Project Accountant

Position Title: PROJECT ACCOUNTANT – (Liberian National Only)

Reports to: FINANCE ACCOUNTANT

Department: FINANCE

Work Location: Harper Maryland

Employment Type: FULL-TIME Regular Employee

Role Overview:

This role is responsible to support the program implementation with for the day-to-day accounting tasks including managing field requests, liquidations, verifying and recording of accounting information, ensuring compliance to grants and PIH’s internal controls, etc.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Records project day to day transactions using Microsoft dynamics.
• Reviews APs, and petty cash entries to ensure super code, program code, site code, fund code, etc are accurate.
• prepares accurate field fund requests.
• Supports cashiers to maintain accurate files of financial transactions.
• Reviews PIH Internal Controls documents – finance and procurement and ensure financial operations are consistent from time to time in line with grants requirements.
• Supports with frequent field disbursements of program activities.
• Supports field and donor audits by gathering and reviewing supporting documents relating to project implementation.
• Works with Budget Managers to monitor project spending levels.
• Works with procurement and operations teams to ensures project related invoices are submitted within time for posting and payment.
• Works with Cashier to document and reconcile monthly cash advances.
• At all times, keep PIHL financial information confidential.
• Participates in internal procurement meetings and share reports with project lead for endorsement.
• Works with the Grants and Compliance Team to ensure that PIH stays in compliant with project regulation.
• Participates in Budgets and Grant launches.
• Performs other duties that may be assigned by the Finance/Grants Manager and Director.

Success Factor

• Attention to details.
• Ability to communicate processes and workflow professionally.
• Demonstrate understanding of PIH overall mission.
• Good analytical skills.
• Good user of Microsoft Dynamics
• Ability to work in teams and under pressure.

Qualifications:

• BBA degree in accounting or related field.
• Strong excel skills is preferred.
• Exemplary interpersonal skills: ability to collaborate effectively with culturally diverse staff across departments and countries.
• Demonstrated experience managing, and meeting, multiple deadlines.
• Willingness to live and work in a rural, resource-limited setting.
• Passion for PIH’s mission and interest in global health equity and social justice.

Organizational Profile:

Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health Care system strengthening.

PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.

Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members –as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partner In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partners In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.