local civil society organizations’ ability to be positive and responsible change agents in Nigeria

Position Description

• The Director of Finance and Administration oversees program operations, including but not limited to human resources, logistics, procurement, sub-contracts or sub-awards, and accounting/finance.

Major Duties / Responsibilities
The Director of Finance and Administration shall:

• Coordinates logistics for project
• Works with HR and other country office and platform functions to abide actions to FHI 360 processes and procedures
• Liaises with senior management on the development of administrative plans, projects, performance and initiatives to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of all administration departments
• Translates the organization’s business and strategic goals and objectives into priorities for administration’s departments, introducing new directions, innovations and methods to achieve results
• Strategically partners with internal and external stakeholders and contributes to sharing and implementing best practices
• Builds credibility with other internal organizations and constructively dissenting, when appropriate, to push organization to pursue maximum value from negotiated agreements
• Guides organizational leadership on the regulations that apply to administration’s departments and work
• Drives leading edge efficient operations, processes and technologies to improve safety, quality, delivery, and reduce costs
• Oversees the establishment of applicable performance metrics and monitors performance against those metrics. Manages and evaluates department leadership to ensure efficient operation of these functions
• Demonstrates competency in setting negotiation strategies and planning for execution
• Oversees each of these departments to identify opportunities to improve and refine services
• Provides direction in accomplishing the organization objectives and guides the development of related policies and procedures
• Develop internal control measures
• Conduct internal financial audits
• Coordinate external financial audits
• Prepares budgets for annual work plans and financial reports for USAID
• Develop the financial management capacity of all relevant staff and sub-awardees
• Assign and audit the work of the finance department, while providing day-to-day guidance to staff
• Design, document and implement the strategic operational systems, functions, and internal control mechanisms to ensure efficiency and compliance with USAID regulations and FHI 360 policies and procedures
• Design, document and implement process improvement plans to ensure financial controls are streamlined and in compliance with FHI 360 and USAID requirements
• Monitor the Program’s pipeline; develop and implement corrective actions as required to ensure burn-rate and cost-share figures are on target
• Provide recommendations and consult with management on financial performance and risk management
• Develop policies and systems and conduct special financial studies, as required

Required Experience / Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance or a related field in International Business Management, Finance, Accounting and/or auditing experience.
• An ACA/ACCA/CPA or other recognized professional accounting qualification.
• Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in accounting, auditing, finance, or business management with a recognized organization.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage large budgets, and in-depth knowledge of accounting principles.
• Progressively responsible experience supervising project operations, including human resources, procurement, and sub-contracts or sub-awards.
• Experience working with online banking systems.
• Demonstrated experience and good working knowledge of USAID and other US Government organizations’ rules and regulations is required.
• Excellent project management and technical skills.
• Ability to motivate, negotiate, influence and collaborate with functional managers and other leaders.
• Computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access.