The Field Finance Support team is based at PSI’s headquarters in Washington, DC and works with the finance teams in 60+ country offices around the world to build capacity, implement processes and systems, and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting. We help recruit local finance teams by writing job descriptions, and interviewing and testing candidates. We train on accounting policy and procedure, as well as QuickBooks Enterprise and Infor Lawson, and we help create change management plans to support full adoption. We review and address issues on balance sheets and monthly financial packets. We help prepare management responses to audit reports and action plans to remediate findings. We travel to country offices often to provide on-site support.
We are looking for a Field Finance Support Advisor to help us strengthen our finance teams in our country offices.
You will support about a dozen finance teams in PSI’s field offices. You will:
Support Timely, Accurate Financial Reporting and Compliance
- Perform monthly financial reviews including balance sheets, field grading, and other reports.
- Provide feedback to Field Finance Support managers for follow up with country teams and Washington-based stakeholders.
Build Capacity of Field-Based Staff
- Assist in the deployment of PSI’s new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for both QuickBooks Enterprise and Infor Lawson.
- Teach local finance teams how to transact, reconcile and report in QuickBooks Enterprise and Infor Lawson.
Provide Great Customer Service
- Respond to finance-related inquiries from field offices, including working with other Washington departments as needed in order to provide a complete answer.
- Take a collaborative approach to providing support to our country finance teams.
- Treat country offices as highly valued customers.
- Take on other duties and projects as assigned.
The basics
- You have at least 3 years of experience in accounting.
- You are fluent in spoken and written English; you lead presentations and trainings in clear English and are comfortable with rapid-fire Q&A exchanges in English. In addition, fluent French is highly desirable.
- You are familiar with funder regulations including USAID, Global Fund, and DfID.
- You have a working knowledge of ERP systems, such as Infor Lawson and/or QuickBooks Enterprise.
- You are able to travel internationally up to 15% of the time.
What would get us excited?
- Client-oriented problem-solver. People come to you with questions because you give great customer service and you make them feel like the solution to their problem was their idea.
- Multi-lingual world traveler. You love spending time in developing countries and you thrive on the challenges of working in that environment. If you are fluent in French, Spanish or Portuguese, that’s even better.
STATUS
- Exempt