PSI is looking for an accomplished Sr. Financial Analyst to join the Field Finance team. The Field Finance team at PSI is a talented and passionate group of finance and accounting professionals, who support PSI’s country programs and global projects by providing accounting operations support, financial analysis expertise, and delivering timely and accurate financial reports.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Lead financial analysis to identify trends, flag potential issues, and recommend actions to senior management.
- Collaborate with the program management team to perform the Monthly Project Financial Review (MPFR) and analyze project budgets, actual expenses, commitments, obligations, and burn rates. Lead the MPFR for designated projects.
- Coordinate the creation of quarterly and annual forecasts, monitor the pipeline of bids and proposals, and perform a gap analysis.
- Maintain a dashboard to monitor the financial health of the region, including surplus/deficit, program income, and overhead.
- Lead development of the department’s piece of the annual operating budget (corporate budget). Lead the quarterly reviews of annual operating budget progress for senior management (surplus/deficit meetings).
- Review financial reports prior to submission to funders.
- Review and process Operating Advance Requests (monthly cash request) from field offices.
- Coordinate with other members of the HQ Finance team to resolve errors on transactions that prevent them from being imported into the main accounting system.
- Assist in developing project budgets in collaboration with the program management team.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with country teams and HQ departments.
- Ensure and provide financial expertise, critical thinking, and customer service.
- Travel to field offices up to 15% to assist in training or hands-on finance support, as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree; Advanced degree preferred
Skills/Experience:
The basics
- At least 8 years of professional work experience, including 4 years of directly relevant experience
- Demonstrated analytical skills and financial expertise
- Expert Excel user, including pivot tables and advanced functions; familiarity with data query tools is helpful (Access, SQL)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills in French required
- You are a team player who smiles and encourages others through easy and tough tasks
- Referenceds will be required.
- Must be authorized to work in the US.
- The successful candidate will be requird to pass a background check.
Icing on the cake
- You have worked with Francophone countries
- You are familiar with USAID and Global Fund rules and regulations
- You have professional certifications in accounting or finance
- You have experience with QuickBooks Enterprise and Infor Lawson
- You are comfortable interacting with senior management
The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:
- Measurement: You use hard evidence to make decisions and guide your work. You set clear goalposts in advance and explain clearly if you need to move them.
- Pragmatism: You’ll strive to deliver the best possible result with the resources available. You won’t be paralyzed by a need to make things perfect.
- Honesty: You own your mistakes and are open about your shortcomings – it’s the only way you’ll learn and improve.
- Collaboration: You’ll quickly establish a mental map of whom you can rely on for what, on your team, at headquarters, and in our country offices – if you try to do it all yourself, you won’t succeed.
- Trust: You accept limits to your sphere of control and give colleagues the benefit of the doubt
- Commitment: You are in it for the long-haul and want to grow with the organization, just like PSI serves its consumers and partners with host-country governments through thick and thin
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Aug 25 2019
Active Until:
Sep 25 2019
Hiring Organization:
Population Services International
industry:
Nonprofit