POSITION SUMMARY
The Finance and Administrative Director (FAD) for Project HOPE in Venezuela will serve as part of the core team leading the implementation of a comprehensive emergency health program responding to humanitarian health crises in designated countries across the Americas region.
The position will have overall responsibility for the financial and administrative management of all country program activities.
This position is contingent on grant funding.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Set up and maintain financial controls and procedures in line with Project HOPE policies, donor regulations and Venezuelan laws.
• Recruit, train and oversee Finance, Human Resources and Administrative teams, developing the department organizational structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities to ensure an effective team with appropriate checks and balances.
• Oversee financial transactions and reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance and meeting internal and external deadlines.
• Conduct financial accounting month-end closing, reconciliation and monthly/weekly cash counts with finance team.
• Lead on monthly review of expenditures and cash forecasting with program managers to ensure accurate budget projections and timely requests for cash.
• With local counsel, ensure full compliance and adherence to local requirements, including taxes, levies and statutory returns.
• Manage all bank accounts and check and validate all cash and bank payments for accuracy and complete supporting documents before authorizing.
• With program managers, develop detailed budgets for new programs, ensuring shared distribution of running costs across projects and eliminating financial shortfalls in project implementation.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master’s degree in accounting, audit, financial management or similar field.
• Minimum of five years experience leading financial management for large-scale US government funded programs, preferably within a humanitarian or relief context.
• Understand and promote program management techniques, experience in managing and building budgets and ability to prepare timely, complete and accurate reports.
• Experience with QuickBooks accounting software a plus.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required.
• Experience providing capacity building and training is required.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with analytic approach.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal, management and leadership skills. Strong orientation toward customer satisfaction.
• Ability to integrate and work well within multi-ethnic and multicultural teams.
• Ability to work in harsh conditions and unstable environments.
• Proficiency with MS Word and Excel (advanced skills).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Experience managing finances with other humanitarian donors (e.g. UNICEF, WHO,ECHO) a plus.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical demands:
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment.
• Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form, and must be able to travel internationally.
• Project HOPE employees may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship.”
Work environment:
• Typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level.
• Emergency deployments may be in resource-deprived environments with austere living conditions.
• Travel for extended periods may be by air and/or other modes of transportation.
• While international travel is not a regular part of every job, programmatic needs may require it intermittently.
• Project HOPE employees may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship.”
Due to the substantial number of inquiries, we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be considered. No phone calls please.
However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/futureopportunities, unless you direct us otherwise.
This position is contingent on grant funding.
Thank you very much for your interest in Project HOPE.
Project HOPE is an international NGO of engaged employees and volunteers who work in more than 25 countries, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 60-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients and provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world. We have helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.
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