Finance Director

PSI is recruiting a Finance Director, to be based in Maputo, Mozambique.

Duties

• Provide direction and strategic leadership for organizational change and development processes with a particular focus on ensuring our finance processes support the program teams
• Ensuring our finance processes align with PSI Mozambique Strategic Objectives and can be accomplished in an efficient manner
• Design and maintain internal systems that ensure accurate and timely reporting on financial performance
• Establish and/or refine and disseminate policies, systems and practices for effective management, procurement, disbursement and accounting for all financial resources in line with PSI Washington’s global accounting policies, funder requirements and local law where required
• Lead monthly review and analysis of financial reports and reconciliations with attention to how resources can be better allocated to achieve program objectives
• Lead the annual budgeting process
• Validate monthly common cost analysis and update cost ratios to ensure each donor bears the correct proportion of common costs
• Track and review departmental budgets in consultation with budget holders and finance team and conduct detailed activity status review and give input to CR and budget holders
• Prepare and track donor budgets, prepare modifications and activity realignments as necessary
• Monitor performance and efficiency of on-going Donor projects by analyzing country/project monthly spend rates and highlighting possible problem areas
• Support preparation and successful conclusion of internal and external auditing activities for the CR, PSI/W and for the donor annual audit reporting
• Review management comments for audit reports and ensure appropriate action taken to correct audit findings
• Monitor progress on work plans for implementation of audit recommendations from internal and external audits
• Review and test controls to ensure PSI systems are compliant with PSI Global policies, donor requirements, as well as, Mozambican laws
• Ensure prompt preparation and submission of statutory returns, donor reports and tax compliance
• Supervise PSI Mozambique’s finance team
• Design and oversee training programs to continuously improve individual and team capacity to take on additional responsibility
• Ensure an understanding of donors administrative and financial requirements before entering and throughout the duration of the award
• Ensure prompt preparation and submission of statutory returns, donor reports and tax compliance
• Operational Management and Administration:
• Oversee accurate and timely payroll generation
• Coordinate with Operations Director and Provincial
• Representatives to establish and support suitable accounting and administrative systems and personnel in all PSI field offices

Requisites

• MBA or Finance degree with experience of working at senior management levels
• Minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible positions in a large-scale, commercial or non-profit environment
• Demonstrated leadership in working in with a large finance and operations team in a nation-wide operation
• Strong knowledge of funder regulations, including USAID and DFID
• Experience with ERP systems and QuickBooks required
• Strong working knowledge of spreadsheets
• Fluency or strong working knowledge of oral and written Portuguese
• Proficiency in English is an added advantage

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted