Finance and Logistics Manager El Salvador RTCS Program

Job Description

About Kaizen:

The Kaizen Company is an incubator for innovative, scalable solutions that address emerging market challenges and opportunities. Our proven solutions catalyze locally driven organizational and institutional performance improvements, and establish communities of practice that facilitate peer-to-peer learning and the achievement of shared goals.

We leverage existing knowledge, technology and new media, and local peer networks to support local reforms. Since our inception, we have provided support to more than 100 government, private-sector, and non-profit organizations in markets worldwide. We have created solutions that achieve outcomes across a broad range of sectors including education, governance, economic growth, environment and water, energy, and global law enforcement.

Scope and Objectives

The Kaizen Company is responding to the release of a Request for Task Order Proposals for the USAID/El Salvador’s Central America Regional Trilateral Cooperation Support (RTCS). The Kaizen Company is currently seeking a Finance and Logistics Manager to support the RTCS Project, which aims to build trilateral cooperation between the United States, Central American countries, and selected donor countries primarily from Latin America, or other countries as relevant.

This position is located in San Salvador, El Salvador.

The Finance and Logistics Manager will report to the Kaizen Home Office. S/He will be responsible for all financial aspects the RTCS program, including collecting receipts, compiling invoices, and expenditure reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and administer payroll, taxes, and benefits.
• Manage and administer procurement, invoices, vendor payments, and financial accounting.
• Report on financial expenditures, conduct bookkeeping, and maintain financial records in accordance with El Salvadorian law, USAID regulations, and Kaizen policies and procedures.
• Support all project, office, event and travelling logistics by ensuring that all financial activity is appropriately documented and processed.

Qualifications:

• A university degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred, but a certificate in Accounting and relevant work experience will be considered.
• Experience with QuickBooks, MS Excel, and other accounting software.
• At least 2-4 years as a Finance Manager, Accountant, or similar position in a development organization or NGO.
• Strong knowledge of office administration and logistics.
• Prior experience with USAID strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Spanish and English required.

About the Organization

The Kaizen Company (Kaizen) is a development consulting firm that cultivates innovative, scalable solutions that address emerging market challenges and opportunities. For more than a decade, Kaizen has brought innovation into the world of donor-funded international development in Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America/Caribbean, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. In parallel, Kaizen has been incubating innovations to scale through market forces to achieve development objectives without the need for donor funding.