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MDirector of Finance and Administration/USAID/Nigeria/Healthcare Financing and Human Resources for Health/Forecast:
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Position: Director, Finance and Administration
Location:Abuja, Nigeria**
About the project
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Director, Finance & Administration for a potential 5-year USAID Healthcare Financing and Human Resources for Health Forecast Project. The program will seek to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and transparency of health spending while increasing the availability of trained and equipped healthcare workers to promote more affordable, accessible, and higher quality health services for all Nigerians.
About your role as Director of Finance and Administration
The Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) reports to the Chief of Party and works closely with the project leadership team to provide high-level financial management and operations leadership, contract and grant management support. S/he ensures that financial and operational functions support the timely and effective implementation of the project’s technical scope of work. S/he provides counsel to help project leadership ensure that resources are allocated and used in compliance with contractual requirements, applicable regulations, and appropriate standards and procedures. The DFA will liaise with the project leadership team, local partners, USAID and MSH’s headquarters regarding any aspects of program implementation, contractual, risk management, cost share, governance and all other matters related to finance and administration. S/he will work with the project leadership team to ensure that all expenditures, payment, procurement, vehicle management are done according to USAID and MSH standards and regulations. The DFA provides authoritative leadership on all 2 budget, expenditure monitoring, financial reporting and contract matters to ensure timely and effective implementation of the program's activities in Abuja, Nigeria The Director of Finance and Administration will oversee the financial management for all Name of Project activity in Abuja, Nigeria. This includes oversight of procurement, grants, construction, logistics, accounting and finance, and records. This individual will be responsible for managing the contract budget and preparing financial reports for submission to USAID. S/he will ensure funds expended are compliant with USG regulations and policies. S/he will implement fraud mitigation practices and ensure systems and processes are implemented effectively to support the award's implementation.
This position is contingent upon award and funding.
How will YOUaccomplish this?
As the Director: Finance and Administration you will be expected to provide authoritative leadership on all budget, expenditure monitoring, financial reporting and contract matters to ensure timely and effective implementation of the program's activities in Madagascar. This includes oversight of procurement, grants, construction, logistics, accounting and finance, and records. You will be responsible for managing the contract budget and preparing financial reports for submission to USAID. You will ensure funds expended are compliant with US Government regulations and policies and implement fraud mitigation practices and ensure systems and processes are implemented effectively to support implementation of the award. Specific areas of accountability will include:
Financial Management activities such as:
Lead program annual budget development process that includes managing the annual work plan, life-of-project and activity budgets and ensuring compliance of program expenditures with approved budgets; ensure the consistency, inclusion and accuracy of costs and that they comply with agreed policy and practices, and work with staff in developing budgets for technical activities as necessary. Revise overall and sub-budgets as needed throughout the work plan year.
Maintain systems for program budget monitoring and tracking that include financial and contractual data. Provide routine pipeline analyses to COP and USAID. Also, provide any ad hoc reports requested by USAID. In addition, perform routine financial analysis on program expenditures, documenting and monitoringoverall performance, analyzing trends, identifyinggaps to ensure efficient and sound project management.
Responsible for coordination of contract management activities. Work with program staff, home office and partners to draft, manage and monitor implementation of contracts. Provide routine progress reports to program management team.
Serves as a local office lead with MSH headquarters for preparation of budgets and budget amendments to be submitted to USAID. Submission to the USAID officer shall be reviewed by the MSH contracts officer or Senior Contracts officer prior to s