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• Jointly, with Senior Management Team,
  monitor program implementation, with a key focus on financial and
  budgetary implications of the implementation process;
• Coordinate the development of workplan
  budgets, ensuring that all planned activities are properly costed,
  considering historical data, expected market conditions and anticipated
  deliverables;
• Guide cost analysis process by
  establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; providing trends and
  forecasts; explaining processes and techniques; and recommending actions.

• Manage the expenditure coding process
  ensuring that all expenses are properly and fully coded, from the requisition
  stage to the data entry level – in accordance with internal URC Chart of
  Accounts, US Government funding agency (USAID) funding streams, and budget
  line items;
• Keenly review financial reports on a
  continuous basis to ensure that expenditure coding is accurate and work
  with the accounting team to make any necessary reclassifications;
• Work closely with activity managers and
  budget holders and provide training to budget holders so that they
  understand key financial concepts and the entire coding process;
• Work in liaison with HR to ensure all
  project staff times and charges are properly tracked and allocated to
  specific activity areas in line with the LOE. This will involve reviewing
  the payroll and ensuring that appropriate charge codes are applied when posting
  the payroll.

• Monthly financial reports to HQ, senior
  management and budget holders – these include budget variance analysis
  reports, burn rates, projections, etc. S/he will ensure all budget holders
  understand the financial information they are sent every month and will
  answer questions they may have;
• Take lead in the preparation of quarterly
  (and any ad-hoc) financial reports to USAID as and when required;
• Oversee the process of generating the
  annual PEPFAR expenditure analysis reports – this will involve keeping
  track of expenses monthly, and leading the consolidation process of the
  same annually;
• Support in the preparation of the field
  monthly financial reports to HQ;
• Send information to management by
  assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations
  of findings, analyzes, and recommendations;
• Assist the Director of Finance &
  Administration in the standardization of financial management tools and
  reporting systems and the enhancement of financial management capacity and
  skills across the project;
• Actively participate in designing
  appropriate management reports to meet information requirement for
  management and support roles of such tools and formats across the project.

• The applicants for the USAID RHITES-EC
  Financial Analyst career opportunity must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in
  Financial Management/Business Administration (Masters preferred);
• Professional qualification: Certified Public
  Accountants (CPA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
  or equivalent;
• At least five years’ work experience
  (minimum) as Financial Analyst preferably with experience in reporting
  within the US Government funded INGO sector.
• Previous exposure and experience in
  integrated health programming is highly desirable;
• High computer literacy desired, including:
  
• Proficient with QuickBooks accounting
  system;
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills,
  including use of pivot tables and macros;
• Strong Management Information Systems
  skills;
• Proven ability to work in multi-functional
  teams;
• Ability to multi-task in a high-paced
  environment;
• Excellent interpersonal and written
  communication skills, particularly as related to report development;

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