Professional Experience:
• Responsible for budget development including planning, forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis for the country office.
• Conduct compliance risks assessment with Partners on a periodic basis
• Monitor financial reporting and audits of partners to ensure timeliness and accuracy of reporting, while identifying weaknesses and recommending remedies and support resolution of weaknesses.
• Reviews partners’ budget submissions for soundness and adherence to USG federal regulations and policies; assist recipients in ensuring costs are allowable, allocable, reasonable; and recommends actions to improve accuracy
• Keep track of and oversee deadlines and deliverables for contracts, grants, suppliers, and partners.
• supports, oversees, and evaluates the partner's procurement procedures;
• Verifies that all required paperwork is filed, complete, and compliant with laws and regulations;
• Assists in the partner organizations' procurement processes and guarantees adherence to relevant procurement policies
• Keep a check on grant administration to make sure that reporting and spending guidelines are being followed.
• Verify adherence to organization policies, local laws, and donor requirements.
• Keep an eye on your cash flow and make sure you have enough for operations.
• Advise project officers regularly about partners financial status
• Lead country office team on financial policy and procedures; and ensure that authorization limits and procurement levels are in place.
• Protect the organization’s assets by establishing and implementing Internal Control procedures.
• Give program personnel instructions on how to guarantee the highest possible leverage of available funding.
• Oversee all financial operations and fiscal reporting to guarantee correct funding source allocation and fiscal adherence to donor mandates and USG regulations.
• Develop efficient methods and processes for accounting, monitoring, and oversight in accordance partners guidelines and donor specifications.
• Make sure that the budgets are reasonable, attainable, and in line with the objectives of the company.
• Maintain strict oversight of funds to make sure they are not misused or overspent in accordance with donor flexibility guidelines.
• manage and coordinate financial compliance responsibilities about partners funding activities and report findings during quarterly review meetings.
• Develop, oversee, and monitor all financial activities, procedures, and internal controls
• Work with domestic and international personnel within the organization, other agencies, Ministries, and stakeholders to conduct country-specific strategic planning and implementation.
• Oversee quarterly budget reviews for partners, which include trainings, conducting quality control on accounts from partners, and make sure that projects' ongoing budgets are being monitored.
• Reviews, analyses, and participates in the preparation of the program plan and its revisions based on ongoing projects.
• Manage and supervise agency budgeting, financial reporting, and grant and contract compliance while adhering to generally accepted accounting principles and USG accounting standards.
• Prepares and reviews budget performance reports and provide advice on the finalization of these reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
• Initiate, manage, and track procurements, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other mechanisms in support of programs activities to assure their effective and efficient execution.
• Communicate with local government officials and partners to carry out CDC initiatives critical to Public Health
• Conduct site visits to examine projects for accuracy and propriety of expenditures; make recommendations to address weaknesses, and timely follow-up action and resolution with recipients/partners.