Field Finance Support Senior Manager
Finance Department
Based in Washington, DC
Up to 35% international travel
Reports to the Deputy Director of Field Finance Support
Who we are
We’re Population Services International (PSI), the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to be healthy by providing access to products and services that range from mosquito nets to HIV testing.
There are over 9,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds – from the medical industry to the music business – all with unique skills we bring to the job.
Join us!
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 10, 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 Senior Manager to help us strengthen our finance teams in our country offices.
Sound like you? Read on.
Your contribution
You will support 10-12 finance teams in PSI’s field offices in developing countries around the world and supervise a team of Field Finance Support Advisors who work either in Washington, DC or remotely from overseas and who are also assigned their own set(s) of countries. You and your direct report(s) will:
Implement New Processes and Systems
• Lead the development and deployment of PSI’s new “Finance in a Box”. This is a package of policies, processes, procedures, forms and tools to build high-performing finance teams.
• Lead the deployment and re-alignment of QuickBooks Enterprise and Lawson Infor 10 to meet the minimum standards established in “Finance in a Box”.
• Create and facilitate effective, participatory trainings to teach local finance teams how to transact, reconcile and report in QuickBooks Enterprise and Infor 10. Also support local management in understanding the tools available to monitor and review financial reports, and to extract and analyze data to help run the business better.
• Create and lead change management plans to assure full adoption of and compliance with new processes, procedures and systems.
Ensure Timely, Accurate Financial Reporting and Compliance
• Lead monthly financial reviews including balance sheets and other reports, provide feedback to country teams and to Washington regional support teams. Track outstanding issues and coordinate resolution with other departments such as Procurement or Grants & Contracts.
• Guide country teams in developing management responses to audit reports, propose action plans to remediate audit findings, and follow up to support implementation and ensure compliance.
• Lead the development of local policies and procedures to meet global requirements.
Provide Great Customer Service
• Oversee responses to all 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 clients.
• Take on other duties and projects as assigned.
Recruit Top Talent and Build Capacity
• Oversee assessment of skills of current field finance staff and identify gaps.
• Oversee the recruitment of key finance positions including the development of job descriptions, conduct in-person and remote interviews, administer skill tests, and recommend top candidates to the field hiring manager.
• Lead and coach your direct reports to achieve peak performance and maximum impact.
• Create and facilitate finance training for key internal stakeholders, including but not limited to in-country finance staff, country leadership and regional support teams.
What are we looking for?
The basics
• You have at least 8 years of experience in accounting, including at least 4 years as an in-country Finance Director or Finance Manager with supervisory responsibilities for multiple direct reports.
• You are a professional accountant (MS, CPA, ACCA, Chartered Accountant, Certified Accountant, MBA or equivalent experience required).
• You are fluent in spoken and written English; you lead presentations and trainings in clear English and are familiar with rapid-fire Q&A exchanges in English.
• You are familiar with funder regulations including USAID, Global Fund, and DfID.
• You have a working knowledge of ERP systems, such as Lawson Infor 10 and/or QuickBooks Enterprise.
• You are able to travel internationally up to 35% of the time.
What would get us excited?
• Experienced builder. You’ve taken a ragtag group of well-meaning folks and turned them into a well-run finance department.
• Engaging trainer. Participants rave about your fun and interactive sessions and you make complex information easy to assimilate.
• Master coach and inspiring leader. You get buy-in from a wide spectrum of stakeholders, mange change, and help each person reach his or her full potential.
• 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. You are fluent in French, Spanish or Portuguese.
STATUS
• Exempt
• Level 5
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.
Job Requirements
• You have at least 8 years of experience in accounting, including at least 4 years as an in-country Finance Director or Finance Manager with supervisory responsibilities for multiple direct reports.
• You are a professional accountant (MS, CPA, ACCA, Chartered Accountant, Certified Accountant, MBA or equivalent experience required).
• You are fluent in spoken and written English; you lead presentations and trainings in clear English and are familiar with rapid-fire Q&A exchanges in English.
• You are familiar with funder regulations including USAID, Global Fund, and DfID.
• You have a working knowledge of ERP systems, such as Lawson Infor 10 and/or QuickBooks Enterprise.
• You are able to travel internationally up to 35% of the time.
What would get us excited?
• Experienced builder. You’ve taken a ragtag group of well-meaning folks and turned them into a well-run finance department.
• Engaging trainer. Participants rave about your fun and interactive sessions and you make complex information easy to assimilate.
• Master coach and inspiring leader. You get buy-in from a wide spectrum of stakeholders, mange change, and help each person reach his or her full potential.
• 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. You are fluent in French, Spanish or Portuguese.
STATUS
• Exempt
• Level 5
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.
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