Finance Manager & Technical Advisor in Rwanda

PSI seeks dynamic, entrepreneurial candidates with an interest in private sector approaches to development for the position of Finance Manager & Technical Advisor (FMTA) based in Rwanda, a country with star-performing PEPFAR, PMI and Global Fund portfolios, and significant demonstrated Government-led improvements in health. PSI Rwanda is a complex and energetic team assisting the newly formed Society for Family Health (SFH) Rwanda social marketing NGO on improving & implementing social marketing and behavior change communications programs in HIV/AIDS prevention, malaria prevention and control, family planning, and safe water. The annual platform budget of approximately $2 million includes project support from CDC, DOD, and the Global Fund, and provides sub awards to SFH and other local entities to implement social marketing interventions. PSI Rwanda also has a USAID funded sub award with SFH Rwanda to provide technical assistance on Finance, operations and social marketing. The PSI/Rwanda FMTA will be responsible for managing direct awards from donors and the sub awards with SFHI Rwanda and providing strategic financial capacity building and compliance. S/he will oversee financial management of all donor awards and sub awards for PSI Rwanda while cultivating senior Rwandan staff in SFH Rwanda to effectively manage the finance, risk, and budget management of SFH Rwanda as well as guiding them on donor compliance. The Finance Manager & Technical Advisor reports to the Country Representative until June 2013 and after that directly to the Senior Deputy Regional Director of East Africa who is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The Finance Manager & Technical Advisor will be responsible for the overall financial, management of PSI Rwanda funding awards and sub awards ensuring donor compliance on all financial management systems. The position also requires meeting annual capacity building deliverables in finance, risk, and budget management and donor compliance of the SFH Rwanda senior managers. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Direct management of PSI Rwanda financial, budget, and risk plans and ensuring donor financial and procurement compliance with all sub awardees; • Financial and other reporting as required by the Government, donors and PSI/Washington; • Ensure SFH Rwanda and other sub award partners comply with field office and donor operational policies and procedures. • Capacity building and coaching of the SFH Rwanda Executive Director and senior management team on financial, risk, and budget management and setting up of compliance systems; • Excellent external relations with donor, Government, sub-award partners, civil society, and commercial entities; • In-country personnel recruitment, training, and supervision; • Improving SFH Rwanda’s ability to track and maintain distribution systems, sales figures, and institutional M&E data; • Maintaining institutional registration requirements for PSI Rwanda;

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Proven experience in significant financial, risk and budget management experience and proven ability to build capacity of staff in these areas, • At least five years management experience in a developing country; • Relevant post-graduate degree (MBA, MIA, MPH, etc.) or equivalent experience; • Experience with capacity building a must; • Knowledge of international development and health issues; • Proven experience in managing USAID, GF, UNICEF, UNFPA, and KfW funding policies regulations and compliance requirements. ; • Bilingual English and French communication skills preferred but not required

The successful candidate will be an excellent finance manager with outstanding demonstrated donor funding management skills, and a natural tendency towards capacity building and facilitation. S/he will be a financial analyst with attention to detail and financial compliance, and will have: excellent communication, analytical, organizational, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills; a strong interest in private sector approaches to development; and proven ability to produce results. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated financial management and experience in building capacity of local staff.

How to apply: 

Please apply online at www.psi.org. No calls or emails please.