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• Ensure accurate financial, contractual and administrative reporting
  of the project compliant with Jhpiego and USAID donor rules and
  regulations, and terms and conditions of the award
• Oversee day-to-day coordination of financial activities ensuring
  cost efficiency
• Maintain and administer an on-site financial accounting and
  bookkeeping system (QuickBooks) required to assure the integrity and
  effective performance of financial operations and prepare monthly reports
• Manage all sub-grants, ensuring compliance and reporting of
  sub-awardee, and building their capacity as needed
• Ensure that Jhpiego human resources and administrative procedures
  are in place for project
• Manage project’s day-to-day cash needs, payments, procurement,
  contracts, sub-grants, reviewing/processing invoices, district office
  start-up, operation systems, policies and procedures, consultant payments
• Provide guidance to project team members regarding the financial
  requirements of the project and office operations in compliance with
  USAID, Johns Hopkins University, and Jhpiego procedures and policies
• Lead the development, monitoring, and review of project budgets;
  review monthly financial analysis and budget vs. expense reports to
  determine reasonableness of variances and take appropriate actions, as
  required
• Provide guidance, monitoring and support to project team, including
  procurement for goods and services, logistical support for local and
  international travel (including expense reports) for staff and
  consultants, contracts development and management and maintenance of
  office inventory
• Facilitate the work of external audits and ensure that financial
  records are properly maintained and readily available during audits
• Direct and oversee the monitoring and annual auditing of cost-share
  requirements, tracking and reporting
• Contribute to developing work plans and annual budgets for project
  activities and local office costs
• Ensure that USAID resources are appropriately directed to project
  priorities and are in line with project work plans
• Provide financial reports, including pipeline analysis, quarterly
  project reports, as requested by the donor
• Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified
  staff and align their efforts in concert with project goals to ensure
  rapid and sustainable results
• Ensure that Jhpiego human resources and administrative procedures
  are in place for the project and staff are in compliance. These include
  time keeping, tracking of leave, sick days, absence, personnel employment
  records, and other human resources actions

• The ideal candidate for the Jhpiego Senior Finance and
  Administration Manager job must hold a Master’s degree in Business
  Administration, Public Administration, Finance, Accounting or relevant
  field and eight years of finance and administrative experience
• At least eight years of experience with financial analysis,
  financial reporting, cash flow analysis, budget development and forecasting,
  preferably on international health projects
• At least eight years providing financial planning and management,
  human resources and procurement for projects in Uganda
• Six or more years of senior-level work experience with USAID or
  other donor-funded projects
• Previous direct supervisory experience of professional and support
  staff
• Knowledge of USG cost principles, including USAID regulations, GAAP
  accounting rules and grants contract management
• Demonstrated experience organizing resources and establishing priorities
• Subcontract or sub agreement financial management experience
• Knowledge of financing mechanisms – contracts and grants and their
  relevant terms and conditions
• Experience developing and/or implementing finance and accounting
  policies, procedures and systems
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills in
  English
• Experience hiring and supervising personnel
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and
  maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID,
  host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders
  such as NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector
• Excellent skills in facilitation, team building, and coordination
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop financial and administrative capacity
  of project staff
• In depth knowledge financial software applications, databases and
  spreadsheets, including QuickBooks Enterprise, and Microsoft Office
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally

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