Strategy Planning & Policy Development
Leading and directing global accounting, and financial systems by:
· Fostering innovation, identifying potential opportunities and challenges, identifying business requirements for new operations implementation, and creating or revising policies and procedures as necessary.
· Conducting an analysis of the current accounting, and financial structure; creating financial staffing models and an organizational structure necessary to support organizational goals;
· Developing, revising, implementing, and maintaining new accounting and financial management policies and procedures consistent with the objectives of Health Alliance International, ensuring that all policies are uniformly understood and properly administered. Assuring the integrity, compliance, and security of HAI administrative financial management systems.
· Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key partners and stakeholders within a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural environment.
· Building strong partnerships with peer organizations and stakeholders to provide input into setting the direction of the organization from both an operations and a programmatic perspective.
Staff and Systems Development, & Implementation, and Oversight
· Supervising, developing, and motivating HAI accounting and financial management staff.
· Enhancing accounting and financial management tools, systems, and infrastructure.
· Ensuring secure and efficient global fund transfers and cash management system to meet the program activities and the organizational mission.
· Ensuring robust organizational systems for maintaining compliance with all applicable organizational policies and procedures, U.S. and foreign laws and regulations, and donor rules and regulations.
· Overseeing the organization’s payroll distribution systems that support the payment of approximately 160 HAI staff to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
· Continuously appraising and evaluating the results of the accounting and financial management operations and informing and advising the Executive Director / Deputy Director of findings on a timely basis; partnering closely with HR management, program staff, leadership team, Field Office management, and Board of Directors.
· Regularly attend and serve as HAI liaison to the Finance Committee of Board of Directors.
· Establishing controls for current and proposed accounting and financial systems, including appropriate oversight and follow through.
· Staying abreast of legal, regulatory, policy, and industry trends and emerging issues as they relate to the organization and resource constraints inherent in HAI’s working environment. Assessing and communicating the benefits and risks of adopting new accounting and financial policies, procedures, systems or technologies.
Finance, and Accounting Management & Oversight
· Manage the organizational annual budgeting process.
· Manage the annual financial and A-133 audit process.
· Responsible for meeting all corporate and donor financial reporting requirements.
· Developing and overseeing accounting and financial policies and procedures.
· Leading and directing accounting and financial management strengthening initiative activities.
· Managing the headquarters accounting team consisting of approximately one accounting manager and 1 accounting staff.
· Overseeing HAI global accounting and financial teams consisting of approximately 3 staff in Mozambique, 2 in Timor-Leste and 4 in Ivory Coast.
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