Responsibilities:
- Provide overall technical and administrative
leadership in the areas of financial management and grants management for
the project
- Ensure that financial systems and processes for
the project are in compliance with PATH policies, donor expectations and
good financial practices.
- Review budgets and financial reports prepared by
country teams and advise on long-range budget/planning issues
- Monitor and analyze expenses and budgets and
conduct financial analyses including forecasting and pipelines.
- Act as a liaison between project team and PATH
shared services such as Procurement, Accounting and
Facilities.
- Participate in technical meetings to advice on
operations processes or monitor for potential compliance risks
- Review, analyze and negotiate subrecipient
project budgets
- Advise country teams on donor requirements, and
provide training on financial and grants management, recordkeeping,
operational systems, and policies as needed.
- Analyze project expenses, including partner
financial reports, on a monthly and quarterly basis.
- Coordinate input for the annual work plan and
budgeting process with the project team and partners.
Required Skills and Experience:
- A bachelor’s degree or higher in a field related
to business administration or accounting. At least seven years of
experience in financial management and grants and contract administration,
preferable with an international organization.
- At least five years of relevant experience
managing USAID awards, with preferred experience in managing USAID, USG
contracts, and/or Grants under Contract.
- Extensive knowledge of USAID rules and
regulations with experience managing subgrants, experience building
capacity in financial management and organizational development of
community-based organizations and implementing partners.
- Relevant skills in accounting software and cloud
systems and use of advanced excel.
- Experience in capacity building of sub grantee
organizations and in financial and audits of donor-funded projects and
programs.
- Experience in building and effectively
supervising a diverse team of employees.
- Excellent attention to detail, sound planning
and organizational skills, and problem-solving skills.
- Analytical approach to work and strong time
management skills
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally
and in writing.
- Strong work ethic, resourcefulness, integrity,
credibility, and dedication to PATH’s mission.
- Professional proficiency in English and French
mandatory.
How to Apply
