Job Summary:

The Regional Finance Manager will oversee financial operations within FHI 360’s Middle East, Eastern Europe & West Africa (MEEWA) Hub. This role combines leadership in financial management with the development and implementation of effective processes, ensuring compliance with donor regulations and internal policies. MEEWA Hub provides a country-centered approach to its partner countries by utilizing an expanded team of enterprise services establishing both the operating platform and shared services that support project implementation. The team is comprised of experts who provide programmatic, financial, human resources, information technology, and contractual strategic leadership in the geographic area of intervention.

This position will oversee and manage financial operations within the MEEWA Hub, ensuring rigorous financial monitoring and adherence to financial policies and procedures and supports the development and implementation of processes ensuring a sound financial management of all projects within the portfolio. The role will provide professional expertise and technical training to country offices’ finance staff. Work will also include leading and participating in organization-wide process improvement projects, supporting the creation of new and the improvement of existing processes and standards related to subaward financial management. Develop, manage, and analyze project budgets, ensuring alignment with donor requirements and organizational policies. Implement financial modeling and analysis to support senior management in making informed decisions and optimizing financial strategies. Proactively guide and support financial success across projects by applying high-level analytical expertise and strategic insight. This role will also provide accounting support to a subset of portfolio countries.

This position is open to individuals in West or North Africa in which FHI 360 is registered. Fluency in English and French is required, Arabic is preferred.

Accountabilities:

• Manage budgeting, financial planning, and reporting for multiple projects, ensuring alignment with donor requirements and organizational standards.

• Lead the process of reviewing projects’ invoices, Subawardee Financial Report (SFR), other subaward documentation, financial reports, and Country Offices’ employees’ terminal benefits.

• Serves as POC at the Hub level for the year-end audit requests, OHADA audit and internal audit for the assigned Country Offices. Coordinates with Corporate Accounting to ensure Trial Balances are updated for local statutory audits

• Serves as POC for banking matters e.g. opening, adding/removing signatories or initiators, closing of bank accounts and mobile money accounts.

• Responsible for coordinating the approval of Country Offices’ Manual within the Finance, Procurement and Accounting team.

• Provide training and capacity building to project finance staff on standardized procedures for efficient award and sub- award management, on financial reporting, budgeting, compliance, and best practices.

• Conduct detailed financial analyses to monitor project performance, generate comprehensive reports, and support strategic decision-making.

• Identify inefficiencies in current practices and implement best practices for financial and subaward financial management.

• Ensures that country office business practices are adequate, documented, and compliant with internal and external requirements.

• Ensure financial documentation is filed and readily available per country and FHI 360 requirement

• Coordinate close-out reconciliation of projects and clearing of o/s issues before system closes

• Identify areas of compliance risk and escalate as necessary to appropriate parties.

• Work closely with project staff to solve any issues specific to projects and subawards as needed.

• Coordinate the finance tasks during the close out of projects.

Applied Knowledge & Skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures with financial management, compliance, budgeting, audit and financial information systems.

• Knowledge of donor (USG and non-USG) rules and regulations, common mechanisms of funding, contracting concepts, and principles from the solicitation phase to post-award administration.

• Ability to provide strategic leadership, and advise to team members, collaborate with colleagues, and lead capacity building initiatives.

• Superior ability to communicate clearly in both oral and written form.

• Fluency in English and French is required. Knowledge of Arabic is desirable.

• Sound knowledge of Generally Acceptable Accounting Principles (GAAP), Cost Accounting Systems (CAS), and Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).

• Must possess excellent organizational, supervisory, leadership and managerial skills.

Problem Solving & Impact:

• Works on moderately complex problems, which require in-depth evaluation of data and make recommendations.

• Exercises judgement within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results. Demonstrates proficient analytical thinking and problem solving.

• Identifies inefficiencies, weak areas and pain points for projects and proposes solutions.

• Ability to prioritize tasks to address most critical needs first.

• Contributes to the completion of organizational projects and goals.

• Serves as a resource to others in resolving moderately complex problems; identifies substantive issues that are thoroughly and accurately researched and analyzed.

Supervision Given/Received:

• Able to work independently to manage projects.

• Reports directly to MEEWA Finance Director.

• Ability to mentor, motivate and manage individuals and groups from diverse groups and backgrounds, resulting in high quality and timely work delivery.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5-8 years related work experience, including 3 years in management and 3 years working at the corporate or organization level.

• Past experience managing a financial analysis department is required.

• Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English, fluent in host country language French. Knowledge of Arabic is desirable.

• Prior work in a non-governmental organization (NGO).

• Strong knowledge of financial regulations (GAAP, CAS, FAR) and experience with donor compliance.

• Proven analytical skills and ability to problem-solver in complex situations.

• Excellent communication skills, with proficiency in English and French.

• Experience working with an international organization.

Typical Physical Demands:

• Typical office environment.

• Ability to spend long hours looking at computer screen and doing repetitive work on a keyboard.

• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.

• Ability to lift/move up to 5 lbs.

Technology to be Used:

• Personal Computer/Laptop, Microsoft applications (i.e., Office 365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams), cell phone/mobile technology, and standard office equipment.

Travel Requirements:

• Less than 10%

This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.

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